Production Planning Manager - Ship Shafting

ELLWOOD•Pleasant Township, PA

10d

About The Position

Ellwood National Forge (ENF) is hiring a Production Planning Manager for its Ship Shafting product line. The position is based in Irvine, Pennsylvania, with work and assignments also involving the Warren and Corry plants. This exempt, salaried role reports to the Vice President of Operations. The manager leads production planning and scheduling across functions and sites, balancing customer commitments, engineering and manufacturing capacity, materials, inventory, and delivery requirements. The role also oversees forecasting, ERP-based planning, schedule governance, procurement coordination, continuous improvement, and communication of production plans and risks to leadership and customers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business operations field, or 15 years of experience in a planning, estimating, or management role.
10 years of previous ERP and Microsoft Projects experience in a planning, estimating, or program management role.
Ability to read and interpret blueprints and schematics.
Ability to work well with a team.
Strong written and verbal communication skills across multifunctional teams and with external business partners.

Responsibilities

Lead cross-functional capacity reviews with Engineering, Manufacturing, Sales, and Supply Chain to establish customer order delivery commitments aligned with enterprise capability, customer expectations, and contractual requirements.
Allocate engineering and manufacturing capacity to balance workload, maximize throughput, and meet milestone and shipment objectives for Ship Shafting product lines.
Oversee material release strategy, including raw-material utilization, production start dates, capacity alignment, and minimizing excess inventory across ENF sites.
Develop monthly, quarterly, and annual production forecasts based on bookings, capacity constraints, historical performance, and expected demand; provide analysis to senior leadership.
Review demand profiles for in-process and upcoming shafting components, identify bottlenecks, validate capacity assumptions, and initiate corrective actions to maintain schedule integrity.
Manage work-in-process, inventory, and product release sequencing in alignment with demand, capacity, bookings, and customer delivery schedules.
Direct rescheduling and prioritization of in-process work orders in response to production feedback, emergent issues, or customer changes while mitigating schedule risk.
Facilitate cross-site collaboration with ENF and sister divisions to resolve production barriers and improve process flow in support of naval program commitments.
Govern production schedule adherence through job audits, KPI monitoring, exception reporting, and proactive communication of risks or deviations to senior leadership.
Oversee advanced raw-material procurement activities, aligning requisition timing with production plans, engineering changes, and work-order releases.
Partner with Sales, Engineering, and Program Management on new product introductions, trials, R&D projects, manufacturability assessments, and process validation for Ship Shafting.
Optimize the Syteline ERP system for production routing, resource planning, capacity visibility, flow, and data accuracy across production centers.
Approve and integrate rework operations or additional job steps in the ERP system, maintaining accurate documentation, traceability, and compliance with quality and NAVSEA requirements.
Review production job performance and lead continuous improvement by identifying trends, optimizing routings, improving tooling and processes, and promoting best practices in shafting manufacturing.
Support enterprise initiatives, operational reviews, process improvements, and organizational readiness for emerging Navy shafting programs.
Prepare and present planning and scheduling information to ENF leadership and shafting customers, communicating schedules, risks, and updates accurately.
Perform other duties and responsibilities as required to support business needs.