Are you a Production Planning Specialist looking to join one of the top companies in the Aerospace and Defense Industry?
Are you looking to further your career and grow?
Do you have experience in Planning and New Product Introduction?
If you answered yes to those three questions, then apply today!
Acara Solutions seeks highly qualified candidates to work ON-SITE with our client in State College, PA. Interested?

• The Production Planner plans, schedules, coordinates, and monitors products through the complete production cycle of mature production program units to meet requirements.
• The planner also advises operations and program management on the status of work in progress and risks to meeting the internal master schedule.
• Effective collaboration and coordination with manufacturing assemblers/technicians, material management, product line managers, and quality are critical to the role.
• Coordinates with Manufacturing Engineering and Material Management to develop an internal master schedule for assigned programs.
• Releases work orders to the production floor based on the internal master schedule, part availability, and current capacity.
• Monitors manufacturing conformance to the master schedule using ERP systems and reports.
• Expedited items are needed to make items based on the master schedule.
• Directly oversees operational measures, including but not limited to efficiency, floor inventory accuracy, release on time, and on-time delivery.
• Reports variances and action plans to address.
• Manages and controls manufacturing floor stock for assigned programs.
• Advises management of the status of work in progress, material availability, and potential production problems to ensure that personnel, equipment, materials, and services are provided as needed.
• Coordinates the scheduling of shared equipment and personnel with respective process owners.
• Works under general supervision.
• Responsible for entire projects or processes within the job area.
• Responsible for providing guidance, coaching, and training to other employees within the job area.
• Manage projects at this level, with responsibility for delegating work and reviewing others’ work.
• Reports variances and action plans to address.