FE300 - Production Planner

Fairbanks Morse; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Fairbanks Morse in Cincinnati, OH, is seeking a Production Planner to coordinate and optimize manufacturing schedules across the Operations team. You will work to ensure on-time delivery by balancing capacity and material availability using ERP and planning tools.

The role emphasizes collaboration with manufacturing, purchasing, and project management to align priorities, schedules, and orders. Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree or equivalent; 1–2 years related experience
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, manuals
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to interpret drawings and blueprints
• Ability to speak effectively before groups
• Mathematical Skills – strong math and statistics
• Reasoning Ability – solve practical problems with concrete variables
• Ability to interpret various instructions in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• MS Office and ERP systems proficiency

Responsibilities

• Plans and manages production schedules to meet customer delivery requirements and utilize capacity
• Improve scheduling processes using ERP and other tools
• Analyze sales order releases with respect to capacity planning and material requirements
• Coordinate with inventory on material availability per production plan
• Review in-process orders from the production floor
• Review new projects against current requirements and work in process using MRP report
• Interface with manufacturing, purchasing, and supervisors on material status and planning issues
• Review master production schedule and work orders
• Establish and adjust priorities for customer orders
• Revise schedules based on work orders, priorities, and resource availability
• Support proto-type builds, tooling, and fixtures as required
• Support NCR/DLA processes
• Assist in new process implementations for continuous improvement
• Provide support to Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Purchasing, and Management
• Establish work order start dates and communicate adjustments to management
• Update late delivery report with root cause and recovery plans
• Establish EOQ and stocking levels with input from PM and Production
• Work with Manufacturing Engineering to set cycle times on router and review periodically

Skills

Oral Communication

Written Communication

Teamwork

Feedback

Quality

Cost Consciousness

Ethics

Organizational Support

Planning/Organizing

Quantity

Adaptability

Education

Associate's degree or equivalent

Tools

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.