Senior Fabrication Planner - ETO Scheduling Lead

Forgent Power Solutions, Inc.; Dayton (MN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO/ESST

Paid holidays

Health insurance: $100 individual / $0

Paid Weekly

Vision and Dental Insurance

401K / Life Insurance / STD

Job summary

Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. in Minnesota seeks a Senior Production Planner, Fabrication to develop and execute the fabrication schedule within an Engineer-to-Order environment. You will balance capacity, material, and engineering readiness to keep components flowing to Assembly.

You will own fabrication jobs from release to closure, coordinate with Engineering, Supply Chain, Programming, and Assembly, and drive continuous improvement in planning processes using Epicor.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 4+ years in production planning or manufacturing operations.
• Advanced ERP/MRP proficiency with BOM structures, routings, scheduling, and capacity planning.
• Experience coordinating across Engineering, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and production scheduling tools.

Responsibilities

• Translate the 12-week assembly plan into a detailed fabrication schedule by resource and work center, maintaining it as priorities change.
• Sequence and level-load work to optimize fabrication resources and ensure on-time completion for Assembly.
• Monitor shop-floor progress, open jobs, and WIP against the schedule; adjust priorities as needed.
• Own fabrication performance metrics including schedule attainment and on-time delivery.
• Manage full job lifecycle: release, material issuance, receipt, and timely closure.
• Maintain accurate job dates, schedules, quantities, and production data within Epicor.
• Identify bottlenecks and constraints; coordinate cross-functional actions to resolve them.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Supply Chain, Production, Programming, Quality, and Project Management.
• Lead daily and weekly fabrication scheduling reviews.
• Mentor planners and serve as SME for fabrication planning in Epicor.

Skills

Analytical skills

Cross-functional coordination

Multi-priority management

Project planning

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Epicor ERP

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. in Minnesota seeks a Senior Production Planner, Fabrication to develop and execute the fabrication schedule within an Engineer-to-Order environment. You will balance capacity, material, and engineering readiness to keep components flowing to Assembly.

You will own fabrication jobs from release to closure, coordinate with Engineering, Supply Chain, Programming, and Assembly, and drive continuous improvement in planning processes using Epicor.