Production Planner

General Atomics; Tupelo (MS); On-site; USD 51,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company specializing in advanced electromagnetic technologies is seeking a Production Planner. This role involves overseeing production schedules, managing budgets, and ensuring a controlled flow of materials. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and significant experience in production planning, preferably in defense contracts.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in planning, scheduling, and performance measurement.
• Understanding of manufacturing principles and ability to apply advanced planning tools.
• Experience with Department of Defense contracts highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plans and controls production schedules ensuring material flow meets production needs.
• Tracks and evaluates budgets and schedules to inform management of issues.
• Generates work orders and oversees manpower resource planning.

Skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Customer-focused

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration

Tools

SAP

Job description

GA’s Electromagnetic Systems (EMS) Group focuses on the military and commercial applications of advanced electromagnetic technologies, including power generation and distribution, magnetic levitation, laser and weapons systems, and systems design and engineering. The EMS Group supports government customers, which include the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, the Department of Transportation as well as a range of commercial customers.

Under general direction, this position is responsible for support for a major project through the planning, preparing, issuing and controlling of production schedules and coordinates with material requirements to ensure a controlled flow of approved materials timed to meet production requirements. Oversees budget, performance monitoring, analysis reports and may provide direction to support staff. Advises management of the status of work in progress, material availability, and potential production problems to ensure that personnel, equipment, materials and services are provided as needed.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Advises management of the status of work in progress, material availability, and potential production problems to ensure that personnel equipment, materials, and services are provided as needed.
• Keeps management appraised of potential schedule or fiscal problems by tracking, reviewing and evaluating plans, schedules and/or budgets for inaccuracies, inconsistencies or interface/support problems. Analyzes task/project cost and/or schedule variances and informs management. Provides manpower resource planning and allocation.
• Generates manufacturing work orders using Material Requirement Planning (MRP) planned order requirements as well as generating purchase requisitions for outside process and outside manufacturing services.
• Processes work orders and material transactions for non-conformance material dispositions. Interprets engineering change orders (ECO), implements dispositions affecting stock, work in progress, and NEXT assembly.
• Schedules equipment and personnel, confirms material supply and demands, prepares purchase orders. Provides budgeting input and program funding tracking and pursuit.
• Alerts and/or recommends solutions to operating or project management to deviation from established norms. Prepares milestone coordination and reports.
• Develops and monitors overhead, capital, research and development, marketing and other budgets.
• Interfaces with operating and support groups (Purchasing, Finance, QA) to collect data for preparation of schedules and reports as well as providing status reports to internal and external contacts. Works in close coordination with outside fabricators and processors.
• May provide work direction to professional and/or support personnel.
• Responsible for observing all laws, regulations and other applicable obligations wherever and whenever business is conducted on behalf of the Company.
• Expected to work in a safe manner in accordance with established operating procedures and practices.
• Other duties assigned or required.

We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.


Job Qualifications:

• Typically requires a Bachelors degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Planning, Engineering, Production Control or a related discipline and three or more years progressive experience in planning, scheduling, budgeting and performance measurement. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.
• Must have a complete understanding of manufacturing planning principles, theories and concepts as well as ability to understand accounting and manufacturing systems in a research or production environment and to apply advanced planning tools and techniques; and ability to read, interpret and explain engineering drawings.
• Must be customer focused and possess:
  • the ability to develop and communicate new concepts and apply them accurately throughout an evolving environment
  • ability to organize, schedule and coordinate work phases
  • ability to determine the appropriate approach at the project level and provide innovative solutions to a range of moderately complex technical problems
  • organization skills to maintain flow of work within the unit
  • strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills to interface with internal employees and external representatives and to accurately document, report and present
  • ability to maintain the strict confidentiality of sensitive information
  • knowledge of computer operations and applications and word processing and spreadsheets
  • Demonstrated knowledge of SAP.
• Ability to work both independently and lead in a team environment is essential as is the ability to work extended hours as required.
• Experience working on Department of Defense (DoD) Contracts highly preferred.
• Experience with SAE AS9100 highly preferred.

Salary:$51,610 - $87,213