What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Planner position at Clark-Reliance?
Production Planner
Who We Are
Clark-Reliance® is a world class manufacturing company, serving customers in over 120 countries in the power generation, refining, gas processing, and chemical industries. Clark-Reliance is a company that strives to maintain an environment that nurtures employees. Clark-Reliance prides itself on the development of its employees and finds way to continue to grow every year.
What is a Production Planner?
A Production Planner reviews production schedules and capacity data to determine processes, machines and personnel necessary to meet project deadline and sustain production activities.
What We’re Looking For
The ideal candidate will have a four year degree (preferred), with focus in Material Management a plus. Two years related, applicable experience in production planning, material management, or production machining in a systems oriented environment. Working knowledge of ERP, MRP, MPSP and Production Scheduling Techniques.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Coordinate with sales/order entry to interpret customer order requirements or marketing forecast to determine production requirements.
- Balance production requirements against inventory levels and targets to maintain on-time deliveries and established lead times.
- Prepare production schedules and shop paperwork to support production requirements.
- Requisition raw materials or purchased items as required.
- Plan production sequence to maintain production schedules.
- Review master production schedule and work orders, establish priorities and availability or capability of workers, parts, material, machines and equipment.
- Distribute work orders to departments denoting number, type and proposed completion date of units to be produced.
- Consult with appropriate team leaders regarding projects currently in production and modify schedules to handle unexpected delays.
- Maintain status reports on individual orders to update the appropriate personnel.
- Interact and communicate with all levels of employees within the Company, as well as suppliers, customers and peers effectively.
- Comply with policies, procedures, standards and rules of the Company.
- Maintain quality assurance policy consistent with ISO standards.
- Maintain work area in a clean, orderly and safe manner.
- Punctual, regular and consistent attendance.
- Perform all other job-related duties as assigned.
Required Experience and Education
- Four year degree preferred, with focus in Material Management a plus. • Two years related, applicable experience in production planning, material management, or production machining in a systems oriented environment. • Working knowledge of ERP, MRP, MPSP and Production Scheduling Techniques. • Ability to utilize advanced spreadsheet and analytical techniques. • Able to read, write, and follow verbal instructions in Standard English.
Physical and Technical Environment
- Minimal lifting up to 25 pounds occasionally. • Must be able to sit, stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, bend and stoop in a normal office environment. • Regularly required to walk or stand, bend or twist, climb, reach with hands or arms. • Ability to routinely travel throughout multi-floor office and shop area, walking, climbing stairs, utilizing elevator. • Clean and orderly manufacturing environment and/or normal office conditions, changing deadlines and project requirements, strict time constraints.
Benefits and Perks
- 401(k)
- Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Career Development Opportunities
- Training Opportunities
- Paid Holidays
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefit Plans
- Wellness Programs
- Paid Vacation
- Sport Leagues
- Sporting Event Ticket Giveaways
About Clark-Reliance
Clark-Reliance is a world class manufacturing company, serving customers in over 120 countries in the power generation, refining, gas processing, and chemical industries. The company is dedicated to supplying the largest and broadest product line in the instrumentation industry for all types of measurement and control. Key acquisitions over the last few decades have solidified Clark-Reliance as a leader in the separation and filtration industries as well.
Note: The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to the job. They are not construed to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel in the job. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.
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