Production Planner II

Company Overview:

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.

Position Purpose:

As a Production Planner II, you will be using your skills and expertise to plan and schedule the movement of raw materials, parts, components, services, supplies, finished goods, and related material through our production and inventory process. You'll be responsible for monitoring production activity to ensure a smooth and controlled flow of materials timed to meet our production requirements. You'll troubleshoot potential scheduling problems, provide solutions, and track production and material deficiencies.

Title: Production Planner II

Position Type: Full Time (Exempt)

Pay Range: $70,000-$110,000

(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).

Jobs Responsibilities:

• Lead/Assist on multiple projects of low-med complexity and risk.
• Assists Program Managers managing projects and reporting status.
• Coordinate/track and expedite all hardware needed to support testing and customer shipments.
• Runs a weekly Open WO report to manage dates according to schedule needs and KPI goals
• Prioritize WO's through internal processes as needed to meet scheduled dates and customer deliveries. 
• Read and execute ERP/MRP to meet scheduled requirements.
• Work ECO deployments as assigned to implement engineering changes and rework.
• Create and maintain tracking and stoplight trackers to support team updates and material status.
• Execute & monitor the schedule to meet or exceed stakeholder and customer expectations.
• Accountable for hundreds of in process jobs.
• Verify kits for documentation and part accuracy before releasing to production.
• Internal Work Order movements through internal processes and work centers (WIP) focusing on ESD practices and safe hardware movement. 
• Coordinate/ Review Non-Conformances and applied dispositions accordingly with some assistance.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.
• Provide continued information to update project schedules: write and maintain manufacturing routers, configuration requirements, and material traceability documentation. 
• Responsible for work order data integrity and how it applies to the scheduling process (Accurate Resource Data).
• Coordinate and prioritize across multiple programs and products as work orders flow through the production and test process.  
• Facilitate project issues with various functional areas of the company (NCR/ECO rework).
• Drive relevant project and project status communications. 
• Coordinate and review and track 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 (Schedule, NCR,ECO,Material).
• Provide material and manufacturing status reports.
• Assist with training as required. 
• Other responsibilities as assigned. 

Required Qualifications/ Education:

• 2-4 Years of experience as a Production Planner
• Bachelors degree in business administration, Supply Chain, Logistics, or some college preferred
• Experience in Supply Chain Management
• Experience with Operations Management
• Experience with MRP/ERP Systems
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills
• Strong regard for product quality and safety standards
• 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. Colorado Residents:  In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation.  You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.  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.