What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Planner position at Quest Global?
Quest Global is an organization at the forefront of innovation and one of the world’s fastest growing engineering services firms with deep domain knowledge and recognized expertise in the top OEMs across seven industries. We are a twenty-five-year-old company on a journey to becoming a centenary one, driven by aspiration, hunger and humility.
We are looking for humble geniuses, who believe that engineering has the potential to make the impossible, possible; innovators, who are not only inspired by technology and innovation, but also perpetually driven to design, develop, and test as a trusted partner for Fortune 500 customers.
As a team of remarkably diverse engineers, we recognize that what we are really engineering is a brighter future for us all. If you want to contribute to meaningful work and be part of an organization that truly believes when you win, we all win, and when you fail, we all learn, then we’re eager to hear from you.
We have an immediate opening for a Production Planner at our aerospace location in Melbourne, FL.
The achievers and courageous challenge-crushers we seek, have the following characteristics and skills:
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Provides production floor support including replacement part management, shop floor material staging, Work In Progress (WIP) movement through shared resource areas, completion of units in shop floor and MRP system, delivery to next step (inventory or shipment), and meeting MRP schedule
- Maintains integrity of the shop floor, MRP
- Process piece part movement to support internal build requirements through subcontractors, internal resources,
- Redirect and / or re-establish priorities, as required, in support of the Master Schedule
- Facilitate expedited material of critical part shortages to released work orders
Work Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following combination of education and experience:
- BS Degree and 2 years of experience in planning, scheduling, production control, supply chain, manufacturing, operations, finance, and/or project management or Associates degree with 4 years experience or equivalent experience
- MRP Knowledge
- Experience in Material and Inventory Control-type systems such as Kanban, SMI, Continuous Flow Manufacturing
- Experience utilizing lean manufacturing concepts
- Due to the nature of the work, you must be a US Citizen
Desired Skills:
- Experience with ERP Systems (preferably SAP)
