Planner I - Submarines (Multi-Craft)
About The Position
This role is responsible for defining activities, budgets, and schedule logic in accordance with established EVMS guidelines. The position involves establishing sequencing, usage phase, and build location for structural components, considering facility capacity and build strategy. The Planner I will also collect and implement lessons learned, incorporate internal changes into work packages and schedules, and review drawings for producibility and completeness. This role requires assisting trades and scheduling with baseline changes, answering production questions, and building work packages that include task steps and budgets, electronically assigning materials, assembling drawings, and sending documents for issue. Additionally, the role involves populating the planning database with work scope items and attributes, and assisting with processing shop orders.
Requirements
- BS Degree in a relevant field (such as Engineering, Business Administration, or Construction Management) or 1 year experience at Austal USA or a comparable shipyard
- Minimum 1 year planning experience
- Aptitude to learn the job of shipyard planning, must score 20 or higher on Cognitive Criteria Aptitude Test
- Computer literate utilizing Microsoft Excel.
- Effective communication skills to work with various departments and effect customer satisfaction with internal and external customers.
- Ability to learn basics of scheduling concepts.
- 18 years of age or older at time of application
- Able to provide proof of US Citizenship Status
- No criminal convictions within seven years from disposition date
- Willing to submit to a drug screen
- Willing to submit to a background check
Nice To Haves
- Preferred experience includes division of work scope within modules, across stages of construction, with material and budget allocation responsibilities.
- Knowledge of Earned Value Management System (EVMS) and performance measurement techniques a plus
- Knowledge of Master Production Schedule (MPS) and MRP systems a plus
- Experience with Government contracts a plus.
- Experience with Lean Manufacturing a plus.
- Experience with AutoCad, ShipConstructor, and Navisworks a plus
Responsibilities
- Define activities, budgets and schedule logic in accordance with established EVMS guidelines with reference to similar work.
- Establish sequencing, usage phase and build location for structural components based on facility capacity and build strategy.
- Collect, review and implement lessons learned from work packages and meetings.
- Incorporate internal change into work packages and schedule.
- Review drawings for producibility and completeness of content.
- Assist trades and scheduling with baseline changes to transfer work scope to and from a subcontractor.
- Answer production questions about work scope.
- Build Work packages to include, but not limited to: o Establishes steps and budgets for tasks
- Electronically assign material to work packages
- Assemble applicable drawings
- Send documents to Document Control for issue
- Populate planning database with work scope items and attributes about those items (i.e. location, budget, drawing information, product types, etc.).
- Assist work package makers with processing shop orders.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
