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Now Hiring — Manager, New Construction

Cleve­land, Ohio
Great Lakes Ship­yard is seek­ing a Ves­sel Man­ag­er, New Con­struc­tion (MNC) to be respon­si­ble for suc­cess­ful ful­fill­ment of all new con­struc­tion con­tracts, includ­ing the safe and effec­tive com­ple­tion of all new con­struc­tion projects and pro­grams on time, with­in bud­get, and in a high qual­i­ty man­ner. The MNC is direct­ly respon­si­ble for estab­lish­ing the new con­struc­tion process­es, and deter­min­ing the best meth­ods and pro­ce­dures that will pro­duce the most cost effec­tive results with­out com­pro­mis­ing qual­i­ty. The MNC reports to the President.

Pri­ma­ry respon­si­bil­i­ty includes using expe­ri­ence and exper­tise in the new con­struc­tion indus­try to iden­ti­fy and resolve poten­tial prob­lems and con­cerns dur­ing the new con­struc­tion projects. The MNC will over­see all oth­er project per­son­nel to mit­i­gate and man­age risk found dur­ing new con­struc­tion projects.

Addi­tion­al respon­si­bil­i­ties include the following:

  • Mon­i­tor­ing and over­see­ing the progress, ensur­ing work com­plies with spec­i­fi­ca­tion and client require­ments and that every detail of the con­struc­tion pro­gram, includ­ing weld­ing, machin­ery instal­la­tion, elec­tri­cal, aux­il­iary sys­tems, out­fit­ting, com­mis­sion­ing, sea tri­als and deliv­ery of any assigned ves­sels is safe­ly com­plet­ed in a very high qual­i­ty man­ner with­in the deliv­ery time required and with­in budget
  • Mul­ti­ple and var­ied fab­ri­ca­tion, pro­duc­tion and ship­yard or engi­neer­ing-relat­ed assign­ments as directed
  • Over­see­ing all new con­struc­tion projects includ­ing all per­son­nel, bud­gets, sched­ules and pur­chas­ing and ven­dor track­ing and labor hour
  • Oth­er assign­ments may require trav­el or super­vi­sion of work aboard tugs or oth­er ves­sels, how­ev­er the posi­tion is pri­mar­i­ly shore­side and based in Cleve­land, Ohio
  • Trav­el may be required from time to time and is esti­mat­ed at less than 20%

The MNC will have a work­ing knowl­edge of ABS Rules, work with ABS, Lloyds, DNV, BV and oth­ers as required to meet all qual­i­ty and reg­u­la­to­ry requirements.

Pro­fi­cient use of Microsoft Office soft­ware is required in addi­tion to uti­liza­tion of the Company’s job cost and pur­chas­ing soft­ware sys­tem after com­ple­tion of train­ing pro­vid­ed either in-house or by the Company’s soft­ware ven­dor if needed.

Min­i­mum 10 years in Ship Building/Repair Indus­try, with at least 5 years of Super­vi­so­ry expe­ri­ence. The MNC must have strong expe­ri­ence in shipyard/steel con­struc­tion and excel­lent prob­lem solv­ing skills and abil­i­ty to man­age com­pet­ing priorities.

Salary range: 85k-100k

Please vis­it our careers page to apply, or send appli­ca­tions to hr@thegreatlakesgroup.com