Planner - Salary

The anticipated closing date of this job post is 11/30/2026.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing the schedules availability of manufactured and purchased items and assemblies related to an assigned project.
• Creates detailed production schedules and shop orders for assigned projects.
• Identifies and tracks the resolution of shortages, monitors completeness of assemblies and coordinates their release.
• Responsible for reviewing and acting on order release, action and exception messages from the ERP system.
• Monitors returns to stock, additional unplanned stock issues and project-related documents for accuracy and initiates ECR’s as appropriate.
• May coordinates and direct activities of assigned Expeditor(s).
• Creates the production schedule for an assigned project with detailed input from Production Management. • Utilizes assembly sequence and assembly due date requirements as determined by Production Management. • Creates a project production schedule by DOP/project and by assembly, creates shop order and issues order with assembly/production dates as soon as possible after engineering release. • Processes any schedule changes and immediately updates shop orders as necessary. • Participates in the creation of Shipping Directory for assigned projects. • Works with Expeditor to close out shop orders during assembly and with Accounting on final order close-out. • Monitors part availability by assembly in IFS, in conjunction with Expeditor. • Identifies actual or potential shortages and coordinates required delivery dates with Purchasing and/or machining in conjunction with Expeditor. • Monitors incoming shortages and advises the Expediter to coordinate their processing through Receiving to the staging area or the production area. • Identifies assemblies ready to be staged for production in IFS. • Coordinates with Production Management on assembly staging schedule to support the build schedule and production capacity 1-3 days out. • Instructs the Expeditor when to move assemblies from staging to the production area. • In conjunction with an Expeditor, provides a list of shortages with expected delivery dates on any assembly that is released and staged for production with unfulfilled shortages with the assembly and to the Production Manager. • Responsible for processing all spares orders relating to their assigned productlines and coordination with the assigned Production Supervisor to meet required shipment dates. • Reviews all components returned to stock along with causal information provided by the Expediter and initiating any ECR’s that are found to be appropriate. • Reviews any additional stock issues to a project and initiates ECR’s when appropriate.

Requirements

• Minimal requirements for education, knowledge and experience: 4 year degree or 2 year degree/certificate with an acceptable amount of additional direct production planning experience/training in a manufacturing environment Must be able to read and interpret engineering drawings, engineering specifications, bills of material and engineering change orders.
• Must have excellent computer skills including MRP/ERP system and Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel; Oracle system experience a plus.

PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES include the following

Additional responsibilities and duties may be assigned.

This position requires the ability to perform the essential duties and responsibilities in the following environment: Work schedule generally consists of 40 hours per week, which may include on-call status, evenings, and/or weekends.