ASSISTANT PROGRAM MANAGER-R&D - PROGRAM MANAGER-R&D - Marine Structures & Pressure Vessels

Who We Are:

The Marine Structures & Engineering Section provides engineering R&D services for commercial and government customers. We design, analyze, fabricate, and commission pressure vessels of various types for land-based, subsea, manned, and unmanned purposes.

Objectives of this Role:

• Lead and manage multidisciplinary engineering and fabrication projects within defined program areas, overseeing project activities from planning and execution through final delivery and closeout.
• Take primary responsibility for project cost, schedule, resource planning, and risk management, working closely with teammates for overall technical execution and successful achievement of engineering objectives.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, including Engineering, Fabrication, Quality, Inspection, Testing, and Procurement, to establish priorities, resolve execution challenges, and ensure project activities meet contractual and customer requirements.
• Manage customer and stakeholder relationships through effective communication, performance reporting, and proactive issue resolution while maintaining alignment between project teams, technical leadership, and organizational management.
• Support team's continued growth by identifying opportunities for follow-on business, communicating resource and capability gaps to management, and implementing effective project management practices that improve program execution and organizational performance.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain project schedules, task assignments, resource forecasts, and milestone tracking.
• Coordinate with technical leads to establish priorities, monitor deliverables, identify schedule conflicts, and maintain project progress.
• Review project budgets, expenditures, labor utilization, and estimates to complete with section management and project controls.
• Identify cost and schedule variances, assist with financial forecasting, and recommend corrective actions when needed.
• Conduct regular project coordination meetings with engineering, fabrication, quality, testing, and procurement leads.
• Track action items, follow up on outstanding deliverables, resolve execution issues, and coordinate activities across functional teams.
• Prepare customer status reports, lead progress meetings, and coordinate responses to project issues.
• Initially support management with contractual matters and scope changes, progressing toward primary customer contact and contract management responsibilities.
• Apply established project management principles and tools to improve execution, financial accountability, and communication.
• Capture lessons learned, recommend process improvements, and advise management regarding resource constraints and organizational capability gaps.

Requirements:

• Requires a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering, Marine Engineering, Naval Architecture, Ocean Engineering or related engineering degree field with related experience.
• PMP preferred.
• 7 years: Expertise in project management and data driven solutions for engineering projects; Fabrication and large assemblies/systems is a plus. Familiarity with quality systems that require government entity oversight or audit.
• 7 years: Project leadership, overall and/or task management, and experience including scope definition and proposal development.
• 5+ years: Experience with project data collection & metric tracking, root cause investigation, risk analysis and mitigation strategies.
• 5+ years: Experience supporting government contracts, defense customers, or highly regulated engineering programs.
• A valid/clear driver's license is required.