Production Planning Manager - Ship Shafting

All ELLWOOD Groups•Irvine, PA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Ellwood National Forge (ENF) is hiring a Production Planning Manager for its Ship Shafting product lines. The role is based in Irvine, Pennsylvania, with work and assignments also covering the Warren and Corry plants. This exempt, salaried position reports to the VP of Operations. The manager leads production planning and scheduling across functions and sites, aligning customer commitments, capacity, materials, and production priorities with operational capability and contractual requirements. The role also oversees forecasting, ERP planning, schedule governance, and continuous improvement while supporting naval program commitments and emerging Navy shafting programs.

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 planning and capacity reviews with Engineering, Manufacturing, Sales, and Supply Chain to establish customer order delivery commitments.
Allocate engineering and manufacturing capacity to balance workload, maximize throughput, and meet production milestones and shipment objectives for Ship Shafting product lines.
Oversee the material release strategy, including raw-material utilization, production start dates, and inventory levels across ENF sites.
Develop monthly, quarterly, and annual production forecasts using 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.
Manage work-in-process, inventory, and product release sequencing to align 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 collaboration across ENF sites and sister divisions to resolve production barriers and improve process flow for naval programs.
Establish production schedule-adherence governance through job audits, KPI monitoring, exception reporting, and communication of risks or deviations to senior leadership.
Oversee advanced raw-material procurement activities and align 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, production flow, and data accuracy.
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, enhancing 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 as required to support business needs.