Senior Manager, Projects, Shipbuilding

ST Engineering; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

ST Engineering in Singapore seeks a seasoned Project Manager to lead and execute contracts for new-build shipbuilding, ensuring delivery excellence across safety, schedule and budget.

Responsibilities include stakeholder alignment, risk management, resource planning, and cross-functional leadership to deliver on time and within scope. Requires PMP, 15+ years experience, and engineering or naval architecture or business degree.

Qualifications

• Min Degree in Engineering or Naval Architecture or Business.
• 15+ years of relevant experience.
• Proficient in MS Office.
• Knowledge of Primavera P6 is an advantage.
• Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Project Management experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Setting up the project or programme up for success by following the Project/Programme Management processes and standards and ensuring delivery excellence in all aspects.
• Delivering project key outcomes; Safely, timely, within budget and good quality.
• Actively engaging stakeholders throughout the Project life cycle ensuring alignment between the business, the project sponsor, the stakeholders and the delivery team(s).
• Overall responsibility of the project team – to provide mentorship and guidance
• Leveraging experience to pre-empt project risks and plan contingencies.
• Clearly define scope and business outcomes, determine delivery approach with required resources, timeline assessment and budget constraints.
• Plan detailed resource-based project plans showing dependencies and defined delivery roles.

Skills

MS Office

Project management

Communication skills

Risk management

Education

Engineering degree

Naval Architecture

Business degree

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

To lead and drive the planning and execution of contracts for new-build shipbuilding

• Setting up the project or programme up for success by following the Project/Programme Management processes and standards and ensuring delivery excellence in all aspects.
• Delivering project key outcomes; Safely, timely, within budget and good quality.
• Actively engaging stakeholders throughout the Project life cycle ensuring alignment between the business, the project sponsor, the stakeholders and the delivery team(s).
• Overall responsibility of the project team – to provide mentorship and guidance

Responsibilities

• Leveraging on experience to pre-empt project risk and plan for contingencies.
• Utilizing problem solving skills to formulate solutions for business problems and value drivers,
• To clearly define scope and business outcomes, determine delivery approach with required resources, timeline assessment and within budget constraints.
• Proper planning of detailed resource-based project plans which show dependencies and defined delivery roles. To also continuously monitor and update the plan accordingly.
• Delivery- assess the risks, feasibility, opportunities, and business impacts of various solution options and motivate and drive a cross functional team (internal and external) to deliver to plan and budget.
• Tracking- track project progress against plan and budget, manage project scope through a change control process.
• Risk and Issue management- Identify and manage risks and issues to keep delivery on track, mitigating risks and making interventions to remove project blockers or escalating early for support in resolution.
• Reporting- Consistently report progress to management supported by key deliverables.
• Impacts- Understand the drivers behind the business requirements and expectations, identify business impacts and ensure an appropriate change management plan is in place to address how the changes will impact business stakeholders.
• Team- Maintain a collaborative working environment where the team is motivated to deliver and actively develop the culture of a high performing team.
• Cost Control – To control the project expenditures within allocated budget and address any variances, tracking and pursuing Variation Orders in a timely manner

Requirements

• Min Degree in Engineering or Naval Architecture or Business
• At least15 years of relevant experience
• Proficient in using MS Office suite
• Knowledge of Primavera P6 will be an advantage
• Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills
• Project Management experience is required
• Production / Manufacturing process
• Commercial / Financial budgeting control
• Project Management Professional (PMP) is desired

Other Information:

• Location: 16Benoi Road (Island-wide transport provided)