Project Manager

Position Summary

The Project Manager is responsible for scheduling and coordinating sheet metal and structural fabrication projects from initiation to completion. This role ensures seamless collaboration across design, procurement, production, and customer service to deliver high-quality results on time and within project budget and specifications.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Budget Adherence: Manage and monitor budgets for design support, material handling, and shop execution to ensure cost-effective operations.
• Communication: Collaborate with engineering, production, procurement, and quality teams to align project goals and resolve issues.
• Manage Design Oversight: Track design progress and budget. Provide leadership to design team by interfacing with customers to ensure specifications are met and changes are communicated
• Provide Estimating Support: Provide accurate pricing inputs and technical insights to support the estimating team during proposal development. Support bid review of applicable product lines as requested.
• Customer Liaison: Act as the primary point of contact for customers, ensuring clear communication and satisfaction throughout the project lifecycle.
• Shop Coordination: Work closely with shop management to resolve discrepancies, manage workflow, and maintain production schedules.
• Production Scheduling: Develop and maintain detailed project timelines that align with manufacturing capacity and delivery targets.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure all deliverables meet internal and customer quality standards, coordinating inspections and compliance checks.
• Resource Planning: Allocate labor, equipment, and materials efficiently to meet project milestones
• Change Management: Handle scope changes, engineering revisions, and customer requests with proper documentation and impact analysis.
• Provide Risk Mitigation: Identify potential delays or bottlenecks in production and implement corrective actions
• Ensure Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all project activities comply with industry regulations, safety standards, and environmental guidelines.
• Practice Continuous Improvement: Participate in post-project reviews to identify process improvements and enhance future project execution.

Position Requirements

Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience:

• 10+ years experience managing design and fabrication projects
• Bachelor's Degree in related field or completion of a 4 year accredited apprenticeship
• Experience scheduling projects to track milestones, progress, budgets, and deliverables
• 1-3 years of previous Accounting/Contracts related experience (manufacturing or previous experience in government contracts preferred)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Must have a strong understanding of NAVSEA drawings (inclusive of understanding Plan Views, Section Views, Elevations and Details)
• Review and understand details of a work package such as technical information, specification items, drawings/manuals, sketches, written requirements etc. and convey the parts and pieces from those packages in 2D and 3D format
• Must have a strong understanding of Welding and Inspection compliance standards for industry
• Proficiently operate Microsoft Office software including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Sharepoint, and Outlook
• Knowledge and experience using scheduling software (MS Project, Primavera, or ERP software)
• Ability to perform complex problem solving, analyze information and develop/evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and interact with various job classifications.
• Ability to work independently with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability and tolerance to meet due dates and deadlines.
• Must be able to pass background check and gain access to Navy Vessels
• Ability to work on a computer in an office setting for prolonged periods of time.
• Must be able to pass Drug and/or Work Ability Screening
• Some travel may be required (less than 10%)

Physical and Environmental Demands

Office position in a production environment may be exposed to noise levels, dust and/or grime. Must wear appropriate personal protective equipment when required. Office environment with computers, printers, typing and normal conversation.

Physical and environmental conditions of the essential duties of the job.

Frequency:

N = Never R = Rarely (Less than 1 hour per week)

O = Occasional (1% - 33% of time [1 - 13 hours per week]) F = Frequent (34% - 66% [14 - 26 hours per week)

C = Constant (over 66% of time [27 + hours per week)

This document is intended to describe the general content and identify essential functions and requirements to perform this job. It is not an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements. Tecnico Corporation complies with all laws pertaining to accommodation of disabled individuals and considers reasonable accommodation measures that may be necessary for eligible applicants/employees to perform essential job functions. This document does not represent a contract of employment, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship and Tecnico Corporation reserves the right to modify or change this description and/or assign tasks deemed appropriate.