Production Planner- New Make

PROENERGY; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

PROENERGY in Sedalia, MO seeks a Production Planner to own end-to-end scheduling for an assigned scope, tracking work orders through all operations, ensuring releases align with the plan.

You will surface risks early, maintain data quality, and provide reliable status updates to operations, supply chain, and programs while advancing ERP proficiency.

You will partner with production supervision, engineering, and quality, and supply chain to drive continuous improvement and optimize shop-floor flow.

Qualifications

• Education: HS diploma or GED required; associate/bachelor preferred.
• 2+ years in production planning, production control, or manufacturing coordination.
• Strong Excel skills; able to read shop travelers, routings, and bill-of-materials.
• Organized, detail-driven, and able to communicate across functions; English fluency required.
• US work authorization; pre-employment drug screen and background check.”

Responsibilities

• Plan and track assigned scope end-to-end, monitoring work orders and releases.
• Surface and escape risk early; resolve capacity conflicts per defined escalation process.
• Manage nonconformance and rework flow with quality and engineering.
• Maintain master data quality for item masters, BOM lines, and routings.
• Keep transaction discipline with timely material issues and status updates.
• Provide reliable status to operations, supply chain, and program stakeholders.
• Support capacity analysis and ERP implementation efforts; refine standard planning work.
• Collaborate with production supervision, engineering, quality, and supply chain.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and standard work for planning transactions.

Skills

Excel proficiency

English fluency

Cross-functional communication

Attention to detail

Education

High school diploma or GED

Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

ERP familiarity

Job description

PROENERGY is an engineering, R&D, and manufacturing powerhouse. The company addresses every need for fast-start power generation: turbine and package manufacturing, turnkey project execution, power purchase agreements, and asset lifecycle care for turbines and plants. Where others see impossible energy challenges, PROENERGY provides innovative aeroderivative solutions.

Our Footprint

PROENERGY delivers fast-start, dispatchable power solutions from worldwide centers for aeroderivative excellence. We are investing more than $1 billion through 2028 in infrastructure to serve our customers.

In Sedalia, Missouri,our 600,000 sq ft Center for Excellence in Manufacturing—a world-class investment in fast-start power and the only campus of its kind in the world—is growing by 40 percent.

In Houston, Texas,our 500,000 sq ft Center for Excellence in Lifecycle Care features a Level-IV depot and aero repair facility, which executes comprehensive services for aeroderivative engines under one roof.

InKansas City, we have an office with an Engineering team that supports our sought-after solutions for turnkey projects and contracted power.

And ourworldwide service centersensure local service expertise near our customers. Our expanding service footprint includes Phoenix, Buenos Aires, New Brunswick, and additional locations in Europe, Australia, and Southeast Asia.

Our Philosophy

We take care of our people and strive to make a positive difference for the world. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life/Disability Insurance at minimal cost to the employee, 10 paid holidays, paid time off and a 401K plan. If you are looking for a rewarding career and possess the specialized knowledge and quality-oriented problem-solving skills.

Position Summary

The Production Planner owns end-to-end schedule continuity for an assigned scope— tracking work by project or job and through every operation, surfacing risk early, and keeping priorities, parts, and promise dates aligned so the floor never has to guess what runs next. The planner is the single accountable owner for the health of every work order in that scope: created correctly, released only when it can run, tracked through every operation, cleared of obstacles before they become delays, and closed with accurate data. This is the execution seat and the control point for schedule changes: expedites are approved or declined here, against defined criteria. The role executes disciplined manual planning today while cleansing data, learning the system, and testing workflows to become one of the site’s enterprise ERP power users.

Reports To:Production Planning Manager

Work Location:2001 Proenergy Blvd, Sedalia, MO 65301

Position Responsibilities:

• Plan and track assigned scope end-to-end: monitor work orders through every operation, maintain accurate status, and keep the schedule, visual management boards, and reporting aligned to one truth — working the ERP exception queue daily after go-live, rescheduling and releasing orders within defined rules.
• Surface and escape risk early: identify shortages, holds, and capacity conflicts before they break the schedule; drive resolution through the defined escalation process rather than informal expediting.
• Manage nonconformance and rework flow for the modules, including replanning route and date when a unit is dispositioned, in partnership with quality and engineering
• Work the planning exception queue daily, rescheduling, expediting, deferring, or cancelling with a documented reason, distinguishing exceptions caused by real events from those caused by bad data, and correcting the data at the source.
• Own master data quality for assigned scope: validate item masters, bill-of-material lines, and routing steps against physical reality; correct errors at the source, keep lead times and planning parameters current, and flag systemic data issues for correction.
• Maintain transaction discipline: ensure material issues, completions, and status updates for assigned scope are recorded accurately and on time, so system truth matches floor reality.
• Own status communication: provide reliable status to operations, supply chain, and program stakeholders — replacing tribal-knowledge status with documented, system-based truth.
• Support capacity analysis and the ERP implementation: capture actual durations and setup patterns for assigned work centers, execute planner-role test scripts, and help refine standard work for planning transactions.
• Partner directly with production supervision, engineering, quality, and supply chain, aligning on priority and sequence within the published schedule and serving as the internal reference on the assigned modules.
• Contribute to continuous improvement: participate in improvement events affecting planning and flow; help standardize and improve planner standard work.

Required Qualifications:

• Education: High school diploma or GED required; Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred.
• Experience: 2+ years in production planning, production control, or manufacturing coordination.
• Technical: Strong Excel proficiency; comfort working from shop travelers, routings, and bills of material.
• Working style: Organized, detail-driven, and calm under shifting priorities; strong cross-functional communication at the floor level; willingness to become a system power user.
• Must be fluent in English, with strong speaking, reading, writing, and comprehension skills.
• US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa.
• Successful candidate will need to satisfactorily complete pre-employment drug screen and background check.

Desired Qualifications:

• Previous experience as a scheduler in a manufacturing or operations department
• Working knowledge of Microsoft office applications: Word, Excel, and Outlook.

It is PROENERGY’s policy to provide equal opportunity in employment to all its employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, age, disability, national origin, marital status, ancestry, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by State or Federal law.