Production Planner

About the role

Oceaneering Group Enterprise is hiring a Production Planner in Perth. The planner develops and executes material and production plans that support customer demand, manufacturing capacity, inventory objectives and business goals, coordinating schedules, material availability, capacity planning and cross-functional execution to deliver on time while keeping inventory at optimal levels. The role reports to the Planning Supervisor and has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and communicate detailed production schedules, reviewing capacity, labour and material availability to build achievable plans.
• Balance demand against manufacturing constraints and recommend schedule adjustments; monitor adherence and coordinate recovery actions for variances, shortages and bottlenecks.
• Hold daily and weekly planning reviews with manufacturing, procurement, operations teams and project managers, and analyse performance to 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 reduce lead times and improve throughput, and coordinate priority changes and expediting for urgent customer needs.
• Review and release work orders according to approved plans and material availability, and collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Procurement and Manufacturing on new products, engineering changes and continuous improvement.

Required profile

• Bachelor degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least 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 three years of experience with MRP software and/or inventory management fundamentals.
• Desired: ERP systems such as Oracle, SAP or JD Edwards, APICS CPIM certification, and experience with production planning in manufacturing.