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Production Planner

Job in Jeffersontown, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
Listing for: RK Industries
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-09-13
Job specializations:
  • Manufacturing / Production
    Production Manager, Manufacturing Engineer, Manufacturing & Industrial Operations
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 65000 - 90000 USD Yearly USD 65000.00 90000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Position Summary

Responsible for ensuring the CAD (DETAILING)/FAB process results in products that are fabricated by the Shop personnel meet or exceed the customer's requirements. Responsible for updating both the forecast and daily schedules to optimize batch flow through the fabrication shop. Work with Project Managers, Shop, and Field personnel, to ensure a high-quality product is produced and delivered on time. Works within established budgets and time guidelines to produce a profit.

  • Assist the Production Planning Manager in ensuring that the CAD/FAB process results in a product that meets or exceeds the customer's requirements.
  • Assist the Production Planning Manager with the daily Production Planning of work orders.
  • Set up the scheduling of material procurement, processing of material, fabrication and painting of structural & miscellaneous steel.
  • Assist in the maintenance of Global Shop Solutions scheduling software database.
  • Supervise and coordinate material procurement with purchasing to meet requirements of fabrication sequence plans based on construction schedules and shop requirements.
  • Interpret specifications and blueprints as needed for recommended processes, improvements, and potential cost impacts.
  • Work from sequencing plans that provide a consolidated work sequence, budgeted hours, and required fabrication and delivery dates.
  • Manipulate and maintain data in a structural steel design management software program (Tekla Power Fab)
  • Nest and program plate shapes for the plasma burn table using ATek Steel Solutions.
  • Create cut lists to optimize machine use and efficiency.
  • Ensure continuous improvement of the company's employees through development planning.
  • Create cutting programs for Python X using ATek Steel Solutions.
  • Generate shop information for QC, shop personnel & logistics.
  • Organization and electronic storage of fabrication documents, data and files.
  • Enter production sequence into internal scheduling program and develop work orders for fabrication.
  • Manage and analyze shop productivity tracking, establish shop production rates for review and disposition by shop superintendent.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
Description Position Summary

Responsible for ensuring the CAD (DETAILING)/FAB process results in products that are fabricated by the Shop personnel meet or exceed the customer's requirements. Responsible for updating both the forecast and daily schedules to optimize batch flow through the fabrication shop. Work with Project Managers, Shop, and Field personnel, to ensure a high-quality product is produced and delivered on time. Works within established budgets and time guidelines to produce a profit.

Essential

Duties/Responsibilities
  • Assist the Production Planning Manager in ensuring that the CAD/FAB process results in a product that meets or exceeds the customer's requirements.
  • Assist the Production Planning Manager with the daily Production Planning of work orders.
  • Set up the scheduling of material procurement, processing of material, fabrication and painting of structural & miscellaneous steel.
  • Assist in the maintenance of Global Shop Solutions scheduling software database.
  • Supervise and coordinate material procurement with purchasing to meet requirements of fabrication sequence plans based on construction schedules and shop requirements.
  • Interpret specifications and blueprints as needed for recommended processes, improvements, and potential cost impacts.
  • Work from sequencing plans that provide a consolidated work sequence, budgeted hours, and required fabrication and delivery dates.
  • Manipulate and maintain data in a structural steel design management software program (Tekla Power Fab)
  • Nest and program plate shapes for the plasma burn table using ATek Steel Solutions.
  • Create cut lists to optimize machine use and efficiency.
  • Ensure continuous improvement of the company's employees through development planning.
  • Create cutting programs for Python X using ATek Steel Solutions.
  • Generate shop information for QC, shop personnel & logistics.
  • Organization and electronic storage of fabrication documents, data and files.
  • Enter production sequence into internal scheduling program and develop work orders for fabrication.
  • Manage and analyze shop productivity tracking, establish shop production rates for review and disposition by shop superintendent.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
Accountability
  • Comply with all company policies and procedures.
  • Prompt, punctual, and regular attendance during core business hours, in an office environment (not a…
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