Production Planner - Machine Shop

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title : Production Planner - Machine Shop

Location : Hampton Roads, VA

Reports to : Manager, Production Planning and Control

About Advex

ADVEX Corporation is a premier job shop that has delivered precision fabrication, NDE machining, and contract management solutions to shipbuilding, defense, and industrial sectors for over 50 years. We take pride in quality, reliability, and a commitment to exceed customer expectations.

Role Summary

Support daily production planning and control activities such that materials, travelers, and work orders are accurately released on time and align with customer requirements. A successful candidate will Partner with Contracts, Quality, Purchasing, and Management to keep jobs progressing on schedule to meet contractually defined Delivery Dates.

Key Responsibilities

• Review incoming orders for accuracy and verify that all specified documents are provided or otherwise requested through Data Document Control (DDC) / Contracts.
• Review Purchase Orders and all referenced Controlling Documents (drawings, specifications, coded notes, engineering reports, etc.) for work scope and customer requirements to ensure compliance via the production of our work package.
• Identify potential conflicts, shortfalls, or gaps in estimates or capabilities that may risk job progress or negatively impact job cost or schedule and mitigate proactively.
• Verify, update and / or create job specific Bill of Materials (BOMs) as needed.
• Review and / or create and issue requisitions to Purchasing for job specific materials and services based on existing quotes.
• Monitor purchase order lead times, as provided by Purchasing for vendor on time delivery or changes to such, once purchase orders are issued and provide continuous feedback to the shop manager as related to impact. Coordinate with Purchasing to drive improvement as needed.
• Review or modify existing routings and Travelers as needed to align with production processes, adding in-process hold points and final inspections appropriately.
• Maintain a sense of urgency in creating complete and accurate work packages to support shop production with appropriately planned material and workflows.
• Track and facilitate improvements to job status, flag risks to schedule, and assist the Shop Manager with corrective actions (VIRs, etc.) to improve schedule conflicts.
• Coordinate with Shop Management, Quality, Programming, Contracts, and Trades Personnel to efficiently process and deliver on-time quality products to our customers.
• Capture lessons learned and update master part numbers / estimates as needed for future accuracy and process performance improvements.
• Support Business Development via estimate reviews as requested

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

Advex Benefits

Employment Eligibility