Production Planner

RK Industries, LLC•Denver, CO

16d

About The Position

Own the plan. Keep the shop moving. As a Production Planner at RK Industries, you’ll turn detailing into on-time fabrication by building smart daily/forecast schedules, aligning materials, and partnering with PMs, shop leaders, and the field to remove roadblocks fast. If you like pace, problem-solving, and seeing your plan become finished work, you’ll thrive here! RK Company Overview RK Industries is a second-generation family-owned company led by brothers Rick and Jon Kinning. With seven specialized business units working together, we deliver construction, fabrication, manufacturing, and building services with a focus on safety, quality, and craftsmanship. People join RK for the craftsmanship, complexity, and the ability to make a real impact. Our in-house capabilities mean employees see their ideas become real solutions, creating meaningful collaboration and clear visibility into how work gets built. Growth happens through challenging projects, mentorship from experienced builders, and opportunities that stretch your skill set. With RK University, accredited apprenticeships, competitive benefits, and deep community investment, RK offers the stability of a family-owned company with the opportunity and momentum of an industry leader. Position Summary Responsible for ensuring the CAD (DETAILING)/FAB process results in products that are fabricated by the Shop personnel meet or exceed the customer’s requirements. Responsible for updating both the forecast and daily schedules to optimize batch flow through the fabrication shop. Work with Project Managers, Shop, and Field personnel, to ensure a high quality product is produced and delivered on time. Works within established budgets and time guidelines to produce a profit.

Requirements

Receives direct supervision.
Performs administrative or technical responsibilities.
Contributes to the development and improvement of concepts, techniques and procedures.
Coordinates own tasks with a specific range of responsibilities under established procedures.
Contributes to a team under general supervision of an experienced professional or manager.
Skilled specialist or recent college/university graduate.
Role specific skills and experience required.
Requires judgment or initiative in resolving issues and making recommendations.

Responsibilities

Assist the Production Manager in ensuring that the CAD/FAB process results in a product that meets or exceeds the customer’s requirements.
Ensure continuous improvement of the company’s employees through development planning.
Assist the Shop Superintendent with the daily production planning.
Assist in the scheduling of fabrication.
Assist in the maintenance of scheduling software database.
Verify estimated hours for sequences are being placed in sequence plan by operations.
Coordinate material procurement with Project Managers and Production Managers to meet requirements of fabrication sequence plans based on construction project schedules and shop integration requirements.
Interpret specifications and blueprints as needed for recommended process, improvements, and potential cost impacts.
Work from sequencing plans that provide a consolidated work sequence, budgeted hours, and required fabrication and delivery dates.
Enter production sequence into internal scheduling program and develop work orders for fabrication.
Analyze shop productivity tracking, establish shop production rates for review and reporting.

Benefits

RK Industries offers competitive benefits to support your growth and well-being: Benefits & Rewards
Through RK University, we provide hands-on training and development opportunities that empower employees to advance their careers and grow within the company, to include leadership and technical learning opportunities, we well as our accredited apprentice program: RK University & RK Apprenticeship Program

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