> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.menaia.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Build a plan > Use the Job Planner to turn a sold job into a day-by-day plan — review notices, lay out each day's work, assign your crew, subcontractors, vehicles, and equipment, then submit it for approval. The **Job Planner** is where you turn a job into an actionable, day-by-day plan. You review any important notices, break the work into one or more days, and for each day decide which tasks get done, who's working (your crew, subcontractors, or both), and what vehicles and equipment you need. A live **Plan Effectiveness** panel shows how your plan compares to average as you go, so you can see the impact of your choices before you submit. You don't need to do any math. As you assign work and hours, the planner tracks quantities, totals, and effectiveness for you — your job is to lay out a realistic plan for the crew. ## Open the Job Planner Click the job you're planning on the **Jobs** list — it opens the client's project page. Go to the **Job Plan** tab and choose **Create Plan** (or **Continue Planning** on a saved draft) to open the **Job Planner**. (You'll need to be assigned as the crew lead — see [Open and assign a crew lead](/guides/jobs/open-and-assign-crew-lead).) The top of the planner shows the **Job Planner** title and the client's name, with **Back** to return to the job. **Save Draft** and **Submit Plan** sit on the right — Submit stays disabled until the plan is complete. You can stop any time and come back later. Use **Save Draft** to keep your progress, then reopen the planner to keep building right where you left off. ## Step 1 — Clear the Important Notices Before you can add any days, you have to clear the **Important Notices** section at the top. This is how the planner makes sure you've seen anything that affects the job. * **Crew Notes** — notes left for the crew about this job. Review them and check the box to acknowledge. * **Estimate Changes** — if the estimate changed since the plan was last saved, you'll see a list of what was added, removed, or modified. Review and check the box to acknowledge. Once you've checked every required box, click **Acknowledge**. The section collapses, its status changes to **Complete**, and the planner is ready for your first day. If there's nothing to review, you'll see "No important notices for this job" and the section is already done — you can go straight to building days. ## Step 2 — Add a day In the **Build your plan** section, click **Add Day**. Each day is its own block titled **Day 1**, **Day 2**, and so on, with a status of **In Progress** until everything required is filled in. Add as many days as the job needs, and use the trash icon on a day to remove it. Inside each day you'll work through six sections in order. As you finish one, the planner opens the next for you. ### 1. Work Order This is the list of tasks from the job, grouped by work area. For each task you want to tackle on this day: * **Check the task** to add it to the day. * Use the **minus and plus buttons** to set how much of it you're doing. A badge shows the amount as `done/total` (for example `5/12`) and how much is **% left** across all days. * When a task is fully covered across your days, it's marked **Fully Allocated**. Anything you don't finish on one day carries over and stays available for the next day. A task flagged **New** came from a recent estimate change — give it a closer look. You don't have to fit everything into one day. Spread a task's quantity across several days — the planner keeps a running total so you never assign more than the job calls for. ### 2. Add Employees Choose who's working this day and for how long. Click **Add another employee** to open the **Request Employees** window. Search by name and check each person you want. Each one shows their role (such as Crew Leader or Crew Member), and a **Selected** count keeps track. Click **Save Changes**. Back on the day, set each person's **Hours** with the stepper. Remove anyone with the trash icon. ### 3. Assign Subcontractors Optional. Click **Assign Subcontractors** to pick the outside companies working this day alongside, or instead of, your own crew. This section opens as soon as the day's work order is done, so you can fill it in before or after your employees. See [Add subcontractors](/guides/jobs/add-crew-equipment-vehicles#add-subcontractors). ### 4. Add Vehicles Pick how many vehicles of each type you need for the day. Check a vehicle type, then use the stepper to set the count. The planner only lets you go up to the number actually available. ### 5. Add Heavy Equipment The same as vehicles, for equipment. Check each equipment type you need and set the quantity, up to what's available. ### 6. Add Daily Notes Optional. Add any notes you'd like the team to see for the day. This section isn't required, so you can leave it blank and still complete the day. A day shows **Complete** once its required sections — work order, employees, vehicles, and equipment — are filled in. Assign Subcontractors and Daily Notes are optional. Each day still needs at least one employee or subcontractor. A day with neither shows "At least one employee or subcontractor must be requested". ## Watch your Plan Effectiveness As you assign hours, the **Plan Effectiveness vs. Average** panel updates live: * **Planned Hours vs. Estimate** compares the hours you've planned against the job's estimate. * The gauge and percentage show how your plan stacks up against the average — green means you're saving more time than average, and a message tells you where you stand. * **Projected Bonus Pool** estimates the bonus your plan would generate based on the time it saves. If there's no company average for the current quarter yet, the gauge can't compare you to anything. Instead it centers the needle and shows your plan's own time savings, with a note that says so — the panel still tracks your hours and Projected Bonus Pool as normal. If the job's estimate has no labor hours — for example, a materials-only or subcontracted job — there's nothing to measure your plan against, so the **Plan Effectiveness vs. Average** panel isn't shown at all: no gauge, no **Planned Hours vs. Estimate**, and no **Projected Bonus Pool**. You can still build and submit the plan as usual. Jobs like this don't earn a bonus — see [My Wallet](/guides/earnings/wallet). These are guides to help you build a strong, realistic plan — there's no "right" number to hit. ## Step 3 — Save or submit When you're ready: * **Save Draft** keeps your progress without finalizing. Use it any time, and come back to finish later. * **Submit Plan** sends the finished plan on for approval. It only becomes available once the notices are cleared and every day is complete. If a banner warns that the work order quantities changed since the plan was saved and your days now exceed them, use **Clear Plan** to start the days over with the correct amounts, then re-plan. Once you submit, the plan moves into the approval flow — see [Submit and approve](/guides/jobs/submit-and-approve) for what happens next. ## What's next Make sure the right crew lead is assigned before building the plan. See what happens after you submit a plan and how approvals work. Manage the people, vehicles, and equipment available for your jobs. Capture the on-site details that go alongside the plan.