🚀 Why This Role Matters
We are supporting a well-established steel fabrication and manufacturing operation delivering complex work in a high-throughput industrial environment. This role sits at the center of production execution, aligning schedules, materials, labor, and equipment to ensure efficient, predictable fabrication output.
📌 Production Planning Engineer
🏗 Shipbuilding
📍Chesapeake, VA (Onsite)
💼 Full-Time
💰 $90,000-$100,000 + Benefits
🚀 Why This Role Matters
We are supporting a well-established steel fabrication and manufacturing operation delivering complex work in a high-throughput industrial environment. This role sits at the center of production execution, aligning schedules, materials, labor, and equipment to ensure efficient, predictable fabrication output.
The Production Planning Engineer provides real-time visibility into production status, capacity, and work-in-progress, partnering closely with manufacturing, engineering, materials, quality, and purchasing teams to keep operations moving.
🛠 Key Responsibilities
- Develop, issue, and maintain detailed production schedules for fabrication and manufacturing
- Adjust plans to account for changing priorities, material availability, and shop constraints
- Coordinate material flow and readiness to support production execution
- Align labor and equipment resources with production demands and capacity
- Translate engineering drawings and specifications into executable shop plans
- Monitor work-in-progress, schedule adherence, and production status
- Identify bottlenecks, risks, and inefficiencies; recommend corrective actions
- Support shop floor execution with accurate, actionable planning data
- Prepare and manage production work orders and planning documentation
- Coordinate internal purchase requests as required
🎯 What They're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, Manufacturing, or related) or equivalent experience
- 5+ years supporting production planning in a fabrication or manufacturing environment
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, BOMs, shop controls, and costing
- Experience working with materials, logistics, purchasing, and production teams
- Proficiency with Excel and standard Microsoft Office tools, CAD experience (AutoCAD or similar)
- Heavy manufacturing, steel fabrication, construction, or shipyard environment
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