Leander Knox

• Championed daily/weekly project integration meetings, providing status updates and closeout reports to upper management and customers.
• Directed day-to-day production schedules, integrating subcontractor efforts to meet critical project milestones.
• Financial Management: Hold absolute accountability for overall financial performance against budget; streamline invoice submissions and payment tracking.
• Contract Compliance: Manage CFR reporting requirements, proactively identifying and documenting growth opportunities, new work, and schedule impacts.

• Client Relations: Acted as primary liaison with ship superintendents and customers to guarantee the strict accuracy, quality, and safety of repair work.
• Project Estimation: Collaborated with job estimators to deliver precise calculations for man-hours, materials, and labor costs on competitive bid packages, enhancing bid accuracy.
• Workforce Supervision: Coordinated and directed workers across multiple shipbuilding disciplines, ensuring accurate timesheet reviews and proper allocation of hours to specific vessels for effective project tracking.
• Resource Optimization: Allocated yard resources and adjusted work schedules to address production bottlenecks, facilitating smoother project flow and supporting key hiring decisions.

(Promoted to Senior Project Manager in June 2023 based on exceptional leadership and project execution)

• Interpreted complex technical requirements and blueprints, converting them into actionable daily assignments for trade supervisors to enhance project execution.
• Managed trade personnel, materials, and machinery requisitions, ensuring timely support for ongoing structural repair projects.
• Collaborated with HR, Safety, and QA Managers to ensure employee certifications and federal/state regulatory compliance were consistently maintained.

• Enforced safety policies aligned with OSHA, HIOSH, and EPA regulations, enhancing compliance and reducing risk in structural department.
• Formulated labor forecasts and project timelines, advising Production Manager on obstacles to mitigate downstream impacts.
• Managed daily operations and workflow at PSI Shipyards.
• Supervised shipbuilding projects ensuring quality standards.
• Coordinated schedules between various departments and teams.

• Created detailed AutoCAD marine designs and hull/mechanical modifications for DDG Class shipboard systems to enhance operational capabilities.
• Created detailed ship construction drawings using CAD software.
• Collaborated with engineers to refine design specifications and requirements.
• Reviewed technical documents for accuracy and compliance with standards.

• Supervised and directed Journeypersons to safely accomplish structural milestones on schedule.
• Executed CNC processes, laid out steel plates, and created work packages aligned with NAVSEA Standard Items.
• Supervised daily operations and workflow for production teams.
• Trained and mentored staff on safety protocols and best practices.
• Coordinated inventory management and material handling processes.

• Measured and laid out plates according to specifications for accurate fabrication.
• Executed fabrication and repair assignments based on verbal instructions, blueprints, sketches, and owner specifications with minimal supervision.
• Proficient in burning, edge prepping using hand and automated equipment.
• Use CNC operations and processes.
• Lay out accesses in accordance with NAVSEA Standard Items.
• Review Customer (US Navy) Specifications.
• Develop work packages
• Created templates that streamlined production processes and enhanced accuracy.