Shipyard Planner (Job ID: 1441)

Colonna's Shipyard•Norfolk, VA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Colonna’s Shipyard is seeking a Shipyard Planner responsible for developing, maintaining, and monitoring production schedules for ship repair projects to ensure work is completed safely, efficiently, and on time. This role collaborates with Project Management, Production, trades, and subcontractors to plan workflow, track progress, analyze manpower and resource requirements, and identify schedule impacts or delays. The Planner supports project execution through detailed scheduling, reporting, production analysis, and continuous coordination while promoting a strong safety culture and compliance with all shipyard and customer requirements. The position is located onsite in Norfolk, VA and will often require hours beyond a standard work week with flexible schedule availability to support production/operations. Position may require limited travel.

Requirements

Must have a HS Diploma or equivalent.
At least ten (10) years of experience in planning, scheduling and/or production efforts.
Experience in computerized planning and resourcing.
Experience with scheduling and manpower/resource loading.
Strong PC skills to include Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook), and Microsoft Project or similar scheduling software.
Full understanding of NAVSEA Standard Items 009-60, 009-111, 009-68.
Excellent organizational, problem-solving, and negotiation skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Must be able to handle multiple projects independently and meet tight deadlines.
Must be able to obtain base or shipyard access, if required.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Deltek Costpoint preferred.
Familiarity with vendor networks in the Hampton Roads area is preferred.

Responsibilities

Supports the Production Department and Project Management teams by gathering, analyzing, preparing and submitting data necessary to develop and maintain project schedules.
Progresses and analyzes production work and provides assessment of each work item progress.
Prepares and submits reports to convey data and prepare production reports.
Collaborates with project managers, trades, and subcontractors to create trade level plans for production work.
Manages and maintains all phases of the production schedule; develops, recommends, reviews, implements, and maintains the tools and techniques necessary to analyze the impact of proposed schedule changes.
Tracks changes and assesses their impact on the schedule.
Determines status of assigned projects and updates and maintains project information data such as progress, manpower budget, and project performance.
Draws up master schedule to establish sequence and lead time of each operation to meet completion dates according to production forecasts or customer work specifications and drawings.
Participates in production project models and craft planning schedule reviews.
Translates specifications and drawing orders into a sequential work schedule.
Analyzes production specifications and capacity data to determine manpower resource requirements.
Plans and schedules workflow for each department and operation according to previously established production sequences and lead times.
Expedites operations that delay schedules and alters schedules to meet unforeseen conditions.
Draws up research and development as required by upper management.
Acts as an internal educator on progressing/scheduling methods and systems.
Maintains regular contact within the department, with other departments within the company, and with external agencies/vendors/contacts/customers, outside of the company supplying or gathering information.
Practices and confirms that all employees, subcontractors and visitors are in compliance with Safe Operations requirements to include the use of PPE.
Sets a personal example by always wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) per company guidelines with no exceptions and correcting/documenting others who are not in compliance.
Ensures that all Company Safe Operations initiatives and procedures are executed to include the safe planning of work, safety briefings, near-miss documentation and discussions, and housekeeping practices.
Promotes Safe Operations culture participation at the deck plate level.
Performs other duties as assigned as workload dictates.