Master Planner

The role

The Master Planner owns the overall flow of ship construction across the shipyard. This person maps how vessels move through work stations and maintains the integrated master schedule.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain the ship plan showing how each vessel in a multi-ship program moves through the yard's work stations.
• Define work station sequencing and loading across concurrent ship builds.
• Identify where work for one hull competes with another for the same station, crane, or resource.
• Build and maintain the integrated master schedule (IMS).
• Work with the Manager of Manufacturing Engineering to define critical path activities and schedule windows.
• Keep the schedule current as progress, engineering changes, and resourcing decisions move the plan.
• Work with Facilities to understand each work station's physical capabilities and restrictions.
• Ensure the ship plan never assumes more than a station can deliver.
• Resolve facility or capacity constraints through resequencing or schedule adjustment.
• Maintain visibility into schedule health and flag slippage or resource conflicts to leadership.

Required qualifications

• Hands-on experience in shipyard production planning, scheduling, or master planning, ideally across multiple ship programs.
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining an integrated master schedule using CPM-based scheduling tools (Primavera P6, MS Project, or similar).
• Understanding of the full ship construction flow: fabrication, subassembly, unit, block, erection, outfitting, launch, delivery.
• Strong analytical skills in critical path analysis, schedule risk assessment, and capacity/throughput planning.
• Strong communication skills to present schedule risk and tradeoffs clearly to a range of stakeholders.
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Occasional standing and walking within the office
• Manual dexterity to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and other office equipment
• Visual acuity to read screens, documents, and reports
• Occasional reaching, bending, or stooping to access file drawers, cabinets, or office supplies
• Lifting and carrying items up to 20 pounds occasionally

Nice to have

• Experience across multi-ship or multi-program shipbuilding construction.
• Experience with PLM/ERP systems and data integration between scheduling tools and production systems.
• Familiarity with classification society and program milestones (keel lay, launch, trials, delivery).
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, industrial engineering, or a related field.
• Experience building schedule health reporting such as dashboards, S-curves, and milestone trackers.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance: Saronic pays 100% of the premium for employees and 80% for dependents
• Dental and Vision Insurance: Saronic pays 100% of the premium under the basic plan for employees and 80% for dependents
• Generous PTO and Holidays
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Performance-based bonuses
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Stock Options
• Basic life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage
• Discounted pet insurance options including 24/7 Telehealth helpline
• Free lunch benefit
• Unlimited free drinks and snacks in the office

Before you apply

• Requires access to export-controlled information or items that require “U.S. Person” status (U.S. citizens, legal permanent residents, or certain protected classes of asylees and refugees).

About the company

Saronic Technologies is a leader in revolutionizing autonomy at sea, dedicated to developing state-of-the-art solutions that enhance maritime operations through autonomous and intelligent platforms.