Title: Production Planner
Industry: Aerospace / Defense Manufacturing
On-site Location: Stafford, VA (100% on-site) (up to 10% travel)
Relocation Provided: YES
Salary Range: $90,000–$120,000 base, +++ depending on experience
Due to ITAR: Must be a U.S. citizen or Active Greencard holder with the ability to obtain clearance after being hired.
Job Overview
An aerospace and defense manufacturer seeks a highly analytical Production Planner to turn customer demand, materials availability, ERP data, and production capacity into executable manufacturing schedules. This position partners closely with manufacturing, procurement, inventory, engineering, and quality to improve production readiness, reporting, and delivery performance.
Minimum Requirements
- Engineering with production planning experience is a MUST
- 2+ years of production planning, MRP, and scheduling experience in an assembly-line operation. Electro-mechanical assembly
- Advanced Microsoft Excel: pivot tables, lookups, formulas, and analysis of production and inventory data.
- ERP experience and strong understanding of MRP and production scheduling.
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or similar like manufacturing, electrical, mechanical, production
- Strong analytical accuracy, organization, and cross-functional communication
- Experience in Aerospace/Defense or other highly regulated industries such as med dev or automotive manufacturing
- Familiar with Power BI, & Microsoft Business Central or Dynamics is highly preferred
- Must be a U.S. citizen or Active Greencard holder with the ability to obtain clearance after being hired.
Responsibilities
- Own production schedules aligned with customer orders, forecasts, inventory, material readiness, and capacity.
- Prepare dashboards and reports for production planning, capacity, procurement, and inventory decisions.
- Create, release, maintain, and monitor ERP manufacturing work orders and schedule attainment.
- Identify material shortages and coordinate recovery plans with Procurement, Inventory, Production, Engineering, and Quality.
- Maintain BOMs, routings, and planning parameters; monitor consumption, output, and order performance.
- Resolve cross-functional scheduling and production issues while adhering to planning and operational procedures.