Waterfront Manager

The Defense Sector is seeking a highly motivated Waterfront Manager within the Maritime Readiness Division
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The candidate will be responsible for managing waterfront modernization, maintenance, and repair activities for a Foreign Military Sale Navy program supporting systems upgrades, sustainment material, systems integration support, training, and other efforts related to the transfer and acquisition, operation, and maintenance of naval systems and vessels. The ideal candidate will have export experience with waterfront maintenance requirements, industrial upgrades, and shipboard electrical standards.

The Waterfront Manager will provide safe, effective, and timely execution of FOTS waterfront activities ensuring waterfront execution remains aligned with technical requirements and overall program schedules.

• Lead day-to-day waterfront execution of Navy FOTS ship, submarine, and/or combat systems installation, modernization, repair, and overhaul activities.
• Serve as the primary on-site interface for waterfront activities with shipyard personnel, Government representatives, ship's force, contractors, subcontractors, and other stakeholders.
• Manage and coordinate a diverse waterfront workforce, including engineering, technical, professional, skilled trade, and industrial personnel.
• Develop, manage, and monitor waterfront production schedules, milestones, dependencies, and resource requirements to support overall program objectives.
• Coordinate shipboard installation, integration, testing, maintenance, repair, and modernization activities across multiple work streams and trades.
• Monitor daily production progress and identify schedule, technical, material, access, resource, and sequencing issues that may affect waterfront execution.
• Lead resolution of waterfront issues and coordinate corrective actions with program management, engineering, logistics, production, shipyard, and Government stakeholders.
• Coordinate work sequencing, ship access, availability requirements, material readiness, and personnel resources to minimize production delays and schedule impacts.
• Conduct and support waterfront planning meetings, drawing/schematic reviews, production reviews, schedule reviews, and Government/customer status meetings; track actions through completion.
• Monitor contractor and subcontractor waterfront performance to ensure work is completed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with technical and contractual requirements.
• Provide program leadership with timely status on waterfront progress, schedule performance, risks, issues, and recommended mitigation actions.
• Support waterfront activities associated with Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programs and coordinate with U.S. Government and international stakeholders, as applicable.
• Ensure waterfront activities comply with applicable shipyard, local, state, national, and Navy, safety, environmental, security, quality, technical, and contractual requirements.

• 10+ years of prior relevant experience is required in management of complex projects involving USG ships, submarines, or combat systems
• Experience is required in naval shipbuilding and overhaul in public or private shipyard environments, including experience in managing a large and diverse group of individuals ranging from professional to industrial workers.
• Experience is required in management of schedules for large and complex projects
• Demonstrated experience with Foreign Military Sales programs
• Demonstrated experience managing logistics for geographically dispersed and/or OCONUS (Outside Continental United States) operating environments.
• Strong technical writing, editing, analytical, and information organization skills, with the ability to communicate complex,…