Defense & Aerospace Production Planner

ALAC HR Solutions; Stafford (VA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ALAC HR Solutions is recruiting a Production Planner for a growing defense manufacturer in Stafford, VA. You will leverage your Industrial Engineering background and hands-on assembly-line planning experience to manage schedules, anticipate material shortages, and use data to keep manufacturing operations running efficiently.

In this role you will develop and maintain production schedules, identify shortages with Procurement, manage ERP/MRP work orders and BOMs, and build Excel dashboards to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering
• 2+ years in production planning, MRP, and scheduling in assembly-line manufacturing
• Advanced Excel with pivot tables, lookups, formulas, and data analysis
• Experience with ERP systems and manufacturing planning processes
• Strong analytical, organizational, and cross-functional communication skills

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain production schedules based on demand, inventory, and manufacturing capacity
• Identify shortages, monitor material availability, and work with Procurement and Production to prevent disruptions
• Create and maintain manufacturing work orders, bills of materials, routing information, and planning parameters in ERP/MRP
• Build Excel analyses, dashboards, and reports to monitor capacity, inventory, and production performance
• Track work orders, schedule attainment, material consumption, and manufacturing progress

Skills

Production planning

MRP

Scheduling

Analytical skills

Cross-functional communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Excel

ERP systems

Microsoft Business Central

Power BI

Job description

ALAC HR Solutions is recruiting a Production Planner for a growing defense manufacturer in Stafford, VA. You will leverage your Industrial Engineering background and hands-on assembly-line planning experience to manage schedules, anticipate material shortages, and use data to keep manufacturing operations running efficiently.

In this role you will develop and maintain production schedules, identify shortages with Procurement, manage ERP/MRP work orders and BOMs, and build Excel dashboards to