Project Planner

Department

Planning and Production Control

Reporting to

Planning and Production Control Manager, as assigned

Summary Statement

The Project Planner supports successful shipbuilding execution by translating project requirements into coordinated executable plans before work reaches the production floor. The position works across Project Management, Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, Quality, and other functions to define work scope, sequencing, readiness needs, and near-term priorities. The role identifies missing information, material, resources, and other constraints early so responsible departments can resolve them before planned work is affected. The Project Planner provides reliable planning information that supports production readiness, workload coordination, and timely project decisions.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develops and maintains project planning structures, work packages, milestone plans, and look-ahead plans that translate project requirements into executable work.
• Coordinates with Project Management, Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, Quality, and other functions to validate scope, required inputs, sequence, and readiness for planned work.
• Identifies drawing, material, labor, facility, predecessor-work, inspection, and decision constraints early and communicates them to the appropriate owner before they affect production.
• Supports development of build strategies and production plans by organizing major phases, work areas, modules, systems, and work packages into a practical execution framework.
• Maintains planning assumptions, constraints, required dates, and assigned planning records so current information is available to schedulers, production leaders, and project teams.
• Facilitates near-term look-ahead planning and readiness reviews to help ensure work released to Production has the information, material, resources, and access needed for execution.
• Works with the Project Scheduler to ensure approved planning logic, durations, interfaces, and need dates are correctly represented in the project schedule.
• Supports production-control activities by reviewing planned versus actual execution, identifying emerging impacts, and helping develop recovery or resequencing options.
• Participates in lessons learned and continuous improvement activities that improve planning quality, work readiness, and coordination across departments.

Education/Experience (Required)

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Three years of experience in planning, production control, shipbuilding, manufacturing, construction, or a comparable project execution environment.
• Ability to interpret project schedules, technical information, drawings, material requirements, and production requirements.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and the ability to organize and maintain structured planning data.
• Ability to communicate and coordinate effectively with production, engineering, supply chain, quality, and project personnel.

Education/Experience (Preferred)

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, business, operations, supply chain, or a related field.
• Previous shipbuilding, marine construction, heavy manufacturing, or defense-industrial experience.
• Experience with work-package planning, production readiness, material planning, or engineering deliverable planning.
• Experience with Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, ERP/MRP systems, or similar planning and scheduling tools.

Physical Requirements (Applicable to all including Administrative and Office-Based Roles)

• The employee must have correctable vision to 20/40, however contact lenses are not permitted in certain production area positions.
• The employee must pass the Ishihara test for color blindness and have the ability to read and understand safety symbols and colors, (i.e. red, yellow, green, etc.).
• The employee must be able to stand, sit, walk, squat, kneel, stoop, or climb stairs or a ladder.
• The employee must have good balance and the capability of standing on each foot for a period of 30 seconds or more.

Physical Responsibilities (Applicable to Trades, Production, and Field Supervisors Only)

• The employee must pass a pulmonary function exam for positions requiring respiratory protection.
• The employee must be able to perform overhead work, as necessary, with a full range of motion.
• The employee must not be claustrophobic and may be required to work in confined spaces.
• The employee must have the capability to maneuver through openings as small as 18 inches by 23 inches, and would need to be able to move and crawl into awkward positions.
• The employee must be able to work in static positions for extended periods of time.
• The employee must not have a fear of heights and may be required to work in an elevated environment (which could include heights of more than 50 feet) on scaffolding, from staging, planking, or a mechanical lift.
• The employee must be able to carry tools and or equipment to their designated work area. They could include but are not limited to the tools associated with their trade, or others as designated by their responsibilities. The approximate weight could be as much as 75 pounds.

Work Demands

• The employee is required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) including but not limited to respirator, hardhat, face shield, safety goggles, safety shoes (steel toe), safety harness, gloves or other protective clothing as determined by a Senesco Marine Job Hazard Analysis.
• The employee must report all accidents or injuries to their supervisor and the Environmental Safety and Health Department.
• The employee must report to their supervisor any and all damages to equipment, or broken and misused tools.
• The employee may be working in several different areas and environments; this includes work inside and outside of buildings or structures.
• The employee needs to work at a pace consistent with meeting company deadlines.

Disclaimer

This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.