Play a critical role in bringing Canada's most complex shipbuilding projects to life. As a Detail Planning Scheduler, you will be at the heart of project execution, developing and maintaining detailed schedules that keep work progressing safely, efficiently, and on time. Partnering closely with Production Planners and cross-functional teams, you'll provide key insights into project health, proactively identify scheduling risks, and drive solutions that keep milestones on track.

This is an exciting chance for a highly organized and analytical professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys collaborating with teams to deliver world-class results on some of the largest and most innovative marine programs in the country. Utilize contract documentation and estimating work/material sheets to create the project schedule. Ensure schedule budgets are maintained to accurately match project contracts as the scope of work evolves to include cancellations, adjustments, and increases in scope of work.

Collaborate with the Planning Team Lead, Planning Team, Project Manager, and QC to ensure activity breakdown, logic sequence, and inspection points are accurately maintained in the project schedule. Provide schedule specific support to the Planning, Production Controls, and Project Controls teams. Daily maintenance of the Project Schedule with input from Production, Planning, Production Controls and QC to ensure the current progress of the project is accurately represented.

Provide periodic efficiency, schedule health, and forecast reports to the Production, Program, QC, Project Controls and Accounting teams. preferably in a technical, engineering, or related discipline.

Project Management

Professional (PMP) designation considered an asset.





Trade

Certificate or Red Seal is considered an asset. ~2-5 years of planning or trade work experience, preferably in a naval shipbuilding or repair environment. ~ Experience using Primavera P6, MS Excel, Aveva, or AutoCAD would be considered an asset. ~ Thorough knowledge of naval repair methods considered an asset. ~ Ability to interpret work breakdowns to implement a project schedule. ~ Due to the nature of work Irving Shipbuilding does, all successful applicants must meet requirements for the Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP), Canadian Government Security clearance, and U.International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Please note this position requires a full-time, in-office presence. We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates, and customers.

Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary, or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. Our recruitment advisors and hiring teams will utilize human screening combined with AI technology to help identify the skills and qualities that matter most to our business, while safeguarding your privacy and using AI responsibly.

Irving

Shipbuilding is proud to be Canada's National Shipbuilder. Our team is constructing more than 20 modern patrol ships and destroyers for the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Coast Guard as part of the largest defence procurement project in Canadian history. We invite applications from all qualified candidates, including racially visible persons, women in underrepresented roles, persons with disabilities, Indigenous persons, and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, and encourage applicants to self-identify. #

📌 Detail Planning Scheduler (Halifax Regional Municipality)
🏢 Irving Shipbuilding
📍 Halifax Regional Municipality