The Planner is responsible for keeping a production schedule on track. As a manufacturing planner, your job duties include developing a master schedule in consultation with management, ensuring all materials are stocked, and overseeing the workflow of the production facility.

They ensure everyone involved in a production has the necessary tools and materials to perform their duties effectively. Some additional responsibilities of production schedulers include: Managing multiple simultaneous production schedules. Ensuring production teams meet critical deadlines.

Role and responsibilities

- Developing production schedules

- Coordinating product workflows

- Monitoring production processes

- Arranging material needs

- Work with Estimators

- Scheduling - plan workload and layout forecast on a weekly basis

- Meet with Production Manager and drafting personnel for planning

- Collaboration with the production team

- Creating weekly / monthly reports

- Receive and process change orders

- Research output information

- Meet deadlines

- Responsible to master production schedule

- Liaison between design team and floor staff

- Work with Shop Supervisor