Director of Project Management & Controls

Position: Director of Project Management & Controls

Location: Long Beach, CA, with travel to project sites and other company locations as needed

Department: Project Management & Controls

Reports to: Blake Klingeman, Chief Operating Officer

Schedule: Full time

Compensation: $200,000 to $220,000 annually, plus bonus opportunity.

Efficiency. Innovation. Integrity. These are our 3 Pillars. At Curtin Maritime, these core values are the framework for safe performance and operational excellence; proof of these pillars is evident in our people and our fleet. For 25 years, Curtin Maritime has been an industry leader in quality maritime solutions. We are a dynamic Marine Construction and Marine Transportation company experiencing rapid growth.

Our team provides customers with a complete suite of maritime solutions, allowing us the incredible opportunity to work on unique projects in some of the most amazing places on earth.

For 25 years, Curtin Maritime has been an industry leader in quality maritime solutions. We are a dynamic Marine Construction and Marine Transportation company experiencing rapid growth. Our team provides customers with a complete suite of maritime solutions, allowing us the incredible opportunity to work on unique projects in some of the most amazing locations on earth.

The Director of Project Management & Controls leads the development of a consistent project management structure across Curtin Maritime. This role provides direct and functional leadership to Project Managers supporting Capital Builds, Marine Construction, and Shipyard Projects.

This leader will set expectations for planning, scheduling, budgeting, forecasting, risk management, reporting, and project closeout; coach Project Managers; and provide leadership with clear visibility across the project portfolio.

• Establish and maintain a company-wide project management framework, including standard project phases, stage gates, templates, controls, and closeout requirements.
• Provide direct or functional leadership to Project Managers across Capital Builds, Marine Construction, and Shipyard Projects, in alignment with the leaders accountable for each business area.
• Set clear expectations for project scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, risk, documentation, and communication.
• Coach and develop Project Managers through project reviews, field engagement, performance feedback, and practical training.
• Lead portfolio-level review of active and upcoming projects, including priorities, critical paths, resource needs, constraints, and decisions requiring escalation.
• Create consistent project reporting that gives operational and executive leadership timely visibility into schedule, cost, forecast, risks, changes, and overall project health.
• Strengthen project planning and Critical Path Method scheduling using Microsoft Project and other approved company tools.
• Partner with Finance and project leaders to improve budget development, cost tracking, forecasting, billing inputs, and early identification of overruns or exposure.
• Establish consistent risk, issue, change order, and decision tracking, with clear ownership and timely escalation.
• Improve coordination among Project Managers, Operations, Marine Transportation, Shipyard, Capital Builds, Marine Construction, Crewing, Dispatch, Finance, Safety, Procurement, and other supporting teams.
• Review project execution plans, mobilization and demobilization plans, resource strategies, vendor and subcontractor needs, and major project deliverables.
• Support project teams in resolving schedule conflicts, resource constraints, customer concerns, vendor issues, and other barriers to successful execution.
• Promote consistent customer communication and contract awareness while supporting Project Managers on complex negotiations, claims, modifications, and change orders.
• Build practical lessons-learned and continuous-improvement processes that translate completed-project experience into stronger planning and execution on future work.
• Support estimating, proposal development, and post-award turnover by ensuring execution assumptions, schedules, risks, resources, and…