Planner - Spatial at Electric Boat – Groton, Connecticut

The Planning Department requires a Planner for the Spatial Planning group at the Groton, CT Facility. This group supports the continued development of the EB Facility Master Plan, Virginia & Columbia Class submarine production, Virginia & Columbia Class spatial demand forecasts, barge and graving dock planning, Future Class concept development, as well as other future scheduling within multiple construction programs.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain spatial schedules for long and mid-term forecasting Groton facilities, near-term production and resource schedules at the Groton facility, barge shipment schedules, and graving dock usage schedules.
• Identify spatial conflicts, develop resolutions to support construction schedules and recommend potential cost improvements.
• Regularly interface with Ship's Management, Program Office, Operations, Manufacturing Engineering and various Engineering disciplines.
• Manage and identify scheduling and quantity issues with critical assets.
• Assist in the development of current and future state shop capacity analysis; create value stream maps, identify backlogs, bottlenecks and material throughput flow.
• Work in a collaborative team environment.

Skills:

• Ability to state clearly what you need and expect from others
• Capable of giving attention to all relevant areas of tasking to achieve thoroughness and accuracy when completing a task
• Demonstrates sincere interest in meeting topics and, asks questions to clarify, gathers information and maintains conversation focus
• Clearly manage your own time and the time of others on the task(s) at hand
• Can orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish team goals
• Able to acknowledge and accept personal responsibility and commitment for actions, products, outputs and decisions
• Ability to set achievable goals, break down work into process steps and measure performance against goals
• Ability to handle ambiguity and move forward to a solution
• Displays interest and commitment to team efforts
• Maintain in-depth knowledge in your area of focus
• Able to work independently
• Able to work in a teamed environment
• Able to work with a partner

Required:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 1+ years of experience in project management, event coordination and schedule development

Preferred:

• B.A. or B.S. Degree
• 5+ years experience in Planning/Production Control/Ship's Management/Trades/Navy Submarine service
• Knowledge of Planning methodology and Groton Facility capabilities
• Knowledge and experience in the field of project management, specifically towards project scheduling
• Experience with project management software. Electronic Desktop System (EWP/PCM) or ARTEMIS
• Experience in shop capacity analysis and/or logistics
• Understanding of Lean/6-Sigma methodology
• Proficiency in computer literacy proven through work experience; spreadsheets and presentations (Microsoft Visio experience desired)
• Ability to read and extract relevant information from technical drawings