Manufacturing Production Planner

Wyman-Gordon, located in Worcester, MA, provides Isothermal Forgings for military and commercial turbine applications using nickel based and titanium alloys. Full Heat Treating, Machining and Testing on site. This growing, $200 million profit center is part of a highly successful, multi-billion $ diversified manufacturer Precision Castparts Corporation (PCP).

The role is designed to own production planning post-forge through to the delivery dock including machining, Heat treat, ultrasonic inspection and shipping. This includes capacity considerations across internal and external machining centers and outside testing centers. Partnering with operational supervisors to cascade developed production plans so daily/weekly schedules can be created.

• Build mid to long term production plans to achieve customer delivery demands
• Partner with operations to drive production plans to achievable daily/weekly schedules
• Demand planning – translate customer order commitments to executable plans
• Capacity planning – balance equipment, labor and material to determine internal vs external capacity requirements
• Manage production expeditor for all outside services coordination
• Develop in-process tools to create data driven decisions on span time, deliverable execution and capacity.

• S./ B.A (Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management) preferred
• Excellent Microsoft Excel Skills required
• As9100 or ISO 9001 experience preferred
• Strong working knowledge of MRP and production planning
• Ability to data mine and think of alternative solutions to common issues.

• Organizational skills.
• Accurate record keeping.
• Interpersonal skills in problem solving.
• Flexibility to meet deadlines.
• Perform multi-tasks consecutively.

US Citizenship or Perm Residency is required due to government military contracts.

Wyman Gordon is committed to hiring, promoting and transferring employees without regard to race, religion, color, national origin (where a person was born), sex, age, ancestry (ethnic heritage), citizenship, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other reason prohibited by law. Decisions as to hiring, promoting or transferring employees should be based solely upon job-related qualifications.

As an equal opportunity employer, Wyman Gordon is committed to a diverse workforce. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans’ Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact  for assistance.