Production Planner

About the role

Oceaneering is looking for a Production Planner who develops and executes material and production plans that support customer demand, manufacturing capacity, inventory objectives and business goals. The planner coordinates production schedules, material availability, capacity planning and cross-functional execution to ensure efficient manufacturing and on-time delivery while keeping inventory levels optimal. The role reports to the Planning Supervisor and has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and communicate detailed production schedules that support customer delivery commitments.
• Review capacity, labour and material availability to build achievable plans, balancing demand against manufacturing constraints and recommending schedule adjustments.
• Monitor plan adherence, coordinate recovery actions for variances, shortages and bottlenecks, and run daily and weekly planning reviews with manufacturing, procurement, operations and project managers.
• Analyse production performance, identify root causes of missed schedules and recommend corrective actions.
• Maintain finite and infinite capacity plans in ERP systems and coordinate with manufacturing supervisors and production control teams on sequencing and workflow.
• Track and report metrics such as schedule adherence, on-time delivery, capacity utilisation, inventory turns and work order completion; lead actions to shorten lead times and improve throughput.
• Coordinate priority changes and expedite urgent customer requirements, and review and release work orders according to approved plans.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Procurement and Manufacturing on new products, engineering changes and continuous improvement, and drive projects on planning accuracy, inventory optimisation and ERP effectiveness.

Required profile

• Bachelor degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum three years of related experience in inventory control, warehouse, purchasing or planning.
• Desired: production planning experience in a manufacturing environment, knowledge of capacity planning, production scheduling and shop floor control, and experience supporting S&OP processes.

Required skills

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• At least 3 years of MRP software and/or inventory management fundamentals.
• Desired: ERP systems such as Oracle, SAP or JD Edwards, and APICS CPIM certification or equivalent.