Production Planner

Production Planner

Location:

Oxnard, California
Type:
Contract
Job #87037

An aerospace client is looking for a Production Planner to support production planning department.

Location: Oxnard, CA 93030 (Onsite)
Position: Production Planner
Pay Rate
: $41.18/hr - $46.64/hr on W2 (DOE)
Duration: 6 months or longer
Schedule: 9×80 A
Shift: 1st Shift

• Support our client's production planning department. You'll work in a fast-paced team environment alongside design engineers, technicians, quality. This position is on-site at Oxnard location.
• Plans sequence of fabrication, assembly, installation, and other manufacturing operations relating to specific portions of the product for guidance of production workers.
• Plans detail operations from blueprints, engineering orders, change notices, and other engineering releases.
• Determines the need for tooling and makes recommendations for the design and planning of required tools.
• Prepares shop manufacturing orders for materials and product processing and coordinates with schedulers to ensure that items are being processed according to specifications and time requirements.
• Maintains progress reports, schedules, and other related records.
• Maintains schedules for material requirements and availability for the manufacture of industrial and commercial products to support production control by optimizing inventory storage systems.
• Optimize inventory usage to project requirements.
• Interface with Production, Quality Control, Purchasing, Production Control and other related departments to resolve problems related to receipt and distribution of material.
• Make decisions on part categorization of makes and buys.
• Research kit shortages, expedite missing kits, and be meticulous in kit integration.
• Understand, research, and reconcile traceability.
• Ensure inventory processes comply with quality standards and procedures.
• Participate in 5S and other continuous improvement practices.
• Manage projects using relevant software tools and track to meet completion dates.
• Support the organization's metric goals and objectives.
• Analyze the flow of material to reduce time of request to delivery.
• Expedite flow of materials, parts, and assemblies within or between departments in accordance with production and shipping schedules.
• Assists in determining possible and actual shortages may initiate action to correct these deficiencies.
• Uses knowledge of production, procurement, and engineering departments to alert proper authorities regarding potential problems and appropriate remedial action.

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• High School diploma or equivalent and 4 years additional education and/or related experience.
• Experience with production planning and/or inventory operations within an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) (Deltek Costpoint) system and Microsoft applications.
• Outstanding understanding of production planning and material scheduling.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven record as a production planner.
• Must be experienced in complex project planning.

• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Prefer experience with Production Planning & Kiting
• Liaising between manufacturing, engineering, quality & Inventory
• Excellent verbal and written communication ability
• Deltek Costpoint ERP system.

Our client is a world leader and premier innovator in aerospace, with over 100,000 top talent employees providing the most advanced products and technologies in the industry. With numerous awards and recognitions, they offer continuous growth, learning, and development for their employees.

Since 1980 APR Consulting, Inc. has provided professional recruiting and contingent workforce solutions to a diverse mix of clients, industries, and skill sets nationwide.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity! If you feel your experience is the match for this position please apply today and join our team. We look forward to working with you!

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