Project Planner

**Project Planner (Permanent)**:

- Location: Victoria, British Columbia, CA, V8Z 0B9
- Onsite or Hybrid:
**Project Planner (Permanent)**

**Victoria, BC**
- Expected Salary: $_ $65,514_ to $_ 98,271

Underpinned by a deep understanding of technology integration, asset management, and specialist training, Babcock International works with customers around the world to improve the capability, reliability, and availability of their most critical assets within the key market sectors of Marine, Land, Aviation, and Nuclear.

In Canada, Babcock works in the Marine sector, where our teams provide critical and complex support to Canada’s submarine fleet. Our Canadian team is proud to be trusted to deliver key naval in-service support for the Royal Canadian Navy. We also operate in the Aviation sector, where Babcock ensures that the aircrew trainees of our partner nations receive the world’s best flying training. We deliver vital aerial emergency services and are proud to have been selected by the Government of Manitoba to deliver their wildfire suppression services, as well as key components of their critical air ambulance services.

Whether it is providing technical training instruction, developing training materials or maintaining critical training assets, Babcock is trusted by its customers to deliver world-class training solutions.

Babcock’s Purpose is to **create a safe and secure world, together**. Our Principles create the foundation for how we will do this. They keep us on the right course, unify the way we work and guide us towards success. By thinking, connecting, and acting in line with these Principles, we’ll deliver better outcomes for our Culture, Customers and Communities. Collectively at Babcock, our employees embody the Principles that help make us great at what we do:

- Challenge the status quo, **Be Curious**, and ask, ‘how might we?’
- Whenever measuring success, **Think: Outcomes** and positive impacts.
- **Be Kind** to ourselves, each other, and our planet.
- Babcock employees **Collaborate** - we are greater than the sum of our parts,
- **Be Courageous** - be brave, ambitious, and determined.
- Everyone has a part to play -** Own** and **Deliver** to be successful.

Babcock is grateful to work on the traditional territories of many Nations across Canada. Babcock respects the special relationship that the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis have with the land and recognizes that we are privileged to use and share this land. Babcock is committed to being a good neighbor, ensuring that we are positively contributing to society’s progress and building meaningful and mutually beneficial relations with Indigenous peoples, businesses, and communities.
- In this role, you will: _
- Provide technical support for the contract bid preparation during the planning phase including:

- Work breakdown
- Specification clarification
- Identification of subcontracts
- Attending meetings as required
- Create Manageable Tasks and management activities utilizing custom software.
- Analyze, vet, and interrogate Work Specifications to ensure a full and detailed understanding of customer requirements (including resource and material identification)
- Investigate and compile a listing of surveys required by the work specification and determine cost coverage recommendations.
- Resolve conflicting project requirements through having a full understanding of client requirements.
- When necessary, deputize for the Planning Supervisor and ensure that the direction of the department is followed in relation to strategic direction of the company.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with the client and the client’s agents.
- Comply with all working practices, standards of discipline, safety, and quality.
- Complete other duties as assigned.
- 4 + years relevant experience
- Minimum 2 years’ electrical and/or mechanical and/or welding background
- Minimum 2 years project planning, project management
- Microsoft Office Suite proficiency
- Effective communication skills with the ability to communication to all levels of stakeholders
- Experience using IT systems to control work packages.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) through the Project Management Institute (PMI) or equivalent certification (an asset)
- Production shipyard experience or having a Navy maintenance background (an asset)
- Royal Canadian Navy operating systems experience (strong asset)
- You are eligible for a Canadian Secret Security and ITAR Clearance

Babcock Canada supports the safety and wellbeing of our employees through the following programs:

- Contributions towards an employee’s physical and mental health
- Wellness days
- Supportive work life balance: flexible work schedule and competitive annual vacation time off
- Comprehensive health and dental benefits
- Pregnancy and Parental Leave top-up available
- Employer matching of employee retirement contribution
- Employee recognition and bonus programs
- Support of professional development and rei