Production Planner

Production Planner

Your Role and Impact

As a Production Planner at Flowserve, you will play a critical role in coordinating and managing production planning and scheduling activities for nuclear pump manufacturing, repairs, and components. Working closely with project managers, production leadership, quality, purchasing, and shipping teams, you will help ensure customer commitments, quality standards, inventory objectives, and delivery schedules are achieved. This is a highly visible role that directly impacts operational performance, customer satisfaction, and the successful execution of complex manufacturing and repair projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule production activities for assigned product lines based on production capacity, material availability, and customer requirements.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing schedules, routings, and work orders to support production and on-time delivery objectives.
• Coordinate with purchasing, production, quality, inventory, and shipping teams to ensure materials, labor, and resources are aligned with production demands.
• Monitor workflow, production priorities, and delivery commitments, adjusting schedules as needed to address material shortages, labor constraints, or changing customer requirements.
• Create and maintain digital and physical job routings, verify material availability, and ensure required production documentation is accurate and complete.
• Lead planning meetings and communicate production status, priorities, risks, and schedule changes to stakeholders.
• Identify and resolve production bottlenecks, inventory challenges, NCR-held materials, and operational issues that impact schedule performance.
• Support root cause investigations, corrective actions, inventory management initiatives, and continuous improvement efforts to enhance manufacturing efficiency and delivery performance.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of production planning, scheduling, or materials planning experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of scheduling logic, capacity planning, demand planning, input/output control, product structures, routings, and standards maintenance.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes such as machining, assembly, welding, NDE, and hydrostatic testing.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel and other business software tools.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills with the ability to work effectively across multiple departments and levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize work, manage competing demands, and drive accountability in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• U.S. Citizenship required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing workflow in a high-mix, low-volume manufacturing or repair environment.
• BS or BA degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• Experience within the nuclear industry or other highly regulated manufacturing environments.
• Knowledge of inventory management, detailed production scheduling, and demand management principles.
• Experience participating in continuous improvement initiatives and corrective action processes.

What We Can Offer You

At Flowserve, you'll find a range of options to fit your and your family's needs. We want to provide our team with the right resources to invest in your physical, mental, and financial well-being no matter where you sit or what stage of life you're in.

Our benefits include:

• Competitive Salary
• Annual Bonus Opportunities
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance Beginning on Day One
• Retirement Planning & Financial Wellness Resources
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Parental Leave
• Life, Supplemental Life, Child, Spousal, and AD&D Insurance
• Generous Paid Vacation and Paid Holidays
• 401(k) Savings Plan