Production Planner / Scheduler

Production Planner / Scheduler

The Production Planner / Scheduler owns execution-level planning inside the Assembly department of an engineered-to-order low- and medium-voltage switchgear and power distribution manufacturer: converting the central master schedule into per-job milestone plans, sequencing daily work, and surfacing slips on the day they occur rather than at ship.

Master scheduling — cross-building sequencing, promise dates and S&OP — remains a central function; this role maintains a defined dotted-line interface to it. The Planner is the backbone of the department's daily management system and runs the standing joint routines with Supply Chain on materials and shortages, and with Fabrication on handoff sequencing.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Build and maintain per-job milestone plans within assembly — kit release, mechanical build, wiring, test, close-up, ship — derived from and reconciled with the central master schedule.
• Run the weekly schedule review with Production Managers, and the daily joint shortage huddle with the named Supply Chain counterpart, working one shared shortage list with promise dates.
• Run the weekly fabrication-to-assembly handoff review covering upcoming deliveries, sequence and known issues.
• Define and operate red-flag escalation rules so that at-risk milestones are surfaced the same day to the Director and the affected managers, and fed back to central master scheduling.
• Maintain visual schedule boards on the floor — physical or simple digital — that supervisors can read and update daily.
• Build and maintain the capacity-versus-load view for assembly, using the department's work-content unit rather than order or section counts, and use it to test a proposed commitment before it is made.
• Report weekly on-time-milestone performance and lead-time trends as part of the department scorecard.
• Support Sales and Operations Planning inputs as the planning process matures.

Success Measures

• Percentage of jobs carrying a live milestone plan — target 100%
• On-time milestone completion rate
• Average schedule-slip detection lead time, in days before the due date
• Shortage-driven idle hours, jointly with Materials

Required Qualifications

• Three to five years in production planning, scheduling or production control in a manufacturing environment
• Direct experience with low-volume / high-mix, engineered-to-order or project-based manufacturing
• Demonstrated experience running milestone tracking and shortage management processes
• Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems and strong spreadsheet skills
• A clear communicator, able to run structured meetings with managers and supervisors

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in electrical equipment, switchgear, panel building or similar electromechanical assembly
• APICS/ASCM certification (CPIM or similar)
• Exposure to lean production control methods — pull systems, visual management

Working Conditions

Manufacturing floor environment with regular exposure to industrial equipment; PPE required in designated areas. The role splits time between the production floor and office work