Project Manager - Shipbuilding & Technical Operations

Job Description

Job Description

Project Manager | Shipbuilding & Technical Operations

Location: Palatka, Florida
Salary: $90,000–$100,000 per year
Schedule: Full-time

Keep complex projects moving, budgets on track, and teams working toward clear delivery goals. Join a growing shipbuilding and marine repair business supporting commercial and Department of Defense projects, where you’ll manage multiple projects, work directly with clients and technical teams, and help improve how projects are planned, tracked, and delivered.

What You’ll Get

• $90,000–$100,000 annual salary

• Opportunity to work across commercial and defense-related shipbuilding projects

• Potential for career advancement with a growing marine industry business

• Benefits available through the employer

What You’ll Do

• Manage multiple projects from intake through final approval, keeping schedules, budgets, and deliverables on track.

• Coordinate internal teams, external vendors, work assignments, and resource capacity.

• Track project costs, labor hours, resource utilization, and profitability.

• Communicate project progress, risks, timelines, and decisions needed to clients, teams, and leadership.

• Coordinate estimates, requests for proposals (RFPs), and new-business proposals.

• Improve project tracking, financial reporting, documentation, and workflows.

• Support and coach team members to deliver accurate, timely work.

• Use Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, AutoCAD, and project or financial tracking tools.

What You Bring

• Experience in project management or project coordination with responsibility for delivering projects.

• Experience managing multiple projects, schedules, budgets, resources, and deadlines.

• Strong client communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience tracking project costs, labor hours, resource use, or profitability.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

• Experience using AutoCAD.

• Strong organization, analytical thinking, problem-solving, and attention to detail.

Preferred

• Background in engineering, manufacturing, construction, shipbuilding, or another technical environment.

• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and third-party contractors.

• Experience preparing estimates, RFP responses, and proposals.

• Familiarity with project management and financial tracking systems.

• A bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.