Manufacturing Planner

Summary:

The Manufacturing Planner will serve as a manufacturing assistant to the shop floor and TEI projects addressing concerns for scheduling machining quality assembly and testing during the project duration.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Follow guided procedures to ensure products flow through the shop accordingly.
  
• Assist and analyze problems with designated parts.
  
• Understanding of GD&T along with dimensional inspections.
  
• Communicate with project managers engineering quality and manufacturing on any part related issues.
  
• Work with Procurement Management to identify performance gaps and delays that could be eliminated to save time and costs.
  
• Maintain and promote focus on Trendsetter product whether procurement engineering manufacturing or assembly is related.
  
• Coordinate execution of components on the BOM ensuring all manufactured components for each assembly are accounted for and ready to be assembled.
  
• Address technical issues with project coordination: Safety Effectiveness Timeliness Errorfree Performance and Traceability.
  
• Provide projects with manufacturing assistance and shop tracking throughout project scopes.
  
• Coordinate work scope of project throughout the beginning of manufacturing and finalizing with completed product.
  
• Ensure assemblies are being carried out to the highest quality standards.
  
• Control documentation of serial numbers and designated serial numbers on each assembly.
  
• Manage Shop Orders throughout their operations making sure each step is initialed and completed.
  
• Continual improvements throughout the shop floor and manufacturing department.
  
• Provide company wide feedback on components and expected arrival dates.
  
• Handson experience with assembly/testing during shop floor phases of projects.
  
• Coordinate NCR s from engineering disposition to completion.
  

Qualifications:

• BS/BA degree and at least 4 years of previous experience related to position.
  
• Exhibits strong communication skills both with internal and external contacts.
  
• Excellent quantitative organizational and analytical skills.
  
• Advanced computer skills and knowledge of Microsoft Word Excel and PowerPoint required.
  
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes.
  
• Ability to set priorities and take initiative.