Ship Manager

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Ships Manager:

The Ship Management team works directly with production, and all other support trades to eliminate obstacles in the way of project success. Ship Managers are the primary point of contact for the entire operations team for their assigned ship. Ship Managers are the direct point of contact for all activity on the ship and have responsibility to direct production labor and support resources to successfully navigate the entire avail. This position required a solid background knowledge of ship repair process, a team-first mentality, and a positive attitude. Ship Managers have direct reports (Area Managers) and have links to production leadership to provide direction around adherence to safety, quality, cost, and schedule.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES

  • Maintain safe working conditions and housekeeping of all areas of the ship
  • Coordinate Ship Management team daily; lead, coach, and hold team accountable to supporting efficient production efforts for timely execution of project.
  • Maintain/develop new processes and procedures to promote safe, efficient work execution
  • Works with the logistics, procurement, and materials team to communicate project demands for materials in alignment with the schedule.
  • Review quality key performance indicators to evaluate and identify opportunities for improvement across all trades working on project (Craft and Non-Craft)
  • Support efficient execution of production by removing barriers; Identify corrective action for issues that develop daily throughout assigned area of responsibility
  • Coordinates pier side logistics with material delivery, material protection, crane, and rigging teams to support schedule
  • Coordinates the production and testing cycles to support availability; oversee TIP/OQE completion to support project quality requirements
  • Monitor cost and schedule performance across all trades working within their assigned area through Earned Value Management system (at the Work Item and Activity Level); evaluate performance weekly, and develop mitigation plans with trades to resolve issues.
  • Manage sub-contractor work execution on deck plates; work with sub-contract management team for contractual issues to resolve issues/delays.
  • De-conflict trade/subcontractor issues, in alignment with overall schedule goals.
  • Lead efforts to develop area management plans (work strategy, sequencing, temp services arrangements, etc.) with the facilities, planning, and production teams and support departments
  • Exercise judgement in evaluating and proactively anticipating schedule and budget deviations
  • Coordinate communication and feedback with customer (IDRs, CFRs, etc.) to resolve technical issues where additional guidance is required (PM operates at SWRMC level; SM operates at Ship’s Force level)
  • Understand and adhere to NAVSEA Standard Items (Repair) and commercial standards as required
  • Ability to deal with conflict in a collaborative working environment; support meetings and tasking as assigned by Ship Manager/Director of Operations
  • Support other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of experience
  • Communicate effectively both orally and in writing
  • Experience with project planning, execution, monitoring, and controlling processes
  • Ability to manage and report project schedules and budgets
  • Ability to represent the team and deliver status reports to internal and external leadership
  • Experience creating proposals and estimates
  • Microsoft Office proficient
  • Ability to prioritize and multitask
  • Excellent organizational and follow through skills
  • Detail oriented
  • Adapt to high volume workload
  • Available to relocate to Singapore for the entire project period.

If this sounds interesting to you, please click the link below to complete a short pre-qualification form and send you CV directly to me @ s.alexander@brunel.net

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