Work Planner, Engineering

Work Planner (Planner/Scheduler)

Arnold AFB, TN

O & M / Space & Missiles

Test Ops

Regular Full-Time

Salary

L08

$76,923 - $109,557 per year

11:59pm March 12, 2026

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

Open to internal, BNH candidates and external candidates.

The successful candidate will function as a Planner‑Scheduler in the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) function supporting multiple facilities across the Flight area. Specific duties may include but are not necessarily limited to the following duties: building weekly and/or daily schedules or creating job packages for whichever assigned crew(s), providing simple or complex estimates, creating workload forecasts for identifying current & future workload and resource requirements, coordinating with personnel across the site to ensure any collaborative jobs are effectively executed, and evaluating job requirements to determine materials, processes, and coordination necessary to safely execute work.

In addition to near‑term work planning, this position may also be asked to feed info or data to project management, including the development of detailed MS Project plans and collaboration with PMs to prepare PET (Planning, Estimating, and Tracking) file estimates for upcoming work and projects. This position requires initiative and the use of independent judgment at times, requiring you to select and use established principles and procedures within assigned functions across the TOS II contract.

NOTE
: this function may be required to support planning and scheduling for other crews or areas across AEDC as needed.

• 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 have been identified as needing planning) for their scope, details, and requirements for performing the work. This may include work for projects not ready for execution.
• Communicate with requesters, engineers, and other knowledgeable personnel regarding identified work.
• Visit job site and perform necessary walk‑downs to identify and document all the necessary details to develop a detailed job plan. This may involve other knowledgeable personnel as needed.
• Develop detailed job plan packages for use by Craft personnel to improve their safety, efficiency, and effectiveness. For these to be…