Operations Planner

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Janicki Industries is an innovative, family‑owned aerospace company located at the foot of the Cascades. We focus on engineering and manufacturing complex projects for companies in the aerospace, defense, and space industries.

We are looking for an Operations Planner to join our growing team.

This position is located on‑site in Hamilton, WA.

The Operations Planner’s primary responsibility is program planning, project requirement planning, and scope planning. The Operations Planner supports Project Management and Operations in the design, creation and execution of project schedules and budgets using SAP Project Management software. This position provides support to Project Management, Operations Management and Accounting by performing a variety of requested tasks, project schedule performance, critical path analysis, job cost tracking and global/project performance.

• Create and maintain project schedules in SAP using templates and calculators or based on SOW, drawings / proposals. Enters WBS/activity details, resource loading/budgeting, activity durations, logic and relationships. Defines the critical path for projects and monitors schedule and budget performance.
• Responsible for keeping project plans and schedule accurate in SAP including but not limited to adding activities, adjusting budgets, adjusting schedule, and changing work centers.
• Communicate with PMs and Operations Managers about schedule needs including, but not limited to, flowing down project information from one part to another, linking work products and documents to activities, making PDFs of documents, and running work orders when needed.
• Create reports about project cost and schedule performance.
• Meet with Project Managers, Program Management, and customers to provide schedule support for large projects.
• Field daily schedule and budget questions and concerns from Program Management and Operations Management; understand our business systems, procedures, and processes and how they are integrated.
• Keep up to date with the activities associated with each process we perform; must possess knowledge of the materials and scheduled duration that will be needed for these processes and an understanding of each cell’s capability. This involves visiting each cell, when possible, to watch the work in progress, learn about the processes, and aid in updating the status of each project.
• Invoicing – compiling milestone costs according to contract requirements.
• Sales Support – gathering information to assist in the generation of sales proposals.
• Estimating – reviewing project requirements during the sales process and generating cost tables.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Behavior:
  The incumbent must work well under pressure, meeting and completing multiple deadlines. The incumbent shall, at all times, demonstrate cooperative behavior with colleagues and supervisors.
• Being at work on time and maintaining good attendance is a condition of employment and is an essential function of the job.

• Due to our ITAR and EAR regulations, applicants must be a U.S. Citizen or have Legal Permanent Resident Status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).
• This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship required). Janicki will assist with gaining this access once employed. Special Access Program or other Government Access Requirements are mandatory for this position and require candidate agreement to enter a Continuous Evaluation program.

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering/Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Business Management, or a similar field is preferred.
• Previous experience with scheduling software such as Microsoft Project, Primavera or SAP. SAP experience is considered a strong plus. PMP and previous ERP experience preferred.
• Equivalent work experience in manufacturing, logistics and production systems will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Must have effective verbal and written communication skills in the English language.
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