What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Project Manager, Facilities position at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works?
Job Description
The Facilities Principal Project Manager is responsible for independently planning, organizing, and overseeing all aspects of a large, complex facilities project, ensuring it is completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards by effectively managing a team, resources, and communication with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle; key duties include defining project scope, creating detailed plans, assigning tasks, monitoring progress, mitigating risks, and addressing issues to achieve project goals.
Safety Leadership:
- Manage all required project documentation, scope of work, specifications, Job Specific Health and Safety plan, dig safe, Chemical Hazard analysis, fall plans, schedule, drawings, change orders, turnover packages, critical spare parts, manuals and etc..
- Familiarity with OSHA standards, safety protocols, and permitting processes.
- Drive a culture of safety, continuous improvement, and operational efficiency through project execution.
Project Execution:
- Develop detailed project plans including; Project Charter, Scope of Work, Equipment Specifications, Project Budgets, Project Schedule.
- Identify potential project risks, impacts to business operations and develop plans to mitigate with assistance from management
- Conduct stakeholder/ project team meetings ensuring documented agendas, action items and meeting minutes.
- Develop an installation and commissioning plan for all equipment/systems that ensures specification and safety.
- Coordinate BIW mechanics, vendors, contractors, and OEMs during on-site implementation.
Project Management:
- Manage the life cycle of capital and operational projects (e.g., machinery upgrades, facility expansions, facility upgrades).
- Utilizing templates and tools; monitor cost and schedule adherence, elevating risks and issues to management.
- Manage various resource such as consultants, contractors, and BIW mechanics.
- Ensure compliance with all applicable company polices and procedures.
Training and Development:
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Willingness to learn new things.
- Mentor junior project managers and contribute to project management process maturity.
Team Collaboration and Communication:
- Collaborate with engineering, maintenance, production, EHS, and procurement teams to develop project plans as well execute supporting contracts.
- Develop and implement communications plans (Yard Wide communications meeting minutes, weekly or quarterly briefings).
- Support procurement with RFP process, Providing Scope of work, Equipment Specifications, drawings, etc.. Participating in bid evaluation and vendor selection.
- Ability to recognize and elevate critical issued.
- Serve as the main point of contact for internal leadership and external engineering firms.
- Ability to present project status and address concerns raised by the Navy Customer and/or BIW Upper Management.
Continuous Improvement:
- Lead risk assessments, FMEAs, and root cause analyses on project issues.
- Act as positive and energetic member of cross-functional teams.
- Support process improvement ideas and implementation.
Required/Preferred Education/Training
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Architecture, Project Management, Industrial Engineering, and other relevant field or equivalent work experience required.
- An understanding of the principles and practices of managing large integrated projects. Understand the basic principles of design and construction of capital projects.
- Competent with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Work, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, or Access and other web-based applications.
Required/Preferred Experience
Required:
- 8 years' related experience in managing facility improvement projects from Scope of work development through execution, within a manufacturing environment.
- An understanding of the principles and practices of managing large integrated projects. Understand the basic principles of design and construction of capital projects.
- Relevant work experience involving earthwork construction activities and/or utility infrastructure.
- Competent with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, or Access and other web-based applications.
- Analytical problem-solving aptitude.
Preferred:
- Working knowledge of industrial systems (e.g., conveyors, automation, HVAC, utilities)
- Project Management Professional Certification.
- Experience with Microsoft Office Project.
- Trained in Lean Six Sigma methods and tool including Lean facility layout principles.