Planner

Posting Name: Outfitting Planner 

Schedule: M – T, 6:00 AM – 3:30 PM and Friday, 6:00 AM – 10:00 AM 

 
This position is located at our Bayou La Batre, AL facility.  

Join the Birdon team and help ensure USCG boats are safe and reliable!  

Our Planners are an integral piece of our work on a daily basis.  Some of your daily functions will include: 

• Ability to work as independent planner for WCC Program working closely with the Scheduling, Supply Chain and Material Control functions.
• Ability to review, and process Engineering Build of Material (BoM) data, developing and maturing material BoMs and requisitions in Business Central ERP 
• Perform material reconciliation of Advance Build of Material (ABoM) and the final Manufacturing Build of Material (MBoM) to ensure correct demand quality. 
• Able to effectively communicate lead times, forecast dates and material risk for production work packages.
• Proactive in problem solving working with wider business in finding solutions for material not supporting required in yard dates, presenting solutions and mitigations
• Ability to produce and present metrics and reports such as material availability % on production activities, lead time analysis impact, and material inventory and delivery times. 
• Identify, develop and manage demand for Min/Max and VMI registers for consumables, fasteners and fixing and common items.
• Ability to Operate 3D Model Assembly Planner for Work Package definition, sequencing, and BoM enrichment.
• Apply and develop estimates and norms to ensure work packages are budgeted to industry standards. 
• Define, mature and attribute schedules in the scheduling software,
• Work closely with the Master Scheduler to ensure optimum resource loading and work center capacity conformance.  
• Create and manage BoM requisitions in ERP 
• Present schedules and plan intent in Production Pre-Build Reviews
• Develop compartment completions schedule and compartment completions plans for production and vendors
• Develop production work packages in PDF format, populated with all the information production require to start and finish work safely and successfully – demonstrating attention to detail and first time quality.  
• Setup of job cost structure in ERP
• Optimize change management and integration
• Ensure learning from experience (actuals) is captured and implemented for continuous improvement on future vessels.
• Monitor Production’s work execution
• Generate and support schedule look ahead (12 Week and 4 Weeks), communicate the plan intent for planned hours, resource, and tooling requirements.
• Support work package and material staging. 
• Resolving planning issues in the field, demonstrating creativity to be adaptable to keep progressing the build while working for solutions.
• Drive completion of Work in Progress assessments, progress capture and accurate charging 
• Create and develop KPIs for monitoring production performance, highlighting risk and areas for improvement. 
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 If you have at least 5 years’ experience in shipbuilding outfitting, engineering, or planning and scheduling, possess a High School Diploma or GED and extensive knowledge of Ship Production sequence, we want to talk to you! 

Birdon is committed to the HEALTH and SAFETY of our workforce and to the ENVIRONMENT, we expect this same commitment from all employees. 

Birdon America Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Know Your Rights The Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company’s written Affirmative Action Plan.  This plan is available for inspection upon request by emailing hr@birdon.us.  If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact hr@birdon.us for further assistance.