Manufacturing Planner / Scheduler

About the role

Our client is a stable, family-owned precision manufacturing company serving the medical device industry. With approximately 70 employees, they specialize in CNC machining, Swiss machining, milling, turning, deburring, cleanroom operations, and value-added services including plating, heat treating, grinding, and assembly. They are seeking a Manufacturing Planner/Scheduler to play a critical role in production planning, resource utilization, and on-time customer delivery.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and adjust production schedules to support on-time customer delivery.
• Monitor production capacity and resource utilization to maximize efficiency.
• Collaborate daily with manufacturing leadership to align schedules with production priorities.
• Review customer orders and adjust production plans based on changing demand and delivery requirements.
• Create and release manufacturing travelers through the ERP system.
• Generate material pull requests and coordinate with purchasing to ensure material availability.
• Monitor work-in-progress (WIP) and finished goods inventory to support accurate production planning.
• Communicate schedule changes, capacity constraints, and delivery risks to internal teams.
• Work closely with sales to maintain accurate customer lead times.
• Maintain planning data, production calendars, routing information, and scheduling records.
• Identify scheduling bottlenecks and recommend process improvements to increase throughput and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in manufacturing planning, production scheduling, or production control.
• Experience in a job shop, CNC machining, metal fabrication, or other high-mix manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing workflows and production scheduling principles.
• Experience using ERP/MRP systems.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work across production, purchasing, engineering, and sales teams.
• Ability to prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Preferred: Experience working within ISO 9001 quality systems.
• Preferred: Knowledge of supplier management and purchasing coordination.
• Preferred: Ability to read manufacturing drawings and understand GD&T.
• Preferred: APICS CPIM or CSCP certification.
• Preferred: PMP certification.
• Preferred: Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Business, or a related field (equivalent manufacturing planning experience will also be considered).

Pay

$65,000 - $85,000 per year