Bayonne, NJ
Shipyard Project Manager
Shipyard Project Manager
Abstract: Responsible for the safe and efficient completion of Drydocking projects.
Experience:
- 2-3 years of shipyard experience.
- Ability to work weekends / holidays as needed.
Project Planning:
- Review entire specification and develop a detailed project plan. Project plan should include manpower needs, subcontractor intervention, timelines, and an outline of material requirements.
- Ensure that all work scopes are delegated to in-house personnel before project start.
- Confirm that all subcontractor intervention related to the original work scope is delegated before project start.
- Anticipate challenges that might confront the project in the future and develop mitigating strategies to address same.
- Identify anticipated areas for contract change orders/growth work, share strategy with supervisors, and confirm award of additional work.
- Interface with Dockmaster to schedule and ensure the safe docking and undocking of the vessel.
Project Management:
- Orchestrate the daily production meeting with supervisors and management members. This is a non-delegable responsibility absent an ongoing emergency.
- Develop “Plan of the Day” for each trade to ensure the project remains on schedule.
- Immediately identify significant project inefficiencies to BDD Management. Examples include individual work items that are in danger of not be completed within the performance period.
- Oversee Quality Assurance (QA) Department’s effective scheduling of check-points, inspections, and item sign-offs.
- Meet weekly with supervisors to confirm the delegation of work items, understanding of work scope, order of appropriate materials and project timeline.
- Collect weekend manpower list and evaluate for efficiency given outstanding work scope.
- Generate disciplinary action forms for substandard employee performance by supervisors. Regularly nominate employees for Employee-of-the-Month.
- Participate in contract change order negotiations to justify position of BDD.
Project Reporting:
- Ensure condition reports and shipyard work orders are submitted in a timely fashion.
- Delegate responsibility to Quality Assurance, Purchasing and Estimating Departments to effectuate the streamlining of paperwork.