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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, Management, Construction, or Engineering; an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• At least 3 years of experience as a planner or scheduler, or in a related field.
• At least 2 years of experience in a lead or supervisory position.
• Advanced experience using Primavera P6.
• Advanced Microsoft Office Suite experience, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Working knowledge of web-based design and collaboration tools.
• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with managers, office workers, craft workers, management, government officials, and the public.
• Advanced management, leadership, process-improvement, data-system, and integration skills.
• Ability to manage and execute multiple work streams, prioritize tasks against strict deadlines, and analyze large volumes of data for high-level reporting.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a project team, using diplomacy and tact and sustaining client relationships.
• Ability to adapt to ambiguous and fast-paced situations, demonstrate initiative and innovation, and lead multi-system integrated product teams.
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills.
• Integrity, flexibility and adaptability, initiative, interpersonal skills, attention to detail, and multitasking ability.
• Ability to maintain the confidentiality of information pertaining to Eastern Shipbuilding Group.
• Regular attendance and ability to work flexible hours, including overtime, weekends, and holidays.
• Ability to perform the physical functions described, including regular communication and frequent standing, walking, handling or feeling objects, and reaching; required vision abilities include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and focus adjustment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in USCG, DOD, U.S. Navy, or other government shipbuilding; commercial equivalent experience will be considered.
• Craft or trade experience; an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Experience with Primavera P6 or other scheduling software in a resource-loaded EVMS schedule.
• Experience in industrial engineering, shipbuilding, and production processes, including cross-craft experience.
• Experience leading teams assessing schedules and other project-control data and communicating priority findings to clients, IBR, and surveillance support.
• Understanding of and ability to design and deliver planning training.
• Project management support experience.
• Cost accounting background.
• Experience in a manufacturing or shipbuilding environment and government contract work.
• Experience with drawing and modeling software.
• Project Management certification, Process Improvement certification, PMI Project Management Professional (PMI-PMP), AACE Earned Value Professional (EVP), or AACE Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP) certification.

Responsibilities

• Manage the planning and scheduling department’s day-to-day activities and provide direction and support to planning and scheduling employees.
• Develop and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule and supporting planning details, including work packages, logical relationships, resource loading, integrated product team plans, critical path analysis, and change management.
• Develop, maintain, and track Government Financial Reports required by contracts.
• Coordinate data integration and planning with other departments and across multiple projects and crafts, including identifying cross-craft dependencies.
• Expedite critical program needs, including BCRs, ad hoc reports, and other documentation.
• Maintain accountability for CDRLs related to projects; assure quality products and identify data anomalies.
• Resolve daily issues and concerns and provide direction to team members and stakeholders.
• Train stakeholders in EVMS processes and provide on-the-job training; mentor and coach departments and CAMs on EVMS processes and work instructions.
• Identify and participate in departmental process improvements and develop and ensure adherence to process work instructions.
• Develop LOE work packages and work orders for support groups based on drawings and CAM inputs.
• Generate, monitor, and maintain work-package changes driven by ECNs or ECPs.
• Develop bases of estimate for work packages using standards and actual performance.
• Design planning staffing models to optimize labor, cost, and efficiency.
• Coordinate, complete, and manage BCR workflows; implement BCRs with schedulers in P6.
• Work in accordance with ESG ISO standards, Planning and Scheduling Excellence, and the EVMS system description.
• Provide information for earned value management reporting and assist with or create weekly and monthly reports.
• Expedite operations that delay production schedules and revise schedules to address unforeseen conditions.
• Support the smooth and cost-efficient flow of production operations through information management and sharing.
• Directly and indirectly supervise assigned planning and scheduling team members, including interviewing, hiring, training, planning, assigning, and directing work.
• Perform other duties as assigned.