Shipyard Production Planner & Scheduler – Onsite Norfolk

Colonna's Shipyard; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401k with match

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Colonna’s Shipyard, Inc. in Norfolk, VA is seeking a Shipyard Production Planner and Scheduler to support vessel repair, fabrication, and scheduling to meet master and yard deadlines.

The role will create work packages, monitor progress, and coordinate with trades, management, quality, and subcontractors to ensure on-time delivery. The ideal candidate has at least 10 years in ship repair planning, strong IT skills (MS Office and MS Project) and proven leadership and communication abilities to

Qualifications

• Experience in computerized planning and resource management.
• Minimum of 10 years of ship repair experience, including planning, scheduling, and production efforts.
• Strong knowledge of ship repair processes, industry regulations and safety standards.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Prior experience coordinating production operations, shop workflow, or vessel repair activities preferred.
• Strong PC skills, including Word, Excel, Outlook and Microsoft Project.
• Strong problem-solving skills with experience in work sequence deconfliction.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Supports daily operations within the assigned shop to support vessel repair, fabrication, production efficiency, and safe work execution.
• Assist Shop Management with ship repair projects for both commercial and government clients, planning through execution to completion.
• Creates work packages, drawings, specifications and contract requirements to ensure work is properly prepared for execution.
• Monitors production progress, schedule performance and shop capacity; recommend priority adjustments as needed to maintain workflow and delivery commitments.
• Collaborates with Production Trades, Project Management, Quality, and subcontractors to support efficient execution of shipyard operations.
• Coordinates upcoming work activities, material readiness, technical support requirements and yard priorities to maintain efficient shop operations.
• Supports short-range production planning and sequencing of work to maximize efficiency and minimize delays.
• Responsible for collection of physical progress each week for their jobs
• Review and edit Test and Inspection Plans, Required Reports List and then execute, manage Test & Inspection Plans.
• Draft and submit accurate, clear & concise reports as required.
• Manages and maintains various phases of vessel production schedules; reviews, implements, and maintains the tools and techniques necessary to analyze the impact of proposed schedule changes.
• Tracks schedule changes and assess their impact on production timelines.
• Determines the status of assigned projects and updates and maintains project data, including progress tracking and manpower budgets.
• Assists planning requirements, yard priorities, and production schedules to sequence the next 10–14 days of work; provides manpower projections to shop foremen and upper management.
• Sets a personal example by wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in accordance with company guidelines at all times and correcting/documenting noncompliance when observed.
• Ensures all Company Safe Operations initiatives and procedures are executed, including safe work planning, safety briefings, near-miss documentation and discussions, and housekeeping practices.
• Promotes participation in the Safe Operations culture at the deck plate level and encourages employees to remain vigilant and vocal regarding safety issues, concerns, and suggestions.
• Works independently to complete assigned responsibilities.
• Performs other duties as assigned based on workload demands.
• Maintains regular and reliable attendance.
• Demonstrates strong organizational skills and reliability to consistently meet deadlines.
• Must be able to work overtime as required to meet operational deadlines.

Skills

Planning & scheduling

Leadership communication

MS Office Suite

MS Project

Resource management

Problem solving

Tools

ERP systems

MRP

Microsoft Project

Job description

Colonna’s Shipyard, Inc. in Norfolk, VA is seeking a Shipyard Production Planner and Scheduler to support vessel repair, fabrication, and scheduling to meet master and yard deadlines.

The role will create work packages, monitor progress, and coordinate with trades, management, quality, and subcontractors to ensure on-time delivery. The ideal candidate has at least 10 years in ship repair planning, strong IT skills (MS Office and MS Project) and proven leadership and communication abilities to