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Are you a bit tired of the standard, old-fashioned way of doing things in the construction industry?  Do you get deep satisfaction from making things run more efficiently using a good dose of common sense and maybe a bit of technology?  Have you always cared about the importance of proper planning and the connection between the schedule and the real, day-to-day delivery of the job?  Have you ever wanted to work a bit more flexibly but still be hands-on in construction and improving the industry?  Sounds like a dream. Well, it isn’t. It’s quite real! Read on.  ____________________________________________________________ We are Laminar Projects!   If you’ve already heard about us, you’re probably reading this because you’re tired of the typical, chaotic ways of doing things in construction. But in case you haven’t, we’re a high-end project management consultancy and tech developer with a focus on upgrading the way construction projects are delivered.   Improving construction strengthens the very foundation of human civilisation. (Check out our short film about it.) We bring transparency and control to projects through a pragmatic mix of the latest tech, our own processes, and a big dose of common sense. We then take our deep understanding of these projects and we invest heavily into developing the digital solutions that anyone can use to deliver their projects better. (Check out Shape, our construction management tech, to see what we’re doing.)   The core of all this is our true secret sauce: our people. We only recruit the very best, both in capability and personality. We’re deeply focused on designing a new type of organisation that’s optimised for the flourishing of the people in the team first and foremost. People who join us develop fast as a whole person in ways they never imagined. (Read more about our vision and missions.)   This approach has allowed us to grow from just two people in 2017 to over 220 today. We have a stable, repeat client base across infrastructure and complex building projects in the UK and internationally, and we’re still growing fast. Joining us isn’t just some “job”. It’s a transformative educational experience. We challenge you to be your best self in all aspects of life. There are many diverse and interesting challenges available. It’s up to you to guide yourself into whichever areas you’re most interested – we’ll enable it.    (Get to know us better by watching a few more of our videos.)   Core values for a good life   A life of human flourishing is all about meaningful relationships and challenging yourself to create a positive impact, so our values reflect the four levels of relationships that each of us has:   - Grow yourself – your relationship with yourself  - Care about people – your relationship with others around you  - Execute to greatness – your relationship with your team  - Build civilisation – your relationship with humanity and the world    We enshrined our values in our vision:   We exist so that everyone in our team can flourish in a high-impact community that:   - Connects us with meaningful relationships  - Inspires us to develop ourselves to become better humans  - Empowers us to pursue our own learning adventures    By first doing this, we can achieve the highest levels of value for the world.   And enable the achievement of our vision through our two missions:   - To fully digitalise the construction of human civilisation  - To create a new type of organisation that enables human flourishing while delivering a huge positive impact on society  ____________________________________________________________ The Role    Purpose of the role    You’ll be enhancing the delivery of the most complex and interesting projects in the world through the power of project planning to the very highest standards. You’ll devise strategies and tactics to improve the way the project is delivered. You’ll translate this knowledge into a logic-linked plan and analyse it using planning software. Then you’ll use the plan to help the teams understand what to prioritise.    Your team    This role is part of our Project Management Consultancy team which focuses on:   - Understanding what the real problems of projects are  - Implementing the best solutions to those problems  - Developing scalable best practices, tools and technology    More specifically, you’ll be part of our Project Planning Team, who are industry leaders in the planning of complex construction projects. Your initial leader will be one of our planning discipline directors.   Your top three objectives    1. To make construction projects deliver to near perfection  2. To create scalable and repeatable solutions to common problems  3. To develop yourself and everyone around you    Your top five responsibilities    1. Own the plan: Own the project plan for one or more projects and ensure that the project is working to it effectively. Ensure delays are mitigated and managed commercially  2. Own the outcome: You're responsible for putting in your best effort to ensure the project team’s understanding and focus on the plan – no matter how stubborn they are  3. Report and inform: Provide simple, actionable reports to stakeholders at all levels that help them deliver their part of the project more efficiently and effectively  4. Make scalable solutions: Develop scalable and repeatable best practices and tools in collaboration with the team so that long-term impact is achieved  5. Develop everyone: Maximise the development of your team personally and professionally and educate our clients to improve as well     You must have:   - A construction engineering background: You have at least 2+ years of experience on construction projects, experience in project planning both software and principles, as well as decent Excel skills, and a strong interest in data - Communication skills: You’re proficient in written and verbal English and have the charisma and influence to get construction people to do new things and take the best approach  - Leadership capabilities: You lead yourself proactively and lead others by asking the right questions and challenging them  - Impact: You have a track record of making projects and organisations better beyond just doing the basics – implementing scalable, repeatable solutions that had a significant positive impact    Laminar isn’t the place for you if any of the following is true:    - You want an easy, chilled-out role without much challenge  - You like to be the smartest person in the room  - You don’t like continuously receiving honest candid feedback  - You prefer to do your own thing rather than work with a team ____________________________________________________________ Frequently Asked Questions    What kinds of projects would I be working on? It’s common for people to be exposed to several projects in their first year with us. You’ll work on some of the most complex and interesting environments in the world. We’ve delivered over 100 data centres internationally, many of them fast-tracked and multi-package. Our teams have supported flagship infrastructure programmes like HS2 through integrated planning and digital delivery, contributed to over $30bn in power generation and transmission projects, and played a key role in the development of high-containment labs and R&D campuses for some of the world’s most advanced industrial and life sciences clients. You might find yourself working in sectors such as data centres, infrastructure (including defense, rail, and highways), high tech (such as advanced manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and semiconductors), or complex building projects. These aren’t hands-off assignments. They’re dynamic, hands-on environments designed for people who want to be challenged. We bring back the lessons from every project to help our team grow and deliver the highest levels of value. (Check out our case stories.)    Who are our clients? Major owners/operators and main contractors with project values between £1m and £1bn+ globally.    Where would I be working? One week you might be working from home. The next, you might travel to the site to meet the construction teams and help organise them. Maybe you’ll pop into our London office for a workshop or a beer. Maybe you’ll fly out to exotic (and sometimes not!) locations in Europe or the Middle East to visit clients. It really depends on what you want to get involved in and what fits with your life.    How does what I do connect with the long-term impact on the construction industry?  You’re tasked with understanding and solving common problems. We don’t want to reinvent the wheel every time, so you’ll be responsible for documenting new solutions and evolving ones we’ve developed. This goes into our knowledge repository, which we’re going to open source to the industry.    The knowledge you capture will be used by us to build new products. You’ll constantly test those products in the field, so we can rapidly iterate and improve them for anyone in the industry to use.    ____________________________________________________________   Benefits   The standard stuff:    - Bonus Scheme. As a permanent member of the team, you’ll share in our success. Our annual bonus is designed to reward both the now and the future - with a flexible mix of cash and high-growth equity that you choose. Bonuses are discretionary and based on performance  - Professional body membership. One fee covered per year - so you can stay connected to your field and develop your craft    The life-changing stuff:   - In-house coaching. Regular 1:1 coaching sessions, fully confidential, to help you navigate challenges, build self-awareness, and grow intentionally - professionally and as a human being - Equity upside. As we grow, you grow. Our generous equity scheme is especially powerful for those who stay with us on our journey. You help us build the future - and own a piece of it - Flexible working. Work where it makes sense - most of our team works from home, visiting sites or clients regularly. We care about outcomes, not clock-ins - Relentless development. Our goal is for every year here to be worth five years of development anywhere else. You’ll get a coach, a mentor, honest feedback, and a culture that challenges you to keep levelling up ____________________________________________________________   Important! Applying properly   We get thousands of applications so please write us a letter as part of your application explaining:   - Why you want to join us  - What you’ll bring to the team    We aren't a giant, faceless corporation; we really care about the people who want to join our team, so your letter will be read carefully. After that, we’ll reach out to you to schedule a casual conversation to help you get to know us a bit better and tell us a bit about yourself. A couple of technical and personal assessments follow to understand your capability based on our own development matrix.     This is to ensure that when you join, you’re starting at the right level of responsibility.

SUMMARY Production Planner I individual Coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials within or between work centers with complete regard for the shop sequences and shipping schedule. Coordinates and secures inventory items based upon inventory levels and parts usage. Follows improvement plans to production processes, methods and controls to maximize efficiency of the manufacturing.   ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Other duties may be assigned. Reasonable accommodation for disabilities may be made for one or more of the following:   Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.   * Reviews documents, materials, products, and work processes, in order to maintain completeness, accuracy, and conformance to standards and specifications.   * Reviews production schedules, work orders, and staffing tables to determine personnel and materials requirements and material priorities.   * Communicates with department Supervisors and other departments’ personnel to evaluate progress and discuss needed changes with Production Planners, creating work orders, work order splits and chain loading to assure there is no down time on machinery within the factory.   * Assist with the revision of production schedules when required due to design changes, labor or material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions.   * Communicates with vendors and customers to in order to coordinate production and shipping activities. * Reviews and communicates the production schedules to Manufacturing Supervisors.   * Compiles data and information in order to create various production and customer reports for review by Operations Management.   * Utilizes MRP system to maintain shop floor reporting and accurate records.   * Supports and maintains all company and departmental HSE policies, procedures, and practices,   * Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field.   * Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.   * Responsible for complying with the rules and regulations set forth by Federal, Local, and State government, LISI Aerospace, and HSE Procedures.   * Responsible for complying with ISO 14001 standards, aspects, directives and impact as related to the HSE policy commitments.   * Responsible for attending all training provided and for adhering to all HSE procedures, policies, and plans, conforming to reporting requirements, and safe operating procedures at all times.   * Required to bring any known or suspected nonconformance for all company procedures or legal requirements to management’s attention immediately.   * Continually seek opportunities to improve our HSE performance by establishing objectives and targets, measuring progress, and reporting our results.   * Required to comply waste reduction and elimination initiatives specially related with the department and company recycling opportunities and energy efficiencies to elimination of production waste.   * Works under limited supervision with a wide degree of creativity and latitude is required.     * Other duties may be assigned.     Ways of working, Experience, and Behaviors To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:   * Analytical - Synthesizes complex or diverse information; Collects and researches data; Uses experience to complement data; understands the work flows and procedures; and knowledge of continues improvement. * Technical Skills – Intermediate expertise with the company selected computer software; Good understanding of multiple; Understands and has working knowledge of the manufacturing production control and planning processes, procedures, and practices; Technical skills in manufacturing processes and methods including flow, layout, assembly and production equipment; * Oral and Written Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens intently to others and seeks clarification; Provides clear and pleasant responses to inquires regardless of the situation; Demonstrates group presentation skills; Participates in meetings. * Team Work - Balances team and individual responsibilities; Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; Gives and welcomes feedback; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Places success of team above own interests; Able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed; Recognizes accomplishments of team members.   * Business Acumen - Understands business implications of decisions; Displays orientation to profitability; Demonstrates knowledge of market and competition; Aligns work with strategic goals.   * Cost Consciousness - Works within approved budget; Develops and implements cost saving measures; Contributes to profits and revenue; Conserves organizational resources.   * Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; Manages competing demands; Changes approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.   * Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities of self; Uses time efficiently; Plans for resources in a creative way only adding cost as absolutely necessary; Sets goals and objectives; Works within action plans.   * Professionalism - Approaches others in a tactful manner; Reacts well under pressure; Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; Accepts responsibility for own actions; Follows through on commitments.   Supervisory Responsibilities  This position has no supervisory responsibilities.                                               ESSENTIAL JOB REQUIREMENTS SKILLS AND ABILITIES   Education and/or Experience   * High School Diploma or GED required.   * Minimum of 1-3 years equivalent combination of education and experience in manufacturing environment preferred.   * Basics Certification Preferred   * Experience with an MRP System preferred   * Seeking for a college student or graduate studying engineering with Purchasing Experience and/or BS Engineering     * Minimum 1-2 years working experience in a manufacturing environment preferred; equivalent combination of education and experience   * Minimum 1-2 years of Expeditor or Production Planning I direct experience preferred in a fast paced manufacturing environment   * APICS Basics certification or experience preferred   * Programming Knowledge such as Visual Basic preferred   * Experience with an MRP System   * Basics Certification Preferred     Language Skills Ability to read and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations; Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals; Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers.   Mathematical Skills                                                  Ability to apply basic mathematical concepts with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.    Reasoning Ability                                                     Ability to define problems, collects data, establish facts, and follow instructions in oral, written, and basic diagram formats; Ability to multi-task and accomplish different internal and external directives.   Computer Skills                                            To perform this job successfully, an individual should have intermediate knowledge of basic mainframe computer systems and familiar with Presentation, Word Processing software, and Electronic Mail software; Excel; Access; Database systems; and Internet software;   Certificates, licenses, registrations   PHYSICAL DEMANDS, WORK ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND ,SAFETY   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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.   While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk and sit for extended periods of time; requires eye-hand coordination, use hands hand movement and manual dexterity use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, listen and speak. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up bend, reach to shoulder level and lift, carrying, pushing and/or pulling to 30 pounds.   Normal/average eye vision abilities and hearing level within normal/average range preferred.   Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.   SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL  The responsibilities of the position include compliance with company and governmental safety, environmental and hazardous materials regulations and procedures. Employee will be required to wear personal safety equipment such as safety glasses, hearing protection, or proper footwear PPE in specified areas. * Participate in the development and promotion of the HSE culture * Be exemplary in terms of health, safety and the environment, in particular by: * Respecting and ensuring respect for the instructions and rules established in the field of health, safety and the environment (in particular the LISI golden rules) * Immediately correcting, whenever possible, or reporting to his or her superiors and/or the HSE department, any malfunction or risky situation in the fields of health, safety and environmental protection * Implementing preventive actions to reduce the environmental footprint and control health and safety risks * Participate, upon request, in analyses (of risks, incidents) and HSE working groups related to his/her professional scope * Be familiar with the main health and safety risks and the main environmental impacts relating to the scope of his/her work * Be familiar with the site's HSE policy and objectives * To be able to make proposals for improving working conditions and limiting environmental impact * BENEFITS: Medical Dental Vision FSA/HSA 401K Matching Vacation Pay Sick Pay Education Reimbursement Salary: $27.00 - $37.00 per hour