Senior Shipyard Planner: From Drawings to Dry Docks

Ontario Shipyards Inc.; St. Catharines; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits including health, eye,

Job summary

Ontario Shipyards Inc. is seeking a hands-on Planner/Production lead to map schedules, allocate trades, and convert drawings into actionable steps for major marine projects. You will work closely with the Project Office and Production Manager in a dynamic yard environment to ensure safe, timely progress.

The role requires hands-on shipyard experience, advanced Primavera P6 skills, and a proven ability to coordinate multiple trades within tight spaces and changing project scopes.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of planning, scheduling, and operations in a ship repair or ship construction yard.
• Ability to work in rugged shipyard environments including climbing scaffolding and tight spaces.
• Experience managing trade sequencing in compact spaces to avoid conflicts (hot work vs coatings).
• 3+ years in shipyard tendering or estimating departments.
• Expert-level proficiency with Primavera P6 scheduling software.
• Strong background in structural, piping, and mechanical marine systems with ability to read engineering drawings.

Responsibilities

• Map facility usage, tool needs, and manpower for current and upcoming vessel projects.
• Create realistic project timelines, trade labor forecasts, and initial mBOMs for bids.
• Develop Level 5 project timelines in Primavera P6 by trade and WBS.
• Review scope changes, update baselines, adjust timelines as needed.
• Convert technical files into step-by-step instructions for production trades.
• Build master BOMs, manage material orders, and track deliveries.
• Provide 4-week rolling look-ahead reports with project teams.
• Monitor hours vs budget weekly to identify delays and corrective actions.
• Generate scheduling reports to support client invoicing and progress tracking.
• Identify risks and create mitigation plans to keep work on schedule.
• Manage subcontractor lists and track milestones.
• Analyze yard performance to set productivity metrics for all trades.
• Finalize schedule data at project close to improve bids.

Skills

Primavera P6

Shipyard planning

Project scheduling

Reading drawings

Trade coordination

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Ontario Shipyards Inc. is seeking a hands-on Planner/Production lead to map schedules, allocate trades, and convert drawings into actionable steps for major marine projects. You will work closely with the Project Office and Production Manager in a dynamic yard environment to ensure safe, timely progress.

The role requires hands-on shipyard experience, advanced Primavera P6 skills, and a proven ability to coordinate multiple trades within tight spaces and changing project scopes.