Engineering Planner

Cubic Corporation•Ashburn, VA

8d•$75,000 - $90,000•Hybrid

About The Position

This role involves extensive contact and interface with various business areas including Engineering, Purchasing, Operations, Quality, Configuration Management, Delivery Management, and Program Management. The Engineering Planner will read and interpret Bills of Materials (BOMs), engineering plans, and analyze production workflows for multiple products. A key responsibility is utilizing the Material Requirements Planning (MRP) system to create demand, generate Purchase Requisitions, Work Orders, and manage materials and planning. This position typically operates under limited supervision and direction.

Requirements

Four-year college degree or equivalent
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
Working knowledge of engineering planning tools.
Basic Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel.
Ability to make decisions concerning priorities, cost, lead times, and availability for prototype/LRIP needs.
Able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in written form.
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) experience
SAP T-codes: CJ20N, CNMM, MD02, MD04, LS24, MB51, ME23N, ME2L, ME2M, MIGO, LT12, CO02, CO03, ME51N, ME52N, ME53N, XK03

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 (BOMs) and follow through to closure for prototypes and product transition.

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Company-paid disability (company continues full pay and benefits for up to six weeks)
Life insurance options
Critical illness coverages
Accident coverages
Flexible Spending Accounts
Pre-paid legal plan
Travel accident insurance
Award-winning well-being program which includes an employer-funded lifestyle spending account
Up to six weeks of paid parental leave
401k Retirement Plan with a company match
Backup childcare
Pet care
Pet insurance
Virtual tutoring
Tuition reimbursement program
9/80 work schedule (at many locations)
Flexible time-off arrangement (for full-time salaried employees)
Paid time-off (PTO)/Sick leave (for part-time and hourly employees)
11 paid holidays throughout the calendar year