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Oceaneering · 5 hours ago

Project Planning Specialist

Hanover, MD

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$94K/yr - $126K/yr

5+ years exp

Oceaneering is a global provider of engineered services and products, primarily to the offshore energy industry. The Project Planning Specialist will oversee and manage the time-phased acquisition of material in support of OTECH program execution, ensuring the organization has the material it needs by forecasting requirements and tracking project performance.

EnergyIndustrialInformation TechnologyManufacturingOil and GasTransportation

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

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

Qualification

Material Resource Planning (MRP)Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)Project ManagementInventory ManagementLogisticsSchedulingDeltek Costpoint ERPCommunication SkillsCritical ThinkingTime ManagementActive ListeningProblem Solving

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