Senior Production Planner
About The Position
The Senior Production Planner develops, maintains, and executes the assembly production schedule in an Engineer-to-Order (ETO) manufacturing environment. The role aligns customer orders, engineering releases, material availability, and plant capacity to meet delivery commitments. It serves as the primary planning liaison among the Site Master Scheduler, Project Management, Engineering, Supply Chain, Production, and Fabrication Planning, translating project requirements into executable shop-floor schedules. The planner creates and manages a rolling 12-week production plan based on the SIOP-driven master schedule, monitors shop-floor progress and schedule adherence, and adjusts priorities when needed. The role maintains scheduling data in Epicor, tracks performance metrics, identifies delivery risks and constraints, coordinates recovery actions, and supports continuous improvement and the development of planning processes. It also leads regular production scheduling reviews and mentors production coordinators as the team grows.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of experience in production planning, scheduling, or manufacturing operations; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
- Advanced ERP/MRP proficiency and strong understanding of BOM structures, routings, master scheduling, and capacity planning.
- Experience coordinating across Engineering, Supply Chain, Project Management, and Manufacturing.
- Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and make effective decisions in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and production scheduling tools.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in an Engineer-to-Order (ETO), Make-to-Order (MTO), or project-based manufacturing environment.
- Experience with SIOP/S&OP and master scheduling processes.
- Epicor ERP experience.
- APICS CPIM or CSCP certification.
Responsibilities
- Translate the SIOP-driven master schedule into a rolling 12-week production plan aligned with plant capacity, ramp-ups, customer orders, engineering releases, and lead times.
- Monitor shop-floor progress and schedule adherence, adjusting priorities as needed.
- Own performance metrics, including schedule attainment, on-time delivery to customer commitments, and WIP levels.
- Maintain accurate scheduling data within Epicor.
- Propose plans and actions to mitigate at-risk delivery commitments.
- Act as the primary link between the Site Master Scheduler and shop-floor execution.
- Manage schedule impacts from engineering changes (ECOs), customer revisions, and supply disruptions, and coordinate master schedule updates with the Master Scheduler and stakeholders.
- Identify capacity, material, fabricated-component, and engineering-release bottlenecks and coordinate cross-functional actions to resolve them.
- Escalate risks to delivery commitments and recommend recovery or mitigation plans.
- Coordinate with Engineering, Supply Chain, Production, Quality, and Project Management to align design releases, material availability, and manufacturing execution.
- Lead daily and weekly production scheduling reviews with production supervisors, PMO, and the fabrication team.
- Identify opportunities to improve assembly flow, resource utilization, schedule adherence, and planning processes.
- Support and drive the development and standardization of production planning and scheduling processes.
- Mentor and develop production coordinators as the team grows.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
