Production Material Planner II

Crane • Burbank, WA

289d • $33 - $46

About The Position

Crane Aerospace & Electronics supplies critical systems and components to the aerospace and defense markets. You'll find Crane Aerospace & Electronics in some of the toughest environments: from engines to landing gear; from satellites to medical implants and from missiles to unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Located in the epicenter of United States aviation manufacturing, our Crane Aerospace & Electronics Lynnwood, Wash., facility delivers industry-leading aerospace & defense power and fluid solutions. Our products are rugged enough to fly 5 billion miles from Earth on NASA's New Horizons spacecraft and innovative enough to be featured on Eviation's Alice all-electric aircraft. You'll join a group of aerospace professionals committed to engineering excellence and work in a community tucked between the idyllic Puget Sound and Cascade Mountains. Start the next chapter of your career with Crane Aerospace & Electronics!

Requirements

• 2+ years' experience in a manufacturing environment with inventory responsibilities.
• 4 years or more of experience in materials planning environment; or Bachelor's Degree in related field with 2 years of professional planning experience.
• In-depth knowledge of the manufacturing process used in the operating unit of assignment.
• Working knowledge of production planning, material requirements planning and Kanban systems.
• Working knowledge of computer systems that support production, e.g., inventory control, purchasing, production scheduling and MRP.
• Well-developed skill in communicating with others.
• Proficiency in Excel and Word and ability to work with Access databases.
• Ability to coordinate materials and production schedules with multiple teams, solve urgent problems associated with manufacture of products and document and communicate production outcomes and trends.
• Ability to perform math and logic computations requiring sequencing of times, critical incidents, and numeric information.
• Ability to learn the techniques associated with Kanban systems.

Responsibilities

• Review Master Production Schedules and Work Orders and confer with Planners, Supervisors and Engineering to communicate daily priorities for specific customer orders to shop floor.
• Review Kanban and Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) requirements daily to release jobs to production through the creation of Work Orders in the Oracle ERP System; Change or split open Work Orders as required.
• Review overdue materials for impact to schedule, notify Value Stream Manager/Supervisor and or buyer of past due materials and acquire a recovery date and plan.
• Incorporate Engineering Change Orders (ECO) at the appropriate time of change that it will be required.
• Work with the Value Stream and Finance team to understand cause of aged Work Orders and assist with appropriate plan to drive down the number of aged Work Orders in process 'WIP'.
• Prepare reports summarizing production-related information such as material shortages, downtime of work and equipment.
• RCCA inventory inaccuracies associated to end items and components in WIP.
• Cross trained in multiple value streams including end item and sub assembly.
• Participated in New Product Introduction (NPI) or New Product Development (NPD).

Benefits

• Health care, dental, vision, life and disability insurance starting the first day of the month.
• 15 days of paid time off that start accruing your first day at Crane and 12 paid holidays per year.
• 401k plan with company match.
• Education Reimbursement: eligible after 90 days of employment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: High school or GED