Production Readiness & Materials Planner

Nabors; Magnolia (AR); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Nabors is hiring a Manufacturing Planner to ensure work orders, materials, and documentation align before shop floor release. You will coordinate with engineering, quality, procurement, and inventory to identify constraints and resolve issues, maintaining visibility into production status for on-time delivery.

You will use ERP/MRP systems, read engineering drawings, and track schedules while communicating shortages and risks. Strong Excel and organizational skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in manufacturing, production coordination, production control, materials planning, inventory control, supply chain, or a related industrial environment.
• Experience using ERP/MRP, manufacturing, inventory, or production planning systems to review work order status, material availability, shortages, and planning data.
• Ability to read and interpret basic engineering drawings, BOMs, technical documentation, work instructions, and production schedules.
• Strong organizational, prioritization, and follow-up skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to coordinate effectively across manufacturing, engineering, quality, procurement, inventory, and operations teams.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills with the ability to identify production constraints, gather information, escalate, and resolve.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and standard business software applications.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate production readiness by ensuring work orders have the required materials, documentation, drawings, routings, specifications, and quality requirements before release to manufacturing.
• Monitor production schedules and communicate shortages, delays, documentation gaps, and other constraints that may impact delivery commitments.
• Track work order status, priorities, and due dates while ensuring issues are escalated to the appropriate stakeholders for resolution.
• Support manufacturing operations by providing visibility into production readiness risks and required follow-up actions.
• Utilize ERP/MRP systems to review work orders, inventory availability, shortages, BOMs, routings, and planning data.
• Partner with buyers, inventory control, receiving, and manufacturing teams to identify and resolve material-related constraints.
• Help maintain planning data accuracy by identifying discrepancies in BOMs, routings, inventory status, or supporting documentation and routing issues to the appropriate owner.
• Provide regular updates on material availability and production constraints to support scheduling and operational decisions.
• Serve as a liaison between manufacturing, engineering, quality, planning, procurement, and operations teams to support production execution.
• Coordinate follow-up actions related to engineering changes, drawing releases, quality holds, inspection requirements, and production readiness issues.
• Facilitate recurring production status meetings, track action items, and communicate progress, risks, and escalations.
• Maintain production readiness reports, backlog trackers, shortage reports, and operational status updates.
• Analyze recurring production disruptions, material shortages, documentation issues, and process bottlenecks to identify improvement opportunities.
• Maintain accurate records and documentation to support operational visibility and audit requirements.
• Support continuous improvement efforts focused on planning processes, communication, production readiness, and schedule execution.

Skills

ERP proficiency

Microsoft Excel

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Reading engineering drawings

Attention to detail

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

APICS/ASCM certification

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

BOM maintenance

Routing updates

Quality management systems

Job description

Nabors is hiring a Manufacturing Planner to ensure work orders, materials, and documentation align before shop floor release. You will coordinate with engineering, quality, procurement, and inventory to identify constraints and resolve issues, maintaining visibility into production status for on-time delivery.

You will use ERP/MRP systems, read engineering drawings, and track schedules while communicating shortages and risks. Strong Excel and organizational skills are essential.