What are the responsibilities and job description for the Planner - Spatial position at General Dynamics Electric Boat?
Overview:
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.
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
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