Production planner

We are looking for an experienced Production Planner to join our client's Operations team at a Fort Worth manufacturing facility. In this role, you'll serve as the heart of the plant floor, balancing customer demand, manufacturing capacity, and material availability to keep our production lines running seamlessly.

salary: $75,000 - $80,000 per year
shift: First
work hours: 7 AM - 4 PM
education: High School

Responsibilities

As the Production Planner, you will bridge the gap between Operations, Purchasing, Customer Service, and Engineering. You'll own the production schedule, proactively solve constraints, and keep priorities aligned across teams.

• Build & Maintain Schedules: Develop realistic daily and weekly master production schedules aligned with plant capacity, customer orders, and inventory targets.
• Manage Materials & MRP: Monitor material availability, review MRP recommendations, and partner with Purchasing to resolve shortages before they impact production.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Lead daily production updates, communicate priorities, and partner with Customer Service to prioritize orders during peak demand.
• Support NPI & Engineering: Coordinate planning activities for new product introductions (NPI) and engineering changes.
• Drive Continuous Improvement: Track and report key metrics (Schedule Attainment, On-Time Completion, Material Shortages) and recommend process improvements.
• Maintain System Integrity: Manage accurate planning data in the ERP system and support inventory planning and monthly counts. Excel Proficiency a must.

The essential functions of this role include:

• working in a smoke free environment
• wearing steel toe shoes
• working in a non-temperature controlled environment

Skills

• Manufacturing
• Production Control
• industrial production planning

Qualifications

• Years of experience: 3 years
• Experience level: Experienced

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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.