Engineering Planner

Cubic•Ashburn, VA

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

Extensive contact and interface with all areas of the business: Engineering, Purchasing, Operations, Quality, Configuration Management, Delivery Management, and Program Management. Read and interpret BOMs, engineering planning, and analyze production workflow for multiple products. Usage of Material Requirements Planning (MRP) system to create demand, Purchase Requisitions, Work Orders, Materials Management, and Planning. This position typically works under limited supervision and direction.

Requirements

Four-year college degree or equivalent, plus two years of progressively responsible purchasing, production expediting, production planning, and/or materials management experience in a manufacturing environment working with MRP systems.
Extensive knowledge of BOMs and working knowledge of engineering planning tools.
Must have basic Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel.
Must be able to make decisions concerning priorities, cost, lead times, and availability for prototype/LRIP needs.
Able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in written form.
Must have strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
Able to prioritize, delegate, complete multiple tasks, and work under deadlines.

Nice To Haves

SAP experience
Aras (CM/PLM tool) and SAP experience (SAP is strongly preferred), with particular attention to these SAP T-codes: CJ20N Demand entry CNMM Demand release MD02 Runs MRP – updates demand MD04 Displays demand/stock/POs LS24 Displays stock location MB51 Displays material transactions Purchase Order Displays: ME23N by individual# ME2L by vendor ME2M by material number MIGO Transfers stock; issues, receives LT12 Confirms/finalizes transfers CO02 Creates production orders CO03 Displays production orders ME51N Creates purchase requisitions (without demand) ME52N Modifies purchase requisitions ME53N Displays purchase requisitions XK03 Displays vendors

Responsibilities

Management of assigned commodities for various projects and products
Create material demand for prototype/LRIP product builds
Ensure parts and/or materials are available for Engineering to perform the work
Kit all the materials for prototype builds
Coordinate with production planning and suppliers when necessary
Prepare and authorize purchase requisitions
Evaluate purchase requisitions for materials and services of a technical or specialized nature and confers with departments regarding requirements, specifications, quantity, quality, and delivery dates.
Utilizes, tracks, and manages P-Card purchases
Follows-up and expedites IRAD orders as required
Creates and tracks metrics for material schedules, work orders, and purchase orders
Evaluate MRP reports and analyze impact of changes to engineering schedule
Interpret drawing tree structures and build order relationships
Coordinate with Engineering, Program Management, Product Line Management, and Purchasing on engineering changes and priority changes which may impact outsourcing vendors and engineering schedules for prototypes and product transition.
Accountable for the accurate purchase of material based on the Engineering requirements.
Communicate to Purchasing all major project changes of the Bills of Materials (BOM) and follow through to closure for prototypes and product transition.