Project Manager – Vessel Upgrade Projects

Company summary 

GLO Marine has evolved from a design firm to a full-service leader in vessel upgrades, delivering complete retrofit solutions that include decarbonization and green technologies to reduce the maritime industry’s carbon footprint. With a strong team of engineers and maritime professionals, we tackle some of the industry’s most complex challenges.

With exciting projects ahead, we’re expanding our team to include people ready to learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact. If you value curiosity, bold ideas, and the courage to do things differently, GLO Marine is the place for you. Explore the roles below and find your place with us!

Job summary 

At GLO Marine, courage drives us forward. We’re seeking a Project Manager who leads with vision and embraces projects that push boundaries. As the GLO Marine representative on end-to-end vessel retrofit and upgrade projects, you’ll oversee the full project lifecycle—from initiation through to closure—ensuring alignment with client expectations, regulatory standards, and GLO Marine’s commitment to excellence. You’ll manage schedules, budgets, and documentation to deliver on scope, timeline, and quality. If you’re a leader who sees opportunity where others see risk, you belong here.

Responsibilities: 

• Coordinate and oversee scope breakdown, scope changes, and variations, maintaining an updated change register to document impacts and root causes.
• Negotiate and secure approval for project changes with the Customer and Director of Operations, ensuring only approved changes are implemented.
• Identify and ensure compliance with all project-related requirements, including legal and regulatory standards, facilitating technical consensus within budget and schedule constraints.
• Supervise the creation and maintenance of project budget and schedule baselines, including issuing project S-curve baselines and tracking variations.
• Report weekly and monthly on scope, schedule, and cost status, escalating significant variances to the Director of Operations with recommended mitigation actions.
• Conduct weekly project status reviews, issuing recommendations for project control in line with contractual and strategic requirements.
• Maintain a consolidated project status report, detailing cost, schedule, and scope against plan; provide updates to senior management and the Customer as per contract terms.
• Supervise document control activities, managing documentation flow with the customer, internal teams, and regulatory bodies.
• Define and oversee the quality plan, coordinating quality checks and implementing corrective actions as needed.
• Ensure appropriately skilled personnel are assigned to the project, coordinating staffing needs, and recommending training when necessary.
• Input weekly financial data for project revenue and cost, analyze gross margin, and make contractual recommendations to align with profitability targets.
• Conduct project closure reviews, document lessons learned, and analyze key project aspects, including contract management and Customer relations, for future reference.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Naval Architecture or Marine Engineering, with a Master’s degree in Business Administration;
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience within a shipyard, a ship design company or a heavy industrial manufacturing company;
• A minimum of 3 years project management experience in coordination of people teams in international environment ship building / design projects;
• A minimum 5 years’ experience with an ISO 9001 registered company;
• Solid understanding of project management philosophy;
• Solid understanding of labour cost control, scheduling and labour estimating;
• Sound knowledge of computer scheduling software Microsoft Project or Primavera;
• Computer literacy in Word, Excel, Power Point;
• Fluency in English, both in speaking and writing;
• Good communicator and motivator;

Benefits: 

• Meal vouchers 
• Private health insurance package 
• Hybrid, flexible, and mobile work program
• Project diversity – work on varied projects and modern equipment
• Travel opportunities 
• United and friendly team 
• Professional development plan
• Bonuses: holiday bonuses + performance bonus