WHAT WE OFFER FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK • Competitive Salary • PTO Program • Nine (9) Paid Holidays!! • Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance • Short and Long-Term Disability Coverage AT NO COST TO EMPLOYEE!! • Tuition Assistance • Pet Insurance • Flexible Spending Plans • Health Spending Plans • Comprehensive Online Learning Center - houses thousands of training resources available to learn at your own pace!! • 401(k) Retirement Savings - with a generous company 30% match! (100% vested after six years) FM Industries Values: • CUSTOMER FOCUS - Partnering to deliver excellence and innovation • SAFETY - Prioritizing the wellbeing of our people • INTEGRITY - Achieving our best through mutual respect and teamwork • QUALITY - Investing in our People, Processes, and Products • ACCOUNTABILITY - Taking ownership of our words, actions and results DESCRIPTION: • Responsibilities include production planning, material expediting, shop floor scheduling, and labor/capacity planning • The Senior Production Planner will not only participate but take a lead role in continuous improvement activities of diverse scope and complexity to improve the efficiency of manufacturing systems and processes. • Monitor production work order progress and identify possible problem areas in time to take corrective action. ESSENTIAL DUTIES: · Plan, schedule, coordinate and approve release of production orders to manufacturing based on material and capacity availability · Provide input to management; reschedule and/or interface with customer program management, master scheduling, customers and operations to reschedule production in the event of design changes, labor and material shortages, backlogs and other potential schedule interruptions · Utilize ERP software and supporting worksheets that support production planning, capacity planning, and operational management · Develop, select and/or customize continuous improvement methods to effectively implement lean manufacturing for varied production and business processes · Analyze customer demand information, forecasts, orders, machine, labor and material availability and develop a flexible yet efficient master schedule · If needed expedite equipment and materials to ensure customer deliveries are in accordance with schedule · Interface with the Engineering team to receive technical support during manufacturing and delivery of product · Comply with applicable environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, Company policy and accepted safe work practices RECOMMENDED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS: · APICS / Lean / Six Sigma certifications preferred. EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: · Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing or Operational Management · 5-7 years of experience in manufacturing environment · Ability to work on a variety of problems of diverse scope and complexity where analysis and evaluation of various outcomes require tradeoffs and negotiation · Demonstrate excellent interpersonal communication skills; a strong team player · Excellent manufacturing ERP systems knowledge coupled with general PC skills mainly MS Office; MS Project experience a plus · Knowledge of manufacturing (both discrete and continuous) principles and operations