Project Coordinator

Austal Usa, LLC; Danville (VA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Austal USA Advanced Technologies (AT) is seeking a Project Coordinator to support the operations team in Danville, VA, focusing on producing components on schedule and within cost targets. The role involves creating project schedules, aligning sequences with customer requirements, and maintaining daily progress communication with the Project Manager and stakeholders.

Candidates should have an engineering-focused degree or equivalent experience, hands-on scheduling and data tracking skills, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering-related field is required.
• 4 years of related experience accepted in lieu of a Bachelor's Degree, including metrics tracking, Excel, data analysis, scheduling, government contracts, and project estimating.
• 2+ years of related experience in manufacturing or a similar industry.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Basic budgeting and scheduling tools knowledge.
• Ability to validate, interpret and understand basic task scheduling or work sequencing.
• Ability to work independently and be self-motivated.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain required security clearances.

Responsibilities

• Provide coordination, guidance and direction to the operations team to enable productive and timely component production.
• Create project schedule and production sequences aligned with customer requirements and track progress.
• Coordinate, mediate and resolve production sequence conflicts affecting cost and schedule.
• Maintain daily presence of work in progress to monitor safety, housekeeping and performance.
• Conduct and attend meetings as required.
• Engage with the customer to provide progress updates or input requests as needed.
• Ensure work in progress complies with the published schedule sequence.
• Maintain daily communication with the Project Manager, Operations Manager and other coordinators to report status and plan corrective actions.
• Monitor and apply lessons learned to support continuous improvement.

Skills

Project tracking

Data analysis

Self-motivation

Independent work

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in engineering related field

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Job description

JOB TITLE: Project Coordinator

Reports to: Program Manager

Supersedes: N/AA

Austal USA Advanced Technologies (AT) is a division of Austal USA, a global defense prime contractor and a designer and manufacturer of defense and commercial ships. Austal USA AT works at the forefront to invent, mature, and implement advanced maritime technologies which enhance operational capacities and improve readiness of our defense systems. Austal USA AT operates a technology hub in Charlottesville VA which works to bring cutting-edge manufacturing technologies to scale and also oversees operation of the U.S. Navy's Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM COE) located in Danville, VA. The mission of the AM COE is to operationalize additive manufacturing in the submarine industrial base and provide emergent request support to sustain our Nation's fleet.

DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

• To provide coordination, guidance and direction to the operations team to ensure that the work being performed enables successful and efficient production of component with focus on technical deliverables and cost and schedule performance.
• Create project schedule and production work sequences aligned with customer requirements and track progress against the sequence.
• Coordinate, mediate and resolve specific production work sequence conflicts related to constraints that effect performance to cost and schedule.
• Maintain a daily presence of the specific work in progress to monitor safety, housekeeping and work progress and staff performance.
• Conduct and attend meetings as required.
• At times, engage with the customer to provide updates on progress and/or request input needed for completion of the work.
• Ensure the work in progress is in accordance with the published schedule sequence.
• Maintain daily communication and interaction with the Project Manager, Operations Manager and other Project Coordinators & stakeholders to report status, concerns and issues and provide support with variance analysis and associated corrective action plans.
• Monitor and validate lessons learned processes and initiatives to maintain and promote continuous improvement.

QUALIFICATIONS / KNOWLEDGE / EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's Degree required in an engineering related field
• 4 years related experience accepted in lieu of Bachelor's Degree. Related experience is defined as having experience with tracking performance metrics for projects using Excel, data analysis, project scheduling, government contracts, project estimating.
• 2+ years' related experience in manufacturing or similar industry.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Basic working knowledge of budgeting and scheduling tools and associated schedule management practices.
• Ability to validate, interpret and understand basic task scheduling or work sequencing.
• Ability to work independently and be self-motivated.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain required security clearances.

ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES

The ability to obtain and maintain a DoD clearance may be required if deemed necessary in the scope of your position responsibilities. Candidates must meet the following employment eligibility guidelines to be eligible for employment with Austal USA: 18 years or older at time of application. Able to provide proof of US Person status. No felony convictions of theft/deception or violent crimes within seven years from disposition date. No felony convictions of drug crimes within three years from disposition date. Willing to submit to a drug screen. Willing to submit to a background check.

LIAISES WITH

All departments as required including, but not limited to, Production, Production Control, Purchasing, Programs, Projects, Engineering. Government personnel.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee may encounter 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 may be exposed to humid conditions, bright flashing lights, moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, outside weather conditions, and extreme heat. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes and/or airborne particles at or below the PEL, toxic or caustic chemicals, and heat and cold. The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud, + 90 dB.

SAFETY

Must comply with company, federal, state, and local safety and environmental rules and regulations while performing daily job tasks.

Equal Employment Commitment

Any qualified individual with a disability who is having difficulty in completing an application because of incompatible technology or other disability-related application issues may contact us at the following phone number for assistance: 251-445-1932. Austal shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR §§ 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability. Austal's commitment to equal employment opportunity applies at all levels of employment, in all job titles, including the executive level, and to all employment actions, including but not limited to decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, training, and promotion.