Work Planner; Planner​/Scheduler

Job Overview

Beyond New Horizons LLC (BNH) has an exciting opportunity for a Work Planner, supporting TOS II, at Arnold AFB Tennessee. The Plan­ner will work as a member of an integrated team responsible for supporting the United States Air Force Test Operations and Sustainment efforts.

• Build, publish, and status Crew Schedules.
• Perform planning functions for investment or capital improvement projects, preventative maintenance, repair, and replacement of various distribution systems. Scheduling support is required.
• Prepare cost estimates; prepare purchase requisitions and expedite delivery.
• Publish next week’s schedule that depicts craft resources needed by day for assigned crew(s).
• Coordinate with Work Control Supervisor on schedule priorities for these 2 weeks, including creation of necessary work orders.
• Build the following week’s schedule of craft resources for multiple crews (not by day).
• Maintain awareness of outages and/or downtimes that may impact schedules for these 2 weeks.
• Coordinate with Craft Supervisors/Superintendents and Work Control Supervisor on personnel availability, work status of scheduled work, and document & troubleshoot emergencies or urgent work that breaks current week’s schedule and document reasons.
• Coordinate with Material Controller(s) and Issuing Official(s) on material needs for the next two weeks.
• Evaluate assigned area’s crew scheduling metrics for improvements to schedule and scheduling process.
• Create and maintain craft workload forecasts for identifying current & future workload requirements, as well as identifying & communicating resource needs.
• Create Job Packages.
• Evaluate assigned work orders that need planning for scope, details, and requirements. This may include work for projects not ready for execution.
• Communicate with requesters, engineers, and other knowledgeable personnel regarding identified work.
• Visit job sites and perform necessary walk‑downs to identify and document all details to develop a detailed job plan.
• Develop detailed job plan packages for use by craft personnel to improve safety, efficiency, and effectiveness. Job packages include: estimates of crew, craft, man‑hours, and time; clear steps to perform work; tools and equipment; safety hazards and requirements; material or part requirements; coordination with outside crew; downtime/outage requirements; and any existing instructions, drawings, specifications, or work aids.
• Work with Craft Lead(s), Craft Superintendent(s), or Material Controller(s) on appropriate staging of material or parts for the job plan.
• Review actual work against original plan and communicate with craft personnel who performed jobs to incorporate ideas that could improve future jobs.
• Maintain Job Plan Library.
• Data mine the AEDC Job Plan Library for existing job plans related to the work being planned and utilize appropriate plans to create new job plan packages.
• Post job packages to AEDC Job Plan Library after incorporating improvements from completed jobs.
• Develop job packages to populate AEDC Job Plan Library as requested.
• Participate in improvement projects related to planning, scheduling, and overall work management process.
• Wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in accordance with supervisory direction and company policy.
• Perform other duties as required.

• Applicable technical degree/diploma/certificate, or associate’s degree in a technical discipline and five years of progressive and relevant experience, or any equivalent combination of applicable education and progressive and relevant experience totaling nine years.
• Able to work self‑directed with limited daily oversight.
• Demonstrated commitment to safety, teamwork, motivation, and organization.
• Ability to write job plans, reports, business correspondence, and work procedures.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with craft personnel, superintendents, planners, schedulers, engineers, vendors, OEM suppliers, management, etc.
• Ability to learn PC systems, office software applications, and CMMS.
• Ability to understand and interpret technical data, including mechanical, electrical, and/or instrumentation drawings, schematics, diagrams,…