Job Description As Planner, you will be responsible to ensure that the job cards/ work packs encompass all required pieces of information in order for production to execute the scope of work without interruption. More specifically, you will:

• Develop detailed process plans to include reviewing and applying manhour estimates, identifying special tooling, and material.
• Review the prints, drawings, and work scope and determines the work to be accomplished, relying on previous experience/ training; following accepted trade practices, pertinent specifications, sketches, drawings, prints; and considering time/cost restraints, tooling and material availability.
• Visit the jobsite while work is in progress and upon completion to determine whether the customer specifications (scope, materials, equipment, tooling, and skills) are adequately communicated to the production craftspeople.
• Capture job feedback (actual time and material usage, and production comments) in order to improve the job card development for future similar work scopes.
• Consult with the supervisor on problems relating to craftsmanship, material, equipment, or procedures.
• Review expended manhours and material usage with estimated cost to determine if deviations are justified. Attends meetings and conferences as required.
• Must have an ability to gain intermediate working knowledge of the techniques and procedures of machinery, sheet metal work, welding, pipe fitting, electrical work, surface coating and painting, and a basic knowledge of supply and procurement.
• Must have an ability to gain intermediate working knowledge of high-temperature water and high-pressure piping systems and equipment such as steam heating, steam generation, hydraulic systems, vacuum systems, flash and expansion tanks, circulating pumps, and radiators; to include that accomplished by contracted work scopes.
• Revise plans and estimates if necessary as work progresses. Initiates procurement of supplies and material required for individual jobs and ensures the availability of essential equipment to complete the job.
• Organize information and material requirements in a job card/ work pack in accordance with the standard CDCI planning process, so that they are quickly and easily understood by the production craftspeople;
• Assign job card budgets within overall budgets;
• Provide reports on the status and progress of the work;

Qualifications

• A minimum of 6 years of experience in a similar OR education in a relevant discipline and 2 years of related experience;
• Advanced knowledge of typical computer software programs i.e. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint;
• Knowledge of an ERP or scheduling software.
• Ability to communicate with different departments in a multidisciplinary environment;
• Ability to work in a team;
• Rigour and strong organizational skills;
• Successfully complete the investigation and security clearance process required under the Federal Government’s Contract Security Program.