Production Project Planner

Embraer•Nashville, TN

About The Position

The Production Project Planner oversees, supports, and coordinates key milestones for planning and managing aircraft maintenance and modification projects at an Embraer-owned service center. The role plans and tracks project work, coordinates resources and work streams, maintains schedules and deliverables, and supports on-time, on-quality project completion. It also prepares estimates and quotes, supports work-package assembly, monitors project costs and labor, and serves as a liaison among planning, customers, and operations.

Requirements

Typically requires a BS/BA undergraduate degree.
Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) experience is required.
Strong project-management skills to plan and manage a project rollout.
Generally, 5 or more years of experience as an Aviation Field Project Manager or in a similar role.
Experience in aviation planning, customer support, and repair customer-service activities.
Aviation quality-control experience is required.
Broad knowledge of principles and practices applicable to relatively complex work assignments.
Knowledge of customer-service techniques, critical chain process management, and aeronautical concepts.
Intermediate computer skills, including Office, Excel, and Word.
Customer-service orientation, good communication skills, ability to work independently and as a team player, and strong organizational and detail orientation.

Nice To Haves

PMP certification is preferred.
A&P license is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Support multiple medium- to high-complexity projects and help ensure on-time, on-quality delivery.
Use critical chain management and buffer management to assess project performance, with emphasis on resource leveling.
Develop and execute end-to-end project activities, including plans, estimates, scoping, requirements, implementation, and deployment.
Manage work across workforces as needed and monitor and report deliverables through project phases.
Ensure project quality and serve as an escalation point of contact.
Coordinate work streams to support on-time delivery.
Plan and track programs using Microsoft Project and ProChain; manage deliverables, including Fever Charts and actual-versus-plan project evolution.
Communicate with client leadership teams, facilitate and organize meetings, manage risks and issues, report status to senior management, and manage open items.
Organize and plan activities; instruct or assist Production Control in assembling work packages.
Assemble information and data needed to plan projects, including MRB task cards, AMM references, and service bulletins.
Research and verify aircraft configuration, order pre-draw materials and modification kits, and ensure required equipment and personnel are available for the proposed schedule.
Assign work orders and task numbers to work packages in the correct sequence using CCPM.
Develop and update project workflow charts daily to track progress and problem areas.
Monitor hours expended on flat-rated jobs and report results daily to managers to improve project performance.
Maintain a database of work performed; assist with labor and maintenance studies and provide historical data to Sales and Marketing.
Prepare quotes for aircraft maintenance and other work scopes received from Sales and Marketing, estimating material and labor requirements.
Act as liaison among planning, customers, and operations.
Create activity-sequence flow charts, establish labor-hour requirements for routine work, and identify required outside services.
Update work scopes as CRI items develop, and update flow charts and master task lists.
Ensure the work plan is followed and track paperwork through Production Control for accountability.
Assess project or service cost-effectiveness by tracking actual costs against bids as work progresses.
Prepare estimates for management planning, organizing, and scheduling purposes.