Planning Clerk - 1st Shift, Lean Scheduling

Atkore International; Conroe (TX); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Atkore is seeking a Planning Clerk to support operations in Houston, TX. The role focuses on planning, scheduling, and reconciling work orders with emphasis on rolling capacity planning and timely communication of manufacturing status.

The ideal candidate has 1–3 years of administrative planning experience, a background in inventory management, and lean/Kanban familiarity. The position offers an 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. shift and competitive hourly pay.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years administrative planning experience with increasing levels of responsibility.
• Background in inventory management and scheduling preferred.
• Lean/Kanban experience preferred.
• Accuracy and thoroughness required with great attention to detail.
• Strong computer and mathematical skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist team with planning and scheduling work orders for Operations.
• Assist team with developing and publishing rolling 8-week capacity schedule on all work centers.
• Utilize daily production reports for managing workloads and communicating manufacturing status.
• Reconciling MRS (Manufacturing Resource System) and production order confirmation.
• Assist with team to ensure that customer orders are scheduled in a manner that reduces backorders and meets customer needs.
• Assist team with quoting product lead times.
• Support the Production Control Manager in the weekly scheduling for operations.
• Routine clerical duties to support department activities.
• Function as the backup for others in the department.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Planning experience

Lean/Kanban experience

Attention to detail

Computer skills

Time management

Communication skills

Self-motivated

Team player

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Atkore is seeking a Planning Clerk to support operations in Houston, TX. The role focuses on planning, scheduling, and reconciling work orders with emphasis on rolling capacity planning and timely communication of manufacturing status.

The ideal candidate has 1–3 years of administrative planning experience, a background in inventory management, and lean/Kanban familiarity. The position offers an 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. shift and competitive hourly pay.