Manufacturing Production Planner

About the role

This position is responsible for planning, preparing, issuing, and controlling production schedules. It coordinates with material requirements to ensure a controlled flow of approved materials timed to meet production needs. The role advises management on the status of work in progress, material availability, and potential production problems to ensure personnel, equipment, materials, and services are provided as needed.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to the efficient operation of the organization by inputting or preparing short- and long-range plans, schedules, reports, and providing progress follow-up and adjustment information.
• Develops planning activities that support schedule development; schedules, monitors performance, analyzes, and reports on activities to ensure the flow of material.
• Develops manufacturing work orders in accordance with Material Requirement Planning (MRP) planned order requirements; guides manufacturing on actions to be taken.
• Researches and resolves manufacturing-related issues; performs product assessments for part or product designs; provides input for manufacturing processes and technologies to meet cost and schedules.
• Processes work orders and material transactions for non-conformance material dispositions.
• Interprets engineering change orders (ECO), implements dispositions affecting stock, work in progress, and next assembly.
• Develops standard and non-standard reports; identifies issues, exceptions, and variances; and develops solutions to moderately complex issues.
• Reviews processes and procedures to support business and regulatory agency requirements.
• Represents the group in interdepartmental activities with quality, manufacturing, purchasing, engineering, and inventory control.
• Alerts operating or project management to deviations from established norms; develops and recommends solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity.
• Responsible for observing all laws, regulations, and other applicable obligations wherever and whenever business is conducted on behalf of the company.
• Works in a safe manner in accordance with established operating procedures and practices.
• May perform physical movement of hardware.

Requirements

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Planning, Engineering, Production Control, or a related discipline and six or more years of progressive experience in planning, scheduling, budgeting, and performance measurement. Equivalent experience may substitute for education.
• Must have a general understanding of manufacturing planning principles, theories, and concepts, as well as the ability to understand accounting and manufacturing systems in a research or production environment.
• Must be able to learn and apply basic planning tools and techniques and have knowledge of planning concepts and principles to develop solutions to a variety of problems.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Security clearance is required.
• Must be customer-focused and possess:
  • Ability to identify issues and interpret data, including engineering drawings.
  • Organizational skills to maintain the flow of work within the unit.
  • Good interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills to interface with internal employees and accurately document, report, and present.
  • Ability to maintain strict confidentiality of sensitive information.
  • Knowledge of computer operations, applications, word processing, and spreadsheets.

Pay

Salary range: $68,770 – $116,193