Production Planner / Scheduler

Kratos Industries LLC • Arvada, CO

4h • $70,000 - $90,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Production Planner / Scheduler owns execution-level planning inside the Assembly department of an engineered-to-order low- and medium-voltage switchgear and power distribution manufacturer. This role involves converting the central master schedule into per-job milestone plans, sequencing daily work, and surfacing slips on the day they occur rather than at ship. Master scheduling, including cross-building sequencing, promise dates, and S&OP, remains a central function, and this role maintains a defined dotted-line interface to it. The Planner is the backbone of the department's daily management system and runs standing joint routines with Supply Chain on materials and shortages, and with Fabrication on handoff sequencing.

Requirements

• Three to five years in production planning, scheduling or production control in a manufacturing environment
• Direct experience with low-volume / high-mix, engineered-to-order or project-based manufacturing
• Demonstrated experience running milestone tracking and shortage management processes
• Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems and strong spreadsheet skills
• A clear communicator, able to run structured meetings with managers and supervisors

Nice To Haves

• Experience in electrical equipment, switchgear, panel building or similar electromechanical assembly
• APICS/ASCM certification (CPIM or similar)
• Exposure to lean production control methods — pull systems, visual management

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain per-job milestone plans within assembly — kit release, mechanical build, wiring, test, close-up, ship — derived from and reconciled with the central master schedule.
• Run the weekly schedule review with Production Managers, and the daily joint shortage huddle with the named Supply Chain counterpart, working one shared shortage list with promise dates.
• Run the weekly fabrication-to-assembly handoff review covering upcoming deliveries, sequence and known issues.
• Define and operate red-flag escalation rules so that at-risk milestones are surfaced the same day to the Director and the affected managers, and fed back to central master scheduling.
• Maintain visual schedule boards on the floor — physical or simple digital — that supervisors can read and update daily.
• Build and maintain the capacity-versus-load view for assembly, using the department's work-content unit rather than order or section counts, and use it to test a proposed commitment before it is made.
• Report weekly on-time-milestone performance and lead-time trends as part of the department scorecard.
• Support Sales and Operations Planning inputs as the planning process matures.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed