Opportunity: Project Manager | Ship Repair & Maintenance
Location: Victoria, BC
About Us:
With more than 150 years of ship repair experience, Point Hope Maritime is a leading marine repair and maintenance shipyard on Canada’s West Coast. From our facilities in Victoria, BC, we support BC Ferries, the Canadian Coast Guard, the Royal Canadian Navy, and commercial vessel operators. Our projects are varied, technically challenging and time-sensitive, requiring close collaboration between skilled trades, technical specialists and customers.
Role Overview:
We are seeking a hands-on Project Manager who can take ownership of ship repair and maintenance projects from planning and estimating handover through execution, delivery and closeout. You will coordinate multiple trades and subcontractors in a dynamic shipyard, maintain clear communication with customers, manage schedule and financial performance, and lead the team in resolving issues safely and effectively. Success requires sound judgment, practical problem-solving, commercial awareness and the ability to earn the confidence of both tradespeople and customers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Take overall responsibility for assigned ship repair and maintenance projects, from scope review and mobilization through execution, customer acceptance and closeout.
- Develop and maintain realistic work plans, critical-path schedules, resource requirements, project budgets and forecasts; adjust priorities as vessel conditions and scope evolve.
- Coordinate trades, engineering, procurement, QA/QC, safety, subcontractors and vendors to remove constraints, sequence work and meet key milestones.
- Monitor progress against schedule, budget and scope; anticipate delays, identify recovery options and communicate impacts and decisions promptly.
- Promote safe execution of work, working closely with chargehands and safety professionals to address hazards, support compliance and ensure concerns are acted upon.
- Ensure inspection, testing, quality requirements and customer specifications are understood, planned for and achieved before work is accepted.
- Build trusted customer relationships through clear, timely communication about progress, emerging issues, changes, commitments and project outcomes.
- Communicate effectively across trades, departments and subcontractors to proactively identify and assess risks, agree on practical corrective actions and lead implementation through to resolution; promptly escalate significant safety, schedule, cost or customer risks to management.
- Maintain accurate project records, progress reports, cost-to-complete forecasts, change documentation and closeout records as required by the customer and management.
- Own project commercial performance, including budget control, labour and subcontractor costs, productivity, cost-to-complete forecasting and timely reporting of variances.
- Identify and document out-of-scope work, prepare and negotiate change orders as appropriate, and ensure customer authorization and accurate billing support.
- Lead coordination meetings and maintain clear action ownership, follow-up and accountability across internal teams and external partners.
Requirements:
- Demonstrated experience leading complex ship repair, shipbuilding, marine maintenance or comparable heavy industrial projects; direct shipyard experience is a strong asset.
- A track record of increasing responsibility in project delivery, production supervision or trade leadership. We welcome candidates who have advanced through the trades as well as those with formal project management training;
PMP certification is an asset, not a requirement.
- A technical background in a marine trade, marine engineering, naval architecture or a related discipline is an asset; equivalent practical experience will be considered.
- Working knowledge of project cost control, change management and customer-facing project reporting.
- Ability to interpret repair specifications, drawings, work packages and technical requirements, and to translate them into executable work plans.
- Strong interpersonal communication, leadership and coordination skills, with the credibility to work effectively with tradespeople, customers and senior management.
- Demonstrated ability to make sound decisions under pressure, manage competing priorities and take corrective action while maintaining accountability for safety, schedule, quality and cost.
- Legally entitled to work in Canada.
Work Locations:
This is an on-site, operational role based in Victoria, BC. Project Managers work across our two primary locations and occasionally may be required to work at alternate client sites. PM’s spend substantial time in the yard with production teams, technical staff, subcontractors and customer representatives:
- Point Hope Maritime Facility: Our historic ship repair yard on Victoria’s Inner Harbour.
- Esquimalt Graving Dock: A federally operated facility where we undertake additional vessel repair and maintenance projects.
Compensation & Benefits:
- Competitive annual salary of $100,000–$130,000, depending on relevant experience.
- Comprehensive benefits and 6% RRSP matching program.
- Professional development and training opportunities, including support toward PMP certification.
- A collaborative, safety-focused environment with meaningful responsibility and direct involvement in project decisions.
- A wide variety of projects serving established maritime customers.
- Relocation support for eligible candidates.
Point Hope Maritime is an equal opportunity employer committed to a respectful, inclusive workplace. We welcome applicants with diverse professional backgrounds and relevant experience.
How to Apply:
Please send your resume and a brief cover letter describing your experience leading ship repair or comparable industrial projects, including your role in managing teams, budgets, schedules and unexpected issues, to careers@pointhopemaritime.com . Include “Project Manager – Ship Repair” in the email subject line.
We thank all applicants for their interest in joining our team. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
