Job Description

Company: Trident Maritime Systems

Location: San Diego, CA-100% on-site-Relocation Assistance Available

Duration: Permanent, Full-Time

Pay Rate: $95,000-$110,000 Annually

U.S Citizenship Required.

Summary

Project Managers (PMs) serve as the company’s primary customer point of contact to assure successful delivery of Trident’s service offerings and contractual obligations. The PMs manage, coordinate, and communicate execution and oversight of individual contracts - monitoring price, cost, schedule, quality, and customer satisfaction throughout the contract life cycle, from award through completion of the warranty period and formal project closure. Contracts will be primarily with the US shipyards for government programs as well as North American commercial sectors of the marine market.

Responsibilities

The Project Manager (PM) will manage multiple   projects concurrently and is ultimately responsible for the success of their projects. The PM must understand Trident’s scope and obligation, identify and assess risks across different functional areas, resolve issues, and ensure that a quality work product is delivered on budget, on time, and according to requirements.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills, problem-solving and analytical abilities, and excellent organization and time management will all be needed to succeed in this role.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Customer Communication
  • Responsible for managing the customer throughout the project/program lifecycle, including oversight of all customer communication relative to pricing, scheduling, quality, and satisfaction. Build, develop, and grow the business/customer relationship.
  • Serve as liaison between the customer and accountable functional managers (engineering, planning, supply chain, production, etc.) for successful execution of the contractual requirements and scope.

• Scope, Contract and Cost Management
  • Oversee proposal / contract development, budget definition, and all direct charged costs.
  • Have thorough knowledge and understanding of the scope of work, estimate content, contract duration, contract terms and conditions, risk assessment, and sales concessions.
  • Maintain compliance to the contract, which includes the scope of work, the specification, and regulatory bodies.
  • Responsible for managing and reporting project financials – including development of EACs, forecasted ETCs, and invoicing against a baseline project plan. Maintain and monitor budgets across all functions to minimize costs and identify and mitigate risks to financial performance.
  • Assure approved contract adjustments are incorporated in the appropriate documents and budgets and are disseminated to team members.

• Execution and Monitoring
  • Ultimately responsible for the project’s financial performance and the performance of all functional team members executing the contract. Reports directly to management regarding margin adjustments and profit/loss. Responsible for team’s performance to budget.
  • Plan and manage execution of contracts throughout the project life cycle – proposal, qualification, planning, monitoring and closing stages.
  • Coordinate, communicate, and implement planned activities, monitoring progress against the schedule plan and working with the customer and project team to adjust the schedule or activities to align with contractual requirements and successfully execute the project work.
  • Coordination and management of employees, subcontractors, and vendors executing contractual scope. Ensure that cross functional actions/deliverables between engineering, procurement, production, and project management team members are completed successfully.
  • Ensure that contractual communication is logically stored and maintained. Responsible for understanding and ensuring Trident and ISO quality procedures are adhered to.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed 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/or Experience

• 2 to 5 years of project management capacity
• Familiarity/experience with understanding and monitoring project schedules, financials, and deliverables required

Preferred

• Project management experience in maritime industry
• Project management on DoD programs
• Degree in Engineering or related field 

Language Ability:

• Strong ability to communicate effectively in a professional manner (written and verbal) is essential. This includes responses to inquiries from management, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. 
• Effectually present information, write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.

Math Ability:

• Proficient in calculating figures and amounts such as costs, discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, and percentages. 
• Able to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Computer Skills:

• Required: Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook, and Project).

Other Skills

• Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills
• Ability to identify, analyze, and mitigate problems in an effective manner
• Strong time, resource, and budget management 

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has supervisory responsibilities

Location and Travel Expectations:

PMs are expected to be on-site with the customer approximately 75-100% of the time during core project execution. Preference for position is a resource who lives in the area of the anticipated program or project. 

Travel may be required to customer or key vendor sites to interface with key team members to ensure projects are delivering successfully.; the duration of these visits may vary from several days to several weeks depending on the project requirements. During the construction phase, PMs are expected to be on-site (customer or manufacturing facility) and on-deck at least weekly to interface with key team members and perform a physical assessment of progress. 

Extended work hours may be required to achieve project objectives.

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. The employee is occasionally required to walk or stand. During the construction phase, PMs are expected to be on-site (customer or manufacturing facility) and on-deck at least weekly to interface with key team members and perform a physical assessment of progress.

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. The noise level in the work environment can vary.

Trident Maritime Systems is an EEO/AA employer that offers a comprehensive compensation package and opportunities for growth.

Offers of employment are contingent on and not considered finalized until the required background check and drug test has been performed and the results received and accessed.

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