Production Planning Manager

Conresllc; Douglas (WY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off

Job summary

Conresllc is seeking a Production Planning Manager to oversee production schedules, ensure alignment across shop operations, and maintain visibility on capacity and delivery commitments. This role will directly impact growth in Douglas, WY and Northern Colorado by streamlining communication and scheduling logic across teams.

Ideal candidates have over 5 years of relevant experience and possess strong capabilities in scheduling, forecasting, and data management, specifically within welding and fabrication environments. The position requires regular communication with sales and leadership teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production planning or scheduling experience in manufacturing environments.
• Strong Excel and data skills, able to build scheduling views and reports.
• Proven ability to lead daily scheduling meetings effectively.

Responsibilities

• Own the production schedule across all facilities.
• Validate job status and scheduling assumptions daily.
• Lead daily production scheduling meetings with leadership.

Skills

Production planning

Scheduling

Capacity forecasting

Excel skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Operations Management

Tools

Smartsheet

ERP systems

Job description

About L&L Fabrication

L&L Fabrication is a Rocky Mountain region ASME‑certified pressure vessel and process equipment manufacturer serving the oil and gas industry. From our fabrication shops in Wyoming and Colorado, we build pressure vessels, heater treaters, separators, and process skids for a consistent regional customer base.

The Role

Production Planning Manager – owner of production schedule visibility, capacity forecasting, and delivery commitment communication across our fabrication facilities. This newly created role will directly impact our ability to grow by ensuring production, procurement, and sales are aligned around a single, accurate schedule.

What You’ll Do

Production Scheduling & Capacity Visibility

• Own the production schedule from outside sales commitments to internal shop execution in Douglas, WY and Northern Colorado.
• Maintain real‑time visibility of facility and key workcenter bookings (weld booths, downstream stations, assembly).
• Track each job through full production sequence.
• Identify schedule risks, bottlenecks, late‑job exposure, and capacity constraints before they reach customers.
• Validate job status, workcenter dates, part numbers, and scheduling assumptions daily in the scheduling platform.

Capacity Forecasting & Level Loading

• Perform capacity forecasting across weld booths, welders, downstream workcenters, and material constraints.
• Evaluate level‑loading opportunities between locations to balance workload and protect delivery performance.
• Monitor material readiness for long‑lead items against forecasted weld start dates.
• Track empirical production performance to improve forecast accuracy.
• Review staffing, booth capacity, material readiness, and downstream needs against the forward schedule and flag gaps proactively.

Sales & Leadership Communication

• Provide Sales with realistic delivery time‑frames based on actual shop capacity.
• Lead and support daily production scheduling meetings with leadership and shop teams.
• Communicate schedule changes, risks, and recovery plans early and accurately.
• Provide leadership with clear visibility into backlog, booked‑out capacity, and bottlenecks through consistent reporting.

Systems & Continuous Improvement

• Own day‑to‑day data accuracy within our Smartsheet platform and evolve scheduling logic, forecasting views, and reporting tools.
• Improve coordination between Sales, production, procurement, and project management through better data and disciplined scheduling.
• Help evaluate and shape our technology direction, including scheduling and ERP tools.

Requirements

Required

• 5+ years of production planning, scheduling, or manufacturing operations experience in a job‑shop, make‑to‑order, or custom fabrication environment.
• Experience in weld fabrication, pressure vessel manufacturing, industrial fabrication, or O&G production equipment manufacturing.
• Demonstrated ability to own a production schedule across multiple facilities or production lines simultaneously.
• Strong capacity forecasting and level‑loading experience – balanced workload across workcenter constraints.
• Comfortable leading daily scheduling meetings with shop leadership and aligning cross‑functional teams.
• Strong Excel and data skills; able to build and maintain scheduling views, capacity models, and reporting tools.
• Clear, direct communication style – translate production complexity into plain language for Sales and leadership.

Preferred

• Experience with Smartsheet, ERP/MRP systems (NetSuite, Epicor, JobBOSS, SAP, or similar), or production scheduling software.
• Familiarity with ASME pressure vessel fabrication stages, NDE scheduling, and QC inspection coordination.
• Experience improving scheduling data discipline in an environment transitioning from informal to systematic production tracking.
• Familiarity with S&OP, master scheduling, or formal production planning methodologies.
• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Operations Management, Industrial Technology, Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.

What Success Looks Like

First 90 Days

• Know every active job across both main facilities – location, next step, and risks.
• Sales has a reliable, data‑based answer to “what can we commit to and when?”
• Lead a daily scheduling meeting that production leadership actually uses to make decisions.
• Identify the top three capacity constraints and develop a plan to address each.

6 Months

• Functioning capacity forecasting model reflecting real workcenter constraints, material lead times, and shop performance data.
• Systematic level loading between Douglas and Northern Colorado; no reactive adjustments.
• Late‑job exposure identified weeks out.
• Scheduling platform trusted by operations, sales, and leadership as the single source of truth.

Working Conditions & Travel

Position can be based in Douglas, WY or Northern Colorado, with regular travel between facilities. Mileage reimbursement is provided per company policy. Standard industrial PPE is required on the shop floor; this role is primarily office and coordination but requires regular shop presence.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience.
• Annual bonus eligible based on company financial results and individual performance.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance (HSA and PPO options).
• Accident and critical illness plans.
• 401(k) with up to a 5% safe‑harbor employer match.
• Life insurance and AD&D coverage.
• Paid time off per company policy.
• Mileage reimbursement for multi‑site travel.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities where we operate.

This job posting describes the general nature and level of work for this position and is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities.