Sr. Production Planner I

About the Role

The Sr. Production Planner I is a senior-level planning professional responsible for ensuring on-time delivery of product by proactively managing production schedules, material availability, and MRP-driven demand. This role identifies and mitigates risks, mentors planners, and serves as an ERP and planning subject matter expert.

Responsibilities

• Plan, release, and manage production orders independently.
• Verify drawings, BOMs, routings, and material availability.
• Ensure material staging prior to manufacturing release.
• Monitor production progress and adjust plans as needed.
• Expedite materials and resolve constraints.
• Analyze MRP outputs for material and schedule risks.
• Identify and mitigate shortages and capacity constraints.
• Validate system data against actual schedules.
• Partner with Scheduling and cross-functional teams.
• Train and coach planners on ERP navigation and MRP logic.
• Support system improvements and data integrity.
• Serve as liaison between Production, Engineering, Purchasing, warehousing, and PMs.
• Support shop leadership with shortages and prioritization.
• Communicate risks and recovery plans clearly.
• Train and guide junior planners.
• Review planner outputs for accuracy and compliance.
• Reinforce standard planning processes.
• Improve planning processes and material flow.
• Support SOP development and CI initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5–7 years of progressive experience in production planning or manufacturing planning.
• Demonstrated experience operating as a senior or lead planner in a complex manufacturing environment.
• Proven track record of managing schedule risk, material constraints, and system-driven planning logic.
• Four-year technical degree or six years of equivalent work experience.
• Equivalent combination of education and relevant industry experience (minimum six years).

Skills

• Experience with JIT, MRP, CRP, Lean (or other waste elimination processes), ISO 9000 (or other structured QMS) desired.
• APICS CPIM certification a plus.
• Spanish language skills a plus.
• Experience with MS Project and/or Great Plains desired.
• Committed to excellence and high standards.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Working knowledge of data collection systems, proficient with data analysis and evaluation.
• Proficient with PC applications (MS Project, Excel, Word, Outlook).
• Experience working in a network environment.
• Ability to function under high stress environment.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to take input from multiple sources and prioritize work effectively.
• Ability to communicate effectively with superiors, peers, and individuals both inside and outside the company.
• Embody TAS core values: Safety, Integrity, Teamwork, Customer Passion, Growth Oriented, Innovation, and Value Driven.

Work Environment

• Position is at least 80% to 90% at a desk working with a computer.
• Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• Performs other physical activities including use of fingers, sitting, stooping, bending, crouching, talking, hearing, and performing repetitive motions.
• Visual acuity requirements include color, depth perception, and field of vision necessary to prepare and analyze data and figures, operate a computer terminal, and conduct extensive reading.
• The incumbent will be subject to inside environmental conditions.

About the Company

Join a team driven to excel in all that we do! TAS is a Houston-headquartered company that is part of Comfort Systems USA, a publicly traded company with a solid reputation built on outstanding value, integrity, and customer focus. We offer customers and employees the best of both worlds: a small company feel with the resources, talent, process, and international reach of a large company.

TAS delivers innovative packaged modular systems engineered and manufactured in Houston, TX, for data centers, power, and commercial/industrial utility system applications. The company has successfully delivered and commissioned over 520 packages to over 33 countries. TAS has five ISO 9001 certified manufacturing facilities in Houston, encompassing 1.2 million square feet, with proximity to major shipping ports and interstate highways. TAS manages all logistics and transportation, facilitating accelerated construction at customers’ facilities.

TAS’ fastest-growing business is the data center market. By applying deep expertise in cooling, thermodynamics, and power, TAS has developed an entire product line that revolutionizes data center delivery. With tremendous market potential, advanced technological systems, and a talented workforce, we continue to set and exceed aggressive market penetration and financial goals.

TAS has a tobacco-free workplace policy, under which individuals are not allowed to smoke or use tobacco or nicotine products on the premises or while conducting business off-site.