Also called: Ship Construction Program Manager
Runs the multi-year, multi-billion-dollar effort to build a class of ships.
Program managers track cost, schedule, and quality across thousands of workers and suppliers, meeting with the Navy or shipowners and fixing problems before they snowball.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 10 years after high school. Engineering or business degree plus years of shipyard experience; often a master's.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Naval Architecture, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years).
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI tools track cost and schedule and draft reports; leading thousands of workers and dealing with the Navy stays human.
Classes: AP Economics, AP Physics, Speech and debate.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-9041.
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