Project Planning Specialist

Company Profile

Oceaneering Technologies (OTECH) develops, manufactures, and operates customized marine systems, shipboard equipment, subsea vehicles, and engineered solutions for commercial and U.S. military vessels.

Oceaneering Aerospace and Defense Technologies (AdTech) delivers solutions that enable humans to work safely and effectively in harsh environments – from underwater to the outer reaches of space. Our innovative solutions support the development and application of practical, cost-effective systems that meet our customers’ challenges – from routine to extreme. Our experience and expertise across multiple industries uniquely positions us as a leader in the government, space, and maritime services markets. Our products and services meet the rigorous demands of the complex environments in which they operate, delivering results without compromising safety or reliability.

Oceaneering is a global provider of engineered services and products, primarily to the offshore energy industry. We develop products and services for use throughout the lifecycle of an offshore oilfield, from drilling to decommissioning. We operate the world's premier fleet of work class ROVs. Additionally, we are a leader in offshore oilfield maintenance services, umbilicals, subsea hardware, and tooling. We also use applied technology expertise to serve the defense, entertainment, material handling, aerospace, science, and renewable energy industries.

Position Summary

The Oceaneering Ocean Technologies (OTECH) group is seeking a Project Planning Specialist to oversee and manage the time-phased acquisition of material in support of OTECH program execution. The Project Planning Specialist will ensure the organization has the material it needs by forecasting requirements, tracking project performance, and keeping up with demand to ultimately create strategic plans within the program benefiting both the program and the OTECH customer. The Project Planning Specialist communicates and coordinates within the Program team to provide guidance and recommendations regarding program planning to managers, engineering staff, and support staff in OTECH. As needed, the Project Planning Specialist will support other program planning activities in addition to material planning.

Duties And Responsibilities

The Project Planning Specialist will execute the following:

- Serve as a Subject Matter Expert and primary point of contact in Planning to the Program Management and Purchasing teams

- Independently perform material requirements planning alongside program stakeholders.

- Create and manage Purchase Requisitions.

- Measure operational performance (material delivery receipts, project delivery schedules, material on-time delivery, and program financial health).

- Manages data and reports to create a time-phased material plan that supports the program schedule and cost objectives, developing acquisition and production schedules.

- Proactively identifies, communicates, and mitigates schedule execution issues. Facilitates resolution of cross functional issues as appropriate.

- Works with manufacturing/production, cost accounting, logistic managers and support personnel, and with supply chain management (SCM) to understand, coordinate, monitor, and

- report schedule and execution variances.

- Understand the manufacturing/production build sequence to best support the overall production schedule.

- Provide feedback to Manufacturing Leads and Production Leads on the status of open items to ensure on-time completion of schedule milestones.

- Reports variances to management as required.

- Review Bills of Materials and schedules and identify risks/problem issues. Develop work arounds, contingencies, and expedite materials/information as required.

- Audit the data integrity of the Material Resource Planning (MRP) application in the organization’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, including but not limited to Item Master

- Attribute and Manufacturing Plans.

- Defines and develops material sourcing strategy.

- Develops, coordinates, and executes material forecasting and material delivery schedule.

- Participates in make/buy process, long-term capacity and resource planning; manufacturing ramp-up

- Analyze purchase material supply/demand position using Material Requirements Planning (MRP) tools.

- Monitor inventory levels based on dependent and independent Bill-of-Materials (BOM) requirements.

- Receive/review requirements for non-standard parts.

- Analyze lead times and identify critical path procurements.

- Prioritize and communicate impacts of current and potential material shortages, delays and risks.

- Collaborate cross functionally with supplier quality, engineering, quality, production and other support functions.

- Responsible for training and developing other team members on industry standard practices.

- Practice CI (Continuous Improvement) concepts to improve processes. Propose possible solutions to problems identified.

- Help to develop and implement new process, procedures, and efficiency techniques as necessary.

- Other duties as required.

Qualifications

REQUIRED:

- Bachelor’s degree in Business or Operations, with emphasis in Inventory Management/ Logistics/Scheduling preferred.

- 5 - 10 years of experience in Project Management, Planning, Integrated Project Support, Scheduling, Procurement, and/or supply support related jobs, or activities or equivalent combination of education and experience/training.

- Proficient in MS Office applications and database management.

- Demonstrated knowledge and skills with Material Resource Planning (MRP) application in the organization’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.

- Experience with project planning and execution.

- Must be able to comprehend complex engineering, procurement, production, installation tasks and develop dependence-based logic to sequencing and inter-relationships of process flows.

- Demonstrated knowledge of Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) and Government Furnished Information (GFI) handling and tracking.

- Strong skillset applicable to organizational skills, time management, oral comprehension, reading comprehension, speaking, written comprehension, information ordering, active listening, critical thinking, and deductive reasoning.

- Knowledge of material requirements planning (MRP) practices.

- Intermediate math, administration, and management skills.

- Ability to write business correspondence and interact with others in a professional manner.

- Ability to obtain security clearance.

Desired

- Advanced degree

- Deltek Costpoint ERP and MRP system experience.

- APICS Certified in Planning and Inventory Management (CPIM) certification.

Additional Information

This position is Hybrid - Remote and will require commuting to a designated office. Hybrid work schedules are determined by the hiring manager based on business need.

Pay, Benefits And Work Schedule

We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. Employee benefits vary by role, however, may include Health and Wellness, Mental Health, Retirement Savings, Life and Disability, Paid Maternity and Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, Tuition Reimbursement, and an Employee Assistance Program. AnnualIzed pay for this position : $93,500- $126,500.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified candidates will receive consideration for all positions without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other non-merit factors.

How To Apply

Regular full-time employees who apply will be considered along with external candidates. Employees with less than six months with their current position are not eligible to apply for job postings. Please discuss your interest in the position with your current manager/supervisor prior to submitting your completed application. It is highly recommended to apply through the PeopleSoft or Oceanet portals.