What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager position at Fincantieri Marine Group?
Fincantieri Marinette Marine, a Fincantieri Marine Group Company, is a progressive shipyard specializing in building ships for the United States Navy. We currently have an opportunity for a Project Manager at our Marinette, Wisconsin location.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Project Manager is an experienced professional who has demonstrated substantial acumen within a program management, finance, contract/subcontract, or analytical role. The Project Manager oversees smaller fixed price projects, mid-sized cost-plus projects, or portions of a larger production program. They apply a disciplined approach to profitable project/program execution using established industry best practices, and company policies, processes, and procedures.
The Project Manager will prepare and maintain management control (financial/business planning and scheduling) processes, and reporting for complex systems, programs, projects, and/or tasks. This role in part will provide support as a member of the Program Management Team. Items could include: intercompany outsourcing, risk and opportunity management, Pre-Production Milestones, or program metrics analysis/reporting and compliance. The Project Manager is particularly adept at planning and progressing work, developing useful metrics, managing risks, contractual matters, supplier management, and meaningful reporting. In addition tothese duties the Project Manager may also manage small to medium proposals, ensuring completion to assigned due dates and budgets
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Position may involve regular interaction with all levels of FMM's operations/senior staff, customers regulatory bodies, and major suppliers.
- Interfaces directly with Program Management Teammates.
- Collects and develops SDRL documents and data for submission to the prime contractor. Additonally will track and manage the submissions from other departements to ensure compliance to the contract.
- Prepares miscellaneous associated reports, charts, and graphs on program, project, or contract status; makes presentations to management to keep them apprised.
- Has excellent written and verbal skills to interface with all levels of the organization through the attendance of meetings and written memos.
- Assists in preparation of a Manufacturing/Construction Plan that complies with the cost proposal and contract specifications.
- Provides assistance to technical/operations staff, coordinating efforts with contracts/subcontracts, corporate accounting and human resource staffs to assess impact of contract change notices, engineering change proposals, etc.
- Maintains/monitors management control requirements for designated contracts, programs, projects and/or tasks. Analyzes and reviews all cost (time, materials, and equipment) information and data to ensure all phases of the statement of work are included.
- Knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVMS) principles and practices (or equivalent Cost Schedule Statusing and reporting experience), along with the significance of the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) as it relates to EVMS.
- Support the assessment of financial impact of project status to budget.
- Assists in preparation of completion cost estimates (EACs), projections on funding, estimate on margins, and other planned reports.
- Monitors performance to Contracts, oversees contract compliance, and support negotiations with the customer on contract change proposals.
- May conduct risk analysis/evaluation; determine risk areas to cost or schedule, supports the development and maintenance of the risk/management plan.
- Must abide by and enforce all organizational policies and procedures.
COMPETENCIES: SPARC
- Safety first
- People oriented, determined to assist where able
- Accountability and Ownership: Demonstrate a sense of urgency, ownership in your role
- Respect peoples differences and be open to differing opinions and beliefs
- Continue to improve your current role and help develop the role for the future based on lean management.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and occasionally stand or walk; use hands to handle materials or equipment; reach with hands and arms; stoop and kneel; and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee's workspace is in a clean and comfortable climate-controlled setting with little to no exposure to the moving equipment, elements, extreme conditions, or risk of injury. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. When entering the shipyard, the work environment is not climate-controlled and there is exposure to moving equipment, etc.
Fincantieri Marine Group (FMG) believes it is our responsibility to ensure that each of us works safely and productively, goes home healthy, and considers the environment in their actions, each and every day. Management is committed to providing a safe and healthy work setting, and protecting the environment as a key tenet of our culture and a primary mission. All employees shall have high values for safety awareness and be mindful of environmental impacts associated with each job task.
QUALIFICATIONS
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 with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Associates degree and (6-8) years of experience, or a Bachelors degree and (4-6) years of experience, or a Masters degree and (2-4) years of experience. Degree requirements are to be satisfied with a degree from an accredited college or university. Experience requirements can be met by work done in the following fields: project management, administration, management control, accounting, contract/subcontract or other analytical role.
SKILLS:
- Works well individually, or as a team, within a functional matrix organization.
- Must have the ability to be a strong negotiator, and be conversant with DAR and FAR and Contracts.
- Must have working knowledge of Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Must have strong customer service and negotiation skills.
- Must have contract and sub-contract vendor relation skills
- Must have successful problem resolution skills.
- Must have the ability to read/analyze program metrics.
- Must have cost, schedule and program management skills.
- Must have an understanding of risk/opportunity management.
- Must have an understanding of change management.
- Must have strong Microsoft Office Suites computer skills, specifically MS Excel and MS Access.
- Must have experienced with an ERP System.
- Must have strong organizational and time management skills
- Must have the ability to maintain a professional demeanor
- Must have effective written and verbal communication skills
- Must have ability to maintain confidentiality
- Working knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM)
