Project Coordinator II-NIGHT SHIFT - Mobile, AL

MSCCN; Mobile (AL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Austal USA is seeking a Project Coordinator to provide direction in support of planning and production. This role interfaces with multiple craft disciplines, engineering and planning teams, with direct interaction with customer personnel and regulatory bodies.

The ideal candidate brings cross-functional experience across crafts and project teams, with Coast Guard construction exposure preferred. The role reports to the Project Manager, supervising level I coordinators indirectly, and requires

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ shipbuilding, ship repair or similar industrial setting experience.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and schedules.
• Experience coordinating multiple crafts and disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, guide and direct functional leads to ensure milestones and cost/schedule performance.
• Monitor safety, progress, and staff performance; run craft meetings.
• Ensure work aligns with published sequence and EVMS reporting.
• Maintain communication with Project Manager and initiate corrective actions when needed.
• Ensure compliance with quality procedures and contract requirements.

Skills

Project coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

EVMS understanding

Education

Some college education preferred

Tools

Primavera

Microsoft Projects

Microsoft Office

Job description

ATTENTION MILITARY AFFILIATED JOB SEEKERS - Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. Unless specifically stated otherwise, this role is "On-Site" at the location detailed in the job post.

Austal USA is seeking a Project Coordinator to provide direction in support of planning and production. This role is responsible for providing guidance and direction across multiple craft disciplines, engineering, planning and quality personnel. This role will also have direct interaction with customer personnel and governing body representatives. The ideal candidate will have cross function experience across multiple craft and project teams. Previous Coast Guard construction experience is preferred, but not required.

Austal USA is recognized for its advancements in naval ship design and construction, presenting distinctive opportunities for team members to participate in influential initiatives shaping the maritime sector, now and in the future. With heritage rooted in innovation, Austal USA has been instrumental in propelling naval technology forward through sophisticated design, engineering, and delivery of Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) to the recently awarded Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC), Expeditionary Medical Ship (EMS) and the T-AGOS ocean surveillance vessels. What sets Austal USA apart is our commitment to innovation and our dedication to building the best ships for the United States Navy and the United States Coast Guard. We actively cultivate a culture fueled by intellectual curiosity and diverse perspectives, where every team member is integral to delivering cutting-edge solutions.

REPORTS TO: Project Manager

SUPERVISES: Functional Leads indirectly

AUTHORITIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To provide coordination, guidance and direction to the functional project leads to ensure that the work being performed enables successful and efficient construction of vessel or submarine modules with focus on milestone achievement and cost and schedule performance
• Teach mentor or advise Level I Coordinator
• Coordinate, mediate and resolve craft specific production work sequence conflicts related to constraints that effect performance to cost and schedule
• Maintain a daily presence regarding the work in progress for one or more crafts to monitor safety, housekeeping and work progress and staff performance
• Conduct craft meetings and attend others as required.
• Ensure the work in progress is in accordance with the published schedule sequence
• Perform random validation of status reporting against one or more crafts for actual work being performed to ensure accuracy of reporting functions required to support EVMS.
• Monitor and ensure compliance with Quality procedures and documents
• Monitor and ensure compliance with the contract requirements
• Monitor and ensure required compliance with regulatory body and classification society guides, rules and regulations
• Maintain daily communication and interaction with the Project Manager to report status and issues and have the ability to initiate and follow through with required variance analysis and associated corrective action plans
• Monitor and validate resource requirements actuals against planned work in progress
• Monitor and validate use of rework and lessons learned processes and initiatives to maintain and promote continuous improvement

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities

QUALIFICATIONS / KNOWLEDGE / EXPERIENCE:

• Competency in a specific industry related craft or discipline possess a working knowledge of one or more additional industry related craft or disciplines
• Ability to read and interpret shipbuilding contracts and specifications
• Ability to read and interpret regulatory body and classification society guides, rules and regulations
• Ability to read and comprehend engineering drawings and data
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a ship building, ship repair or similar construction and manufacturing industrial type environment, with a minimum of 2 years’ experience at a Supervisor level (or equivalent) OR minimum of 1 year experience as a Level I Project Coordinator at Austal USA.
• Competent with Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook and Excel)
• Ability to work independently and be self motivated
• Competent understanding of Earned Value Management (EVM) principals and processes
• Ability to efficiently validate, interpret and understand task scheduling or work sequencing
• Some college education preferred
• Good communication skills both verbally and in writing
• Ability to use and interpret relevant cost and schedule data reports and ability to understand use of scheduling software (Primavera or Microsoft Projects etc,)
• This position will involve considerable time (as much as 100%) onboard the vessel going up and down staircases and vertical ladders at heights reaching in excess of 75 feet in temperatures which, at times, can reach extreme levels

Certificates/Security Clearances/Other

Willingness to work irregular and sometimes extended work schedule as required

TOOLS: Not Applicable

LIAISES WITH: All production departments and support departments, Program Team, Project Team, Client, Suppliers, Subcontractors and Survey Authorities

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

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. Must be able to tour all vessels and work sites.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to manipulate, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb and balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit.

Specific physical requirements include the following:

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