Planner Manager

Blue Canyon Technologies, RTX's small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, is solving some of the toughest challenges in space. Our components and bus platforms have completed missions ranging from very-low Earth orbits to lunar and interplanetary journeys at a fraction of the cost of traditional space systems. We support premier defense, commercial and civil organizations including the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, MIT Lincoln Lab, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Colorado and more. Join our innovative and dynamic company as we build, test and operate the small spacecraft of the future.

Title: Planner Manager

Position Type: Full Time

Pay Range: $75,000 - $150,000

(Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.)

Location: Lafayette, CO

Benefits:

• 100% company paid health, dental and vision benefits for you and your dependents effective the first of the month following hire date
• Life insurance
• 401k (matching 4% with a minimum 5% contribution
• Generous PTO (3 weeks of vacation + 3 floating holidays, 2 weeks of sick time, 7 paid holidays throughout the year) and parental leave.

Position Purpose: The Planner Manager will mentor and manage a team of manufacturing planners to enable BCT to hit its manufacturing goals.

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of production planners across the 5 production areas at BCT
• Mentor and guide lead production planners in each of the production areas as they form planning teams inside each of their areas
• Responsible for creating a resource plan and resource loading planners across all projects and products
• Develop, implement, and maintain process documentation for the planning group
• Be the unifying factor across the production planning teams in establishing how communication about project/product status in manufacturing is relayed
• Oversee the maintenance and integrity of ERP/MRP data and how it pertains to manufacturing at BCT
• Play an active role in continuous improvement for the planning group and BCT manufacturing
• Be a source of knowledge and guidance for production planners
• Be a source of knowledge and guidance for the use of ERP/MRP and how it applies to BCT manufacturing
• Coordinate and prioritize across multiple programs and products as work orders flow through the production and test process
• Execute & monitor the schedules of multiple programs to meet or exceed stakeholder and customer expectations
• Read and execute ERP/MRP to meet schedule requirements
• Facilitate project issues with various functional areas of the company
• Drive relevant project and project status communications
• Coordinate and review engineering changes for assigned projects
• Assist with milestone presentations
• Assist department and/or cross-functional team in process improvement activities
• Identify and work to resolve all conflicts encountered on assigned projects

• Other responsibilities as assigned

 

Required Qualifications/Education:

• 2-3 years of experience in team leading or management
• High School diploma required
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Lean and formal problem-solving training preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presentations
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with all levels of management

• High level of competency in the use of PC's and associated software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Strong knowledge of ERP/MRP applications
• Ability to effectively operate and lead in a project team environment while receiving minimum oversight
• Responsive and comfortable working in a dynamic environment and effectively driving critical cross-functional tasks
• Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize tasks on multiple projects
• Ability to lead the department and team on process improvement activities
• Ability to effectively operate and lead in a project team environment
• Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education

Working Conditions:

This job operates in a professional office environment, but in a manufacturing company. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, filing cabinets and fax machines. BCT anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted.  However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require BCT to shorten or extend the application window.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time.  The employee is occasionally required to stand, bend, reach, and walk. The position requires some light physical effort. This would require the ability to lift or move objects up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move objects up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities are required by this job which includes close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Blue Canyon Technologies is a drug-free workplace and an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status or any other protected factor. Blue Canyon Technologies is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact Melissa Po at HR@bluecanyontech.com.