Fabrication Planner
About The Position
The Fabrication Planner manages manufacturing plans and schedules within the Master Schedule to maximize efficiency, throughput, and shop capability while meeting customer requirements. The role coordinates the timely availability of materials and engineering drawings and recommends suitable production bays, processes, and sequencing for shop work. It serves as a liaison among Engineering, Scheduling, Purchasing, Estimating, Plant Managers, Lead Supervisors, and other departments, and may visit job sites to help identify root causes of fit-up issues. The planner coordinates and reviews production schedules across company plants, tracks jobs through fabrication, documents job progress, and develops detailed procedures for complex or nonstandard fabrication work. The role also advises operations management about potential shop challenges and supports safe, efficient fabrication practices. The position reports to the Plant Manager and is willing to travel to supporting plants 20% annually.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Manufacturing Management and/or Production Scheduling.
- More than 10 years of shop-floor experience in production and supervisory positions.
- Fluency with computers and software applications.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office products, including Word and Excel, SAP, UKG, and Bluebeam.
Responsibilities
- Manage manufacturing planning and schedules within the Master Schedule to maximize efficiency, throughput, and shop capability in light of customer requirements.
- Coordinate with Engineering, Scheduling, Purchasing, Estimating, Plant Managers, Lead Supervisors, and other departments to ensure materials and engineering drawings are available on time.
- Recommend appropriate production bays, processes, and alternate production sequencing when materials or approved drawings are unavailable or delayed.
- Minimize production personnel's time spent locating drawings and materials by ensuring timely information is available.
- Facilitate action plans with Plant Managers and Lead Supervisors in response to schedule changes, alternate sequencing, and material or drawing availability.
- Coordinate weekly production schedules for all company plants in accordance with the Master Schedule, material and drawing availability, and shop capabilities.
- Forecast potential problem areas for production orders and recommend alternative order sequencing.
- Review design and preliminary drawings and recommend changes to Engineering and fabrication areas.
- Review Master Scheduler schedules and ensure they are updated to reflect daily shop status accurately.
- Track assigned jobs in detail through the fabrication cycle and maintain written documentation of job progress.
- Develop, review, and coordinate detailed written fabrication procedures for nonstandard or complex work, gaining shop confidence and approval and supporting a safe, efficient process.
- Prepare written position papers for operations management on jobs, opinions, and other subjects as directed by the Plant Manager.
- Advise management about jobs that may prove troublesome to the shop.
- Visit job sites as required to help identify root causes of fit-up issues and provide visit reports to the Management Team as required.
- Attend meetings, training seminars, and special courses.
- Travel to supporting plants 20% annually.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
