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Surface Ship Project Manager - 26439

HII
San Diego, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 19 Dec 2025
💰 $120,000/yr($109,349/yr$120,000/yr)

About the role

Requisition Number: 26439 

Required Travel: 11 - 25%

Employment Type: Full Time/Salaried/Exempt

Anticipated Salary Range: $109,349.00 - $120,000.00 

Security Clearance: Secret  

Level of Experience: Mid 

 

Meet HII’s Mission Technologies Division
Our team of more than 7,000 professionals worldwide delivers all-domain expertise and advanced technologies in service of mission partners across the globe. Mission Technologies is leading the next evolution of national defense – the data evolution - by accelerating a breadth of national security solutions for government and commercial customers. Our capabilities range from C5ISR, AI and Big Data, cyber operations and synthetic training environments to fleet sustainment, environmental remediation and the largest family of unmanned underwater vehicles in every class. Find the role that’s right for you. Apply today. We look forward to meeting you.

 

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Summary

Join HI as we keep the world's most powerful Navy afloat! HII's Platform Modernization group is seeking a C4ISR Installation & Modernization – Surface Ship Project Manager to join our team! This is a full-time role located in our San Diego, CA office. As a Project Manager you will play a critical role ensuring that productive and safe work is performed on board U.S. Naval Ships and Military installations which is vital to our Mission to protect and serve our Military.

What You Will Do

  • Responsible for all aspects of field and/or task-level project performance (i.e., technical, contractual, administrative, financial).
  • Supervises personnel involved in all aspects of project activity, organizes, and assigns responsibilities to subordinates, oversees the successful completion of all assigned tasks, and maintains customer contacts to ensure conformity to all contractual obligations.
  • Exercises independent judgment, as well as a high-level of analytical skill, in solving non-routine technical, administrative, and managerial problems.  
  • Ability to communicate effectively with customers, project teams, project stakeholders, and leadership.
  • Assesses project performance issues and present periodic financial (EVM) status and recommended approaches to Government & Corporate leadership.
  • Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients
  • Draft subcontractor documentation to include Statement of Work, Purchase Orders, invoices, and monitored work execution, financials, materials and resources.

What You Must Have

  • 6 years relevant progressive experience with Bachelors in related field; 4 years relevant progressive experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 10 years relevant progressive experience.
  • Must have an active SECRET security clearance.
  • Six (6) years of experience in HM&E project planning and execution, including engineering, risk management, budgeting and oversight of task progress.
  • Six (6) years of experience in C4ISR ship modernization project planning and execution, risk management, contract deliverables, budgeting, and oversight of task progress.  Experience working directly with Government On Site Installation Coordinator (OSIC) leadership and Installation Team (AIT) Managers.
  • Four (4) or more years specialized experience performing work in each of the following areas: 
    • Demonstrated ability to lead personnel through all aspects of project recovery activity. 
    • Demonstrated experience supporting Dept. of the Navy and/or Dept. of Defense Quality Management programs in a ship repair and modernization environment. 
    • Demonstrated experience utilizing blueprints to manage large scale cableway installations during US Navy CNO shipyard availabilities. 
    • Demonstrated experience managing vendors and subcontractors to support US Navy CNO availably installation programs. 
    • Demonstrated experience utilizing MS Project tool set to support US Navy CNO availably installation programs. 
    • Demonstrated experience exercising independent judgement to solve project management, technical, administrative and managerial problems dur shipyard availabilities.

Bonus Points For...

  • Relevant engineering experience with DON Ship Repair & Modernization authoritative ship alteration documentation (JFMM, TS 9090.310, NSI).
  • Relevant technical experience within DoD programs can substitute for education.
  • Project Management Certific

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