Manufacturing Planner

Ready to turn your skills into a career you love? At OTC, being a Manufacturing Planner means more than providing support—it's about growing, earning, and building your future. Whether you're just starting out or bringing years of experience, if you're hardworking and eager to learn, we want you on our team. What You'll Do: Develop, maintain, and communicate daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules based on customer orders, forecasts, and production capacity. Review material requirements and coordinate with procurement to ensure raw materials and job-related equipment are available to support the production schedule. Coordinate with the project engineers to manage job travelers through completion, ensuring required documentation, drawings, and materials are available before production begins. Track production progress against schedule, identify delays or constraints, and recommend schedule adjustments to meet customer delivery commitments. Analyze capacity, labor, equipment availability, lead times, and inventory levels to create realistic and efficient production plans. Work cross-functionally with engineering, procurement, and the shop manager to identify planning, material, or capacity issues. Maintain accurate planning data to coordinate routing information. Prepare production status reports, schedule updates, inventory reports, and performance metrics. Support continuous improvement initiatives related to schedule adherence, material flow, lead-time reduction, and cost control. Help identify risks to production schedules and develop contingency plans to minimize disruption to manufacturing operations. Maintain a safe and clean work environment, complying with company and industry safety regulations. What You'll Need: Associate degree in supply chain, operations management, industrial engineering, manufacturing, business, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered. Experience in production planning, manufacturing scheduling, materials planning, inventory control, or a similar manufacturing operations role. Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems and production planning tools. Ability to interpret customer demand, forecasts, bills of material, routings, work orders, inventory reports, and capacity data. Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Why Join OTC Industrial Technologies? Comprehensive Benefits: Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision care coverage, short-and long-term disability coverage, and life insurance. We also offer a wellness discount and a stipend for safety shoes & glasses. Financial Security: We provide a 401(k) savings plan with an employer match of 50% on the dollar up to 6%, robust referral bonuses, and relocation assistance. Work-Life Balance: Enjoy paid time off (PTO) and tuition assistance to support your career growth and personal life. Career Growth Opportunities: At OTC Industrial Technologies, we believe in investing in our employees' development. We offer various training programs and career advancement opportunities to help you reach your full potential. #J-18808-Ljbffr