Production Planner/Scheduler

Job Description

Job Description

Mid Continent Engineering is seeking a Production Planner/ Scheduler to join our team! This is a 1st Shift from 6 am to 4:30 pm- Monday through Thursday opportunity.

Mid-Continent has been a supplier to first-tier OEMs within the medical, aerospace and defense industries for decades. Mid-Continent Engineering stuffs the armed forces supply chain with products of our capabilities such as precision machining, aerospace welding, chromate conversion, paint/powder coat finishing, mechanical assemblies, and other design-assist services.

A few things we have to offer:

• Competitive Wages
• Medical, Dental & Vision for employee & family including domestic partners.
• 401k
• Tuition Reimbursement
• PTO accrual starts immediately.
• Yearly shoe allowance
• Referral Program

Summary:

Perform production planning and scheduling of various production assets; duties include coordinating activities among manufacturing departments, reviewing material levels, firming/releasing shop orders, updating business systems, and running reports. Coordinating with production supervisors, production planning of manufactured parts, and identify & balance work center bottlenecks in support of overall production requirements.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities include the following in close coordination and direction of Operations VP:

• Maintain overall production schedule for manufacturing based on demand, capacity, skill sets, and available materials.
• Provide detailed daily schedules to critical work centers.
• Attend daily production meetings to resolve all issues related to schedule and on-time delivery.
• Uses various planning & inventory management systems to interpret material and finished goods requirements.
• Coordinate with the work centers supervisor(s) to optimize manufacturing capacity. Review’s capacity to identify and communicate bottleneck areas and manages over/under capacity situations.
• Communicates with Purchasing team to maintain supply and respond to shortages for current or past due orders. Monitor’s consumption of all materials.
• Responsible for reviewing, prioritizing customer orders, and expediting through the plant as necessary to meet production requirements.
• Coordinates with production/ other departments to ensure on-schedule, cost effective, and completion of jobs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education & Experience:

• High School Diploma or G.E.D.
• 2-5 years of experience in a manufacturing/job shop environment.
• Understanding of welding, machining, assembly, and other manufacturing processes.
• Proficient in blueprint reading with G.D.T. experience. Must be able interpret a customer’s technical requirements and correctly align it to capabilities & value proposition.
• Prefer ERP experience, knowledge of Epicor ERP Software is a plus.
• Solid computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use of hands, fingers, feet, and hands to reach with arms. The ability to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Employees must be able to cope with Minnesota climate variances, endure heat & cold conditions in the shop. Endure heavy workloads, high noise levels from hammering, and grinding (hearing protection provided). Protect against metal particles, fumes, sparks, particles, and gases (safety glasses, safety-toed boots, ear plugs, and gloves provided per the company policy guidelines).

Individuals working in an office setting will not endure some of the physical & work environments conditions of the production floor unless office is adjacent to the production floor or per the individuals job duties and/ or responsibilities. All office personnel must abide by the PPE guidelines (safety glasses, safety-toed boots that are provided per the company policy guidelines) when entering the production floor or if a requirement of a department that individual is entering or working in.

6 am to 4:30 pm- Monday through Thursday