FE300 - Production Planner

Fairbanks Morse, LLC in; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Fairbanks Morse, LLC seeks a Production Planner to manage and optimize production schedules in the Operations department. You will coordinate with inventory, engineering, and purchasing to ensure material availability and on-time delivery.

The role emphasizes ERP-driven scheduling, capacity planning, and continuous improvement, with emphasis on meeting customer requirements and maintaining production flow.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, and procedures.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to interpret drawings and blueprints.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.

Responsibilities

• Plans and manages production schedules to meet customer delivery requirements and optimize capacity.
• Analyzes capacity planning and material requirements.
• Coordinates with inventory on material availability for production.
• Reviews master production schedule and work orders.
• Establishes and adjusts priorities for customer orders.
• Supports new processes and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Oral Communication

Written Communication

Teamwork

Feedback and Recognition

Quality

Cost Consciousness

Ethics

Organizational Support

Planning/Organizing

Quantity

Adaptability

Education

Associate's degree (A.A.) or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

ERP systems

Job description

Job Title: Production Planner

Department: Operations

Reports To: Director of Operations

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Plans and manages production schedules to meet customer delivery requirements and best utilize company’s productive capacity
• Continue to improve and develop effective scheduling processes to achieve production objectives using ERP system and other tool
• Analyzes sales order releases with respect to capacity planning and material requirements
• Coordinates with inventory personnel on material availability of selected items as needed per production plan
• Reviews in process orders from production floor
• Reviews new projects and compare with against current requirements and work already in process using the material requirement planning report
• Interfaces with manufacturing personnel, the purchasing department and supervisors on material status and production planning issues
• Reviews master production schedule and work orders
• Establish and adjust priorities for customer orders based off of project managers inputs
• Revises schedule according to work order specifications, established priorities, and availability or capability of workers, parts, material, machines, and equipment;
• Supports the processing of proto-type builds, special tooling and any fixtures as required;
• Provides support to the NCR/DLA process;
• Provides support to the area Supervisor for implementation of new processes part of continuous improvement
• Provides support to Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Purchasing manager and Company Management as required
• Establishes work order start dates and communicates adjustments to Project/Program management as needed
• Update late delivery report with Root Cause and recovery plans
• Establish economic order quantity and/or minimum stocking levels as necessary with input from Program Manager and Production Manager and Inventory Manager
• Work with Manufacturing Engineering to establish cycle times on router and review periodically

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Skills needed:

• Oral Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; Listens and gets clarification; Responds well to questions.
• Written Communication - Presents numerical data effectively; Able to read and interpret written information.
• Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities; Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views;
• Gives and welcomes feedback. Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Puts success of team above own interests; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed. Gives appropriate recognition to others.
• Quality - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
• Cost Consciousness - Works within approved budget; Develops and implements cost saving measures Conserves organizational resources.
• Ethics - Works with integrity and ethically; Upholds organizational values.
• Organizational Support - Follows policies and procedures.
• Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities; Uses time efficiently; Sets goals and objectives.
• Quantity - Completes work in timely manner.
• Adaptability - Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.

Qualifications:

• Associate's degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; at least one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to interpret drawings and blueprints
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Mathematical Skills - Strong math and statistic skills
• Reasoning Ability - Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Computer Skills; To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of MS Office and ERP systems.