Master Planner

Enerflex Ltd•Houston, TX

About The Position

The Master Planner develops, implements, and sustains production planning and control processes and systems that enable manufacturing to execute projects successfully and deliver on time to clients. The role maintains detailed fabrication and assembly schedules, aligns subassembly schedules with final assembly dates and project milestones, reviews resource capacity and major component delivery dates, and adjusts schedules in response to approved changes and actual execution progress. The planner leads weekly production meetings and collaborates with manufacturing, project management, assembly and fabrication supervision, engineering, and supply chain.

Requirements

5–10 years of experience in a similar role using SAP PP, with advanced experience in routings, kitting, and subassemblies.
Experience with flow lines or high-volume, low-mix products.
Excellent attention to detail.
Ability to multitask effectively in a fast-paced shop environment.

Responsibilities

Create and maintain routings and bill of materials (BOM) assignments to support flowline activities based on durations, resources, and work-cell capabilities.
Identify subassemblies or kits and their BOM requirements, including their connections to header-level routings and equivalent router assignments.
Work with assembly and fabrication supervisors to adjust schedules during project execution and monitor completion percentages.
Adjust schedules to reflect bottlenecks, delays, or execution efficiencies.
Create and review subassembly schedules to ensure alignment with final assembly dates.
Maintain production dates for current and upcoming projects and communicate changes or updates to relevant stakeholders.
Lead weekly production meetings with manufacturing and business stakeholders.
Maintain accurate, detailed fabrication and assembly production schedules.
Align subassembly schedules, final assembly dates, and critical project milestones.
Review resource loading and capacity, resolving or escalating potential conflicts in a timely manner.
Review major component delivery dates and identify and communicate potential schedule impacts.
Adjust production schedules based on approved project changes, delays, efficiencies, resource constraints, and actual execution progress.
Manage work-center characteristics, head counts, and factory calendars used for production planning.
Coordinate with manufacturing and project management on dates, priorities, and schedule changes.
Work with assembly and fabrication supervision to monitor progress, completion percentages, capacity, and schedule execution.
Coordinate with engineering and supply chain to align critical milestones and assess major component delivery risks affecting the production schedule.