Job Description

WHAT WE OFFER FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK

• Competitive Salary
• PTO Program
• Nine (9) Paid Holidays!!
• Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Short and Long-Term Disability Coverage AT NO COST TO EMPLOYEE!!
• Tuition Assistance
• Pet Insurance
• Flexible Spending Plans
• Health Spending Plans
• Comprehensive Online Learning Center - houses thousands of training resources available to learn at your own pace!!
• 401(k) Retirement Savings - with a generous company 30% match! (100% vested after six years)

FM Industries Values:

• CUSTOMER FOCUS - Partnering to deliver excellence and innovation
• SAFETY - Prioritizing the wellbeing of our people
• INTEGRITY - Achieving our best through mutual respect and teamwork
• QUALITY - Investing in our People, Processes, and Products
• ACCOUNTABILITY - Taking ownership of our words, actions and results

DESCRIPTION:

• Responsibilities include production planning, material expediting, shop floor scheduling, and labor/capacity planning
• The Senior Production Planner will not only participate but take a lead role in continuous improvement activities of diverse scope and complexity to improve the efficiency of manufacturing systems and processes. 
• Monitor production work order progress and identify possible problem areas in time to take corrective action.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

· Plan, schedule, coordinate and approve release of production orders to manufacturing based on material and capacity availability

· Provide input to management; reschedule and/or interface with customer program management, master scheduling, customers and operations to reschedule production in the event of design changes, labor and material shortages, backlogs and other potential schedule interruptions

· Utilize ERP software and supporting worksheets that support production planning, capacity planning, and operational management

· Develop, select and/or customize continuous improvement methods to effectively implement lean manufacturing for varied production and business processes

· Analyze customer demand information, forecasts, orders, machine, labor and material availability and develop a flexible yet efficient master schedule

· If needed expedite equipment and materials to ensure customer deliveries are in accordance with schedule

· Interface with the Engineering team to receive technical support during manufacturing and delivery of product

· Comply with applicable environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, Company policy and accepted safe work practices 

RECOMMENDED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS:

· APICS / Lean / Six Sigma certifications preferred.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

· Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing or Operational Management

· 5-7 years of experience in manufacturing environment

· Ability to work on a variety of problems of diverse scope and complexity where analysis and evaluation of various outcomes require tradeoffs and negotiation

· Demonstrate excellent interpersonal communication skills; a strong team player

· Excellent manufacturing ERP systems knowledge coupled with general PC skills mainly MS Office; MS Project experience a plus

· Knowledge of manufacturing (both discrete and continuous) principles and operations