Planner Ii, Design Build

**Description**

A Planner II will have in-depth understanding in one or more of the following areas: overall build strategy, shipbuilding process, planning/scheduling process, production bill of material (PBOM) planning.

**Education and Experience**
- A bachelor’s degree in a technical field of study is preferred. Trades Certificate combined with sufficient employment experience may be considered. High School diploma is the minimum requirement.
- 2 to 4 years’ experience in planning, ship design, shipbuilding or related trade experience.

**Skills, Knowledge and Required Competencies**

**This position will require the following competencies**:

- Excellent attitude and demonstrated ability to work within a team environment.
- Strong organizational skills including the ability to maintain organization in a changing environment and under pressure.
- Strong judgement, reasoning, and critical thinking skills as well as tact and diplomacy.
- Strong time management skills.
- Demonstrated customer service focus.
- Demonstrated desire to create relationships that foster trust and loyalty.
- Demonstrated initiative, creativity and integrity.
- Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills.
- Strong attention to detail, problem solving and analytical skills.
- Demonstrated ability to multi-task and establish priorities.
- Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office software suite (Project, Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint).
- Committed to a high standard of safety and able to comply with all Seaspan safety policies and rules.
- Demonstrated ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.
- Knowledge of shipbuilding operations with an detailed understanding of the relationship between planning, procurement, design and production.
- Ability to work independently to develop solutions to complex technical problems.
- Ability to make process improvements within planning.
- Ability to mentor other planners in their technical growth.

**This position will also require the following knowledge and skills**:
Design Build
- Extensive knowledge of shipbuilding operations with a detailed understanding of the relationship between procurement, design, production and test operations.
- Proficiency working with independent planning systems including Primavera P6 (preferred) and Microsoft Project.
- Proficiency working with CAD/CAM software suite including Ship Constructor (preferred) and AutoCAD.
- Understanding of how an ERP system works and supports a large manufacturing facility.
- Established working relationships with Area/Trade Management, Engineering, Design, Procurement, Quality, Design Build, Master Scheduling, Program Controls and Estimating.

**Duties/Accountabilities**
- A Planner II in Design Build_ is responsible for process engineering on new construction projects at Vancouver Shipyards. Under the direction of the Manager, Design Build Engineering, the Planner II participates in all phases of new construction design projects from a Process Engineering perspective to improve productivity and remove waste including the development of assigned analysis and projects in the areas of ship design and shipbuilding, production engineering, build strategy development, pre-production process development.
- Plans and performs analysis in support of program pre-production strategy development including: Engineering and Procurement Strategy and Schedules, Pre-Production Process, PBOM creation and associated tasks and activities and supports development of ship construction schedules.
- Plans and performs process improvements and pre-production areas.
- Plans and performs pre-production process analysis to develop, implement, and refine new and existing production processes.
- Monitors industry and supplier developments to identify and transfer to VSY industry best practice.
- Provides mentoring and technical guidance to subordinate engineers in Process Engineering and/or related departments.
- Builds team capability by training and developing others in order to ensure future team effectiveness.