Production Planner

Description

A Production Planner at RK Mechanical plays a critical role in driving project efficiency cost control and on-time delivery by strategically aligning labor materials fabrication schedules and field installation needs. By proactively coordinating across project management procurement shop operations and field teams the Production Planner ensures workflows are optimized bottlenecks are minimized and resources are deployed effectively. This position directly supports RK Mechanicals commitment to quality safety and performance by improving schedule reliability increasing productivity and providing clear visibility into production metrics that enable smarter data-driven decisions across projects.

Position Summary

Responsible for ensuring the CAD (DETAILING)/FAB process results in products that are fabricated by the Shop personnel meet or exceed the customers requirements. Responsible for updating both the forecast and daily schedules to optimize batch flow through the fabrication shop. Work with Project Managers Shop and Field personnel to ensure a high-quality product is produced and delivered on time. Works within established budgets and time guidelines to produce a profit.

Role Responsibilities

• Assist the Shop Superintendent in ensuring that the CAD/FAB process results in a product that meets or exceeds the customers requirements.
• Ensure continuous improvement of the companys employees through development planning.
• Assist the shop Superintendent with the daily Production Planning.
• Assist in the scheduling of fabrication.
• Assist in the maintenance of Global Shop Solutions scheduling software database.
• Verify estimated hours for sequences are being placed in Sequence Plan by Operations.
• Supervise and coordinate material procurement with purchasing to meet requirements of fabrication sequence plans based on construction schedules and shop requirements.
• Interpret specifications and blueprints as needed for recommended process improvements and potential cost impacts.
• Work from sequencing plans that provide a consolidated work sequence budgeted hours and required fabrication and delivery dates.
• Enter production sequence into internal scheduling program and develop work orders for fabrication.
• Manage and analyze shop productivity tracking establish shop production rates for review and disposition by shop superintendent.

Qualifications

• Receives direct supervision.

• Performs technical responsibilities.
• Contributes to the development and improvement of concepts techniques and procedures.
• Coordinates own tasks with a specific range of responsibilities under established procedures.
• Contributes to a team under general supervision of an experienced professional or manager.
• Skilled specialist or recent college/university graduate.
• Role specific skills and experience required.
• Requires judgment or initiative in resolving issues and making recommendations.

RK Industries LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law