Vessel Construction Manager 3 (PCN 251727)

Salary: $55.26 Hourly
Location : Ketchikan, AK
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 55001
Department: Transportation and Public Facilities
Division: MHD-Engineering
Opening Date: 10/07/2026
Closing Date: 10/21/2026 5:00 PM Alaska
Division: Alaska Marine Highway System
Position Open To: Alaska Residents Only
Bargaining Unit: Supervisory
Range: 24

Job Description
What you will be doing:
As a Vessel Construction Manager 3 for the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS), you will lead and oversee complex vessel design, engineering, and construction projects, ensuring high standards of quality, timeliness, and cost-efficiency. You will manage large-scale projects involving new ship construction and refurbishment, coordinating with marine engineers, naval architects, consultants, and contractors. Your role includes contract administration, regulatory compliance with Federal Highway Administration provisions, and financial management. You will supervise staff, conduct detailed project analyses, prepare cost estimates, and ensure adherence to schedules. Additionally, you will liaise with federal, state, and local officials, present projects to community groups, and travel extensively to project sites to monitor progress and make critical decisions regarding project execution. Your expertise will support the development of the Marine Highways portion of the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) and the AMHS Obligation Plan to utilize Federal Participating Funds.
The benefits of joining our team:

Joining the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) offers an array of benefits, with career growth opportunities at the forefront. As an integral part of Alaska's infrastructure development and maintenance, DOT&PF provides employees with a dynamic and diverse work environment where they can continually enhance their skills and climb the career ladder. The department values professional development, offering training programs and mentorship opportunities to help individuals expand their expertise and advance in their chosen fields. With the vast and unique challenges of Alaska's geography and climate, employees can work on groundbreaking projects that contribute to the state's growth, making the DOT&PF an ideal choice for those seeking a fulfilling and evolving career in transportation and public facilities.
The State of Alaska has a generous benefits package and an excellent retirement plan. Please see here for more information:
The DOT&PF core values are integrity, excellence, and respect. We support an environment focused on teamwork and collaboration to achieve results. We succeed in achieving our transportation mission through building credibility with our customers, stakeholders, and the public.
The working environment you can expect:

This position is located in Ketchikan, Alaska.

Who we are looking for:
To be successful in this position, the selected applicant will possess the following core competencies:

• Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Stakeholder Management: Knowledge of the concepts, practices, and techniques used to identify, engage, influence, and monitor relationships with individuals and groups connected to a work effort; including those actively involved, those who exert influence over the process and its results, and those who have a vested interest in the outcome (positive or negative).
• Performance Management: Knowledge of performance management concepts, principles, and practices related to planning, monitoring, rating, and rewarding employee performance

To view the general description and example of duties for positions please go to the following link: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/

Minimum Qualifications
Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

• Contracting/Procurement: Knowledge of various types of contracts, techniques, or requirements (for example, Federal Acquisitions Regulations) for contracting or procurement, and contract negotiation and administration.
• Cost Estimation and Analysis: Knowledge of the principles, practices, and methods used to determine, estimate, and analyze costs, including determining life cycle costs, application of cost models, and evaluation of cost realism.
• Problem Solving: Identifies and analyzes problems; weighs relevance and accuracy of information; generates and evaluates alternative solutions; makes recommendations.
• Project Management: Knowledge of the principles, methods, or tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, and managing projects and resources, including monitoring and inspecting costs, work, and contractor performance.
• Technical Credibility: Understands and appropriately applies principles, procedures, requirements, regulations, and policies related to specialized expertise.
• Vessel Construction: Knowledge of design, construction, and maintenance of offshore vessels, including electrical and propulsion systems, hydrodynamics, stability, and structural integrity, understanding of materials used in marine construction (e.g., steel, composites, coatings) and selecting materials based on durability, corrosion resistance, and weight considerations, ensuring safety and compliance with regulations.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:
Any combination of preparatory post-secondary education and/or progressively responsible professional level experience in marine engineering, naval architecture, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, civil engineering, naval science, sailing as a licensed 1st Assistant Engineer or Chief Engineer and/or administering contracts for the construction of marine vessel structures at commercial or government shipyards; marine engineering and project management duties selecting and applying accepted and standard marine engineering practices associated with the design, construction, refurbishment and maintenance of ships and ship systems.

Special Note:
"Competencies" means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.

"Typically gained by" means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

"Training" and "education" in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.

"Professional experience" means work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession's principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment.

"Progressively responsible" means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.
Additional Required Information
**NOTE: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY**

At the time of interview, applicants are requested to submit (if not already attached to your application):

• Include your two most recent performance evaluations or, if unavailable, provide two professional letters of recommendation.
• Provide three professional references with their contact information (email or phone), including full name, title, and company.
• Submit transcripts if using education to meet minimum requirements.

ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY

Please be sure to check our to determine if you qualify.
EDUCATION

To verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competencies, you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials used to meet or support the minimum qualifications/competencies for a position and are required with each application. (Unofficial is okay; please ensure the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts). Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview; if not, transcripts will be required before employment.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
WORK EXPERIENCE

If using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer's name, your job title, dates of employment, and whether full-or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported, and minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.
NOTE:Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application in its entirety. Noting "see resume or CV" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.

Contact Information
For specific information about this position, please contact the hiring manager at the following:

Name: Jerry Mastin, Vessel Construction Manager 3

Phone: (907) 228-7275Email:
Careers with the State of Alaska offer MANY benefits

The following information describes typical benefits available to employees of the State of Alaska. Actual benefits received may differ by bargaining unit or branch of government, position type, or be prorated for other than full time work.

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