Project Planner-Strategy Planning

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Ensure all Hanwha Philly Shipyard safety procedures, rules, and regulations are followed and met.
• Develop and maintain strategic master schedules for future shipbuilding programs, CAPEX projects, and targeted production initiatives.
• Apply scheduling principles and critical path methodology to evaluate timelines, constraints, dependencies, and decision points.
• Create planning models and schedule scenarios using Primavera P6, APS, SAP, Microsoft Project, Excel, and related planning tools.
• Use historical production data, resource information, capacity inputs, and current shipyard performance to support future program planning.
• Support strategic CAPEX planning by analyzing production needs, resource impacts, investment timing, and schedule alignment.
• Prepare reports, dashboards, PowerPoint presentations, and Excel analysis for Production Strategy leadership and Hanwha stakeholders.
• Coordinate with Production Planning to understand current vessels and translate lessons learned into future planning assumptions.
  Support strategic action items and planning requests from Hanwha Defense and Headquarters as assigned.
• Develop program analysis, schedule reviews, and planning documentation to support contract readiness for future naval shipbuilding work.
• Participate in production meetings, schedule reviews, yard walkdowns, and planning discussions.
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned.

COMPETENCIES

• Strong understanding of scheduling principles, critical path methodology, and project planning fundamentals.
• Working knowledge of SAP or related ERP systems for resource, cost, or production planning data.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including data analysis, formulas, reporting templates, and VBA or automation capability preferred.
• Strong Microsoft PowerPoint and Word skills for executive-level reports and presentation materials.
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail, accuracy, and data integrity.
• Ability to interpret production data, capacity impacts, schedule risks, and resource constraints.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills across departments, cultures, and leadership levels.
• Decision making, problem solving, follow-up, and ability to manage changing priorities.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business, or a related technical field is preferred.
• At least 5 years of experience in project planning, production planning, manufacturing, engineering, construction, shipbuilding, or another heavy industrial environment preferred.
• Experience supporting CAPEX planning, production strategy, project scheduling, or program analysis preferred.
• Knowledge of shipbuilding process, production flow, planning terminology, or willingness to quickly learn shipyard operations required.
• Experience creating master schedules, project reports, capacity models, or executive-level planning presentations preferred.
• Software skills should include MS Office, advanced Excel, SAP or related ERP systems, Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and/or similar planning tools.
• Experience with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, APS, or similar scheduling systems.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Duties performed in an office area environment within a manufacturing facility. Responsibilities will require routine fieldwork in the shipyard's fabrication shops, dry docks, and onboard vessels as part of the above activities. These heavy industrial settings may include; noise, heat, cold, vibration, dust, fume, and smoke, and may involve exposure to inclement weather conditions.

* Hanwha Philly Shipyard is a TOBACCO-FREE facility.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Since the job functions require the individual to enter the production areas, they should have a range of motion sufficient to perform occasional bending, stooping, climbing, standing, etc. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the…