Lead Fabrication Scheduler for ETO Production and Capacity

States Manufacturing Corporation; Dayton, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO/ESST

Paid holidays

Health insurance

Weekly pay

Vision and dental insurance

401K / Life Insurance / STD

Job summary

States Manufacturing Corporation seeks a Senior Production Planner, Fabrication to develop and maintain the fabrication schedule within an Engineer-to-Order environment. You will balance capacity, material, and engineering readiness to keep fabricated components flowing on time to Assembly.

You will act as the planning liaison across Fabrication, Engineering, Supply Chain, Programming, and Assembly, owning jobs from release through completion and driving continuous improvement in scheduling

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of experience in production planning, scheduling, or manufacturing operations.
• Advanced ERP/MRP proficiency with a strong understanding of BOM structures, routings, production scheduling, and capacity planning.
• Experience coordinating across Engineering, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and production scheduling tools.

Responsibilities

• Translate the 12-week assembly production plan into a detailed fabrication schedule by resource and work center, and maintain it as priority, capacity, and material availability change.
• Sequence and level-load work to optimize fabrication resources and ensure components are completed on time to support Assembly.
• Monitor shop-floor progress, open jobs, and WIP against the schedule, adjusting priorities as needed.
• Own fabrication performance metrics, including schedule attainment, on-time delivery to Assembly, and WIP levels.
• Manage the full job lifecycle, including job release, material issuance, component receipt, and timely job closure.
• Maintain accurate job dates, schedules, quantities, and production data within Epicor.
• Proactively identify bottlenecks and constraints and coordinate cross-functional actions to resolve them.
• Escalate risks to production commitments and recommend recovery or mitigation plans when needed.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Supply Chain, Production, Programming, Quality, and Project Management to support fabrication execution.
• Manage and communicate the scheduling impact of engineering changes, customer revisions, material shortages, and production disruptions.
• Lead daily and weekly fabrication scheduling reviews.
• Identify opportunities to improve fabrication flow, resource utilization, schedule adherence, and planning processes.
• Drive the development and standardization of production planning and scheduling processes.
• Mentor planners and schedulers and serve as subject-matter expert for fabrication planning in Epicor.

Skills

Production scheduling

BOM structures

Routings

Capacity planning

Excel

ERP/MRP

Cross-functional coordination

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree + 4+ years experience in production planning

APICS CPIM or CSCP certification

Tools

Epicor ERP

Job description

States Manufacturing Corporation seeks a Senior Production Planner, Fabrication to develop and maintain the fabrication schedule within an Engineer-to-Order environment. You will balance capacity, material, and engineering readiness to keep fabricated components flowing on time to Assembly.

You will act as the planning liaison across Fabrication, Engineering, Supply Chain, Programming, and Assembly, owning jobs from release through completion and driving continuous improvement in scheduling