Production Planner at SST Direct – New Britain, Connecticut

We are seeking a Production Planner for a direct hire opportunity in New Britain, CT.
Pay: $70-95K based on experience
Schedule: Mon – Fri (7 am -4 pm)
Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package to full-time employees including paid time off, health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, paid holidays, a 401K retirement plan, disability insurance, and more.
Overview: The Production planner manages the ERP system to meet customer needs. In addition, this candidate will need to expediate orders through manufacturing as required to meet customer delivery requirements.
Responsibilities:

• Schedule production jobs and workflow
• Develop shop schedules – by creating and maintaining work orders.
• Review work order action required report and ensured due dates are aligned with the customer requirements.
• Determine if the dates are realistic and achievable to available capacity and resources. Issue material requisitions to purchasing.
• The production planner schedules product lines to meet changing monthly forecasts while managing inventory levels.
• Create weekly production timetable.
• Coordinate production workflow for one or multiple products, as well as planning and prioritizing operations in a manner that guarantees maximum performance with reduced delay. Design weekly manufacturing plan to meet target load objectives and satisfy the organization’s inventory and shipment plan goals.
• Support customer service on new customer requests inside of standard lead time.
• Participate in daily production meetings to track performance and identify work orders slipping and determine plans to get back on schedule working with production departments as required.
• Maintain promise dates on customer portal (PWA SNC System)

Qualifications:

• BS Degree in Manufacturing Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering Technology Preferred
• 2 years production planning experience in an aerospace organization.
• 2-5 years’ experience working in a manufacturing environment and ERP/MRP system
• Experience with Epicor a plus

If you are interested in learning more about this role, please submit your resume for immediate consideration!
Feel free to text “Planner” to 321-418-6672 for faster response.
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