Program Manager

Program Manager

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Program Manager to join our team. In this role, you will be accountable for the cost, quality, schedule, and performance of a major new construction build located near Pascagoula, MS with potential for travel to other active shipyards and affiliate locations. This position requires experience in government shipyard construction and operations, marine engineering, and a working knowledge of government contracts.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

• Embrace and promote culture of DMS Enthusiast. Coordinate and collaborate effectively with other DMS company members through positive engagement and mutual respect. Hold colleagues accountable to this company-wide standard for interpersonal relationships
• Coordinate onsite DMS Project Team (including: engineering, subcontracts, legal, parts coordination, and technical field services) and manages all aspects of project execution and delivery schedules (including: equipment deliveries, commissioning, and supporting vessel trials schedules)
• Serve as primary project point of contact to the customer from contract award through the end of warranty.
• Work with: Engineering, Site Management, and supporting Field Services Technical representatives to provide technical and integration support to customers and supporting project team.
• Maintain cost control while achieving quality standards & technical requirements.
• Support sales to win new projects
• Ensure delivered products meet contract requirements (including military standards/specifications) as prescribed per order
• Experience with direct deck plate/ hands on marine engineering; including installation and commissioning of shipboard propulsion and controls.
• Highly functional ability to read and interpret system diagrams, installation drawings, test procedures, and equipment specific technical manuals.
• Highly functional ability to evaluate deck plate issues and communicate back to engineers and technicians in order to resolve technical delays.
• Highly functional ability to lead non-direct field service technicians to accomplish customer milestone schedules
• Highly functional ability to understand the contractual obligations and communicate with direct customers throughout the build and commissioning cycle
• Highly functional ability to recognize contract conflicts and recommend change orders to the customer
• Accountable for cost, quality, schedule and performance of each project scope in the project.
• Accountable for managing projects in accordance with Wartsila PM method, MP-Directive and DMS New Construction department procedures.
• Ensure that all contract, technical specifications, quality evidence and other supporting documentation is catalogued within DMS systems and delivered as required by contract and internal processes.
• Develop working relationships within Wartsila and other strategic partner organizations to support project execution.
• Maintain familiarity with current Wartsila portfolio products

Daily Activities:

• Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
• Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.

Skills:

• Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Negotiation — Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
• Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

General Knowledge:

• Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of project management tools, basic data analysis and reporting, and familiarity with collaboration tools.

Working Style:

• Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
• Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
• Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
• Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
• Self-Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
• Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
• Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.

Professional Skills:

• Program Management
• Project Communications Management
• Project Cost Management
• Project Procurement Management
• Project Quality Management
• Project Risk Management
• Project Scope Management
• Project Time Management
• Project Customer Relation Management
• Project Planning and its Documentation
• Document Management
• Cost Indexes and Cost Development
• Management of Project Specific Organization
• Understanding of contracts or project governance
• Project Management certificate
• IM-Tools: MS. Project, SAP PS

Education and Experience:

• HS/GED, Trade School, or Military plus minimum of 10 years in related industry role.
• B. S. in Mechanical/Marine Engineering preferred.
• PMP Certification preferred

American With Disabilities Specifications – General Requirements of Employment:

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that an employee must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform basic functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs; balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities may be required by the job to include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform basic functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.