Production Planner I

At TDW we put people first - that means working everyday to ensure the pipelines that run through our communities are operating safely and reliably. What sets us apart is our expertise, experience and commitment.

Each day we dedicate ourselves to treating each other, our customers and our community with care and respect.

Overview

Coordinate and distribute manufacturing materials and resources needed to ensure that customer deadlines are met.

Key Responsibilities

Primary duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Plans and distributes work orders to support manufactured items.
• Assists in managing product lines to ensure alignment of raw materials and production capabilities, rescheduling existing demand to accommodate new demand and changes through the manufacturing process.
• Ensures customer demand is met on schedule using MRP (Material Requirements Planning) and Resource Leveling methodologies.
• Assists the development of tools to help forecast demand of parts.
• Champions Expedite Process.
• Assists defining KANBAN levels and procedures, internally and with Procurement for Suppliers.
• Helps establish routings and cycle times for new product and to modify existing product to meet demand.
• Communicates Demands to Manufacturing, including schedules, part availability, available resources, etc. & communicates with senior planners to ensure on time delivery of product.
• Collaborates with the Engineering, Procurement/Logistics, Production, Customer Service and other related departments to ensure product meets all customer demand requirements.
• Plans demand in accordance with client or Field Service Operations requirements and works to ensure demand is met through the entire order lifecycle.

Experience

• Manufacturing or inventory scheduling

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to understand constraints, critical path analysis and risk mitigation
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills
• Intermediate Material Requirement Plan (MRP) systems skills preferred