Senior Fabrication Production Planner (ETO)

States Manufacturing Corporation; Champlin (MN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO/ESST

Paid holidays

Health insurance

Weekly pay

Vision and Dental Insurance

401K / Life Insurance / STD

Job summary

States Manufacturing Corporation seeks a Senior Production Planner, Fabrication to develop and manage the detailed fabrication schedule in an Engineer-to-Order environment. You will balance capacity, material, and engineering readiness to keep fabricated components flowing to Assembly.

You will serve as the main planning liaison between Fabrication, Engineering, Supply Chain, Programming, and Assembly Planning, owning fabrication jobs from release to closure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of experience in production planning, scheduling, or manufacturing operations.
• Advanced ERP/MRP proficiency with BOM structures, routings, production scheduling, and capacity planning.
• Experience coordinating across Engineering, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• 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.
• Sequence and level-load work to optimize fabrication resources and ensure on-time completion.
• Monitor shop-floor progress, WIP, and adjust priorities to meet schedule.
• Own fabrication performance metrics including schedule attainment and on-time delivery.
• Manage full job lifecycle and maintain accurate data in Epicor.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Supply Chain, Production, Programming, Quality, and Project Management.
• Lead daily and weekly fabrication scheduling reviews.
• Identify opportunities to improve fabrication flow and scheduling processes.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Scheduling

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor's degree + 4+ years

Tools

Epicor ERP

Microsoft Excel

Job description

States Manufacturing Corporation seeks a Senior Production Planner, Fabrication to develop and manage the detailed fabrication schedule in an Engineer-to-Order environment. You will balance capacity, material, and engineering readiness to keep fabricated components flowing to Assembly.

You will serve as the main planning liaison between Fabrication, Engineering, Supply Chain, Programming, and Assembly Planning, owning fabrication jobs from release to closure.