Fabrication Work Planner

Who We Are

AVANTech, LLC is a rapidly growing technology company which designs, fabricates, and operates specialty water treatment equipment for government and commercial clients. We solve someof the most challenging problems in the water industry - from being first responders to the Fukushima Nuclear Plant meltdown to implementing patented first-of-its-kind technology for industrial wastewater recycling to cleaning-uplegacy wastewater at government sites resulting from weapons manufacturing during the cold war era.

AVANTech's goal is to improve the environment aroundus and support our clients with innovative sustainable water treatment solutions.

Benefits of working with AVANTech:

• Generous paid time off and holidays.
• Great opportunity for advancement with a growing company.
• Varied insurance offerings with employer matching.
• 401(k) savings plan with employer match.
• Flexible work schedule

Who You Are

The Work Planner/Traveler is responsible for authorizing, revising, and maintaining clear, compliant, and executable work instructions (including Travelers, procedures, and step-by-step packages) that ensure safe, quality-assured fabrication, inspection, and testing. This role bridges engineering design, quality requirements, and shop floor execution directly reducing rework, NCR's, and schedule delays.

This would be a great role for someone looking to move out of fabrication and share their skills with others through developing work instructions that can be easily followed.

Key Responsibilities

Traveler & Work Instruction Development

Develop, write, and issue detailed manufacturing travelers (work plans) that translate engineering designs, specifications, and drawings into clear, step by step fabrication instructions.

• Analyze fabrication sequences for complex, components and assemblies to optimize manufacturing flow, minimize rework, and ensure efficient resource utilization
• Incorporate safety, engineering, and quality requirements directly into each traveler
• Define fabrication sequences, inspection steps, and verification requirements to ensure proper flow and control of fabrication activities
• Integrate project specific requirements and critical hold/inspection points to maintain full compliance with the NQA-1 Quality Assurance Program
• Establish material requirements and staging needs for planned work packages
• Coordinate with quality control (QC) personnel to ensure all required inspections, signoffs, and documentation are properly integrated and executed within the Traveler
• Collaborate with engineering, production, and QC teams to identify and implement improvements to planning processes, traveler structure, and shop floor execution efficiency
• Coordinate release of travelers, manage revisions, and ensure only approved versions are utilized on the shop floor
• Proven experience as a Work Planner, Manufacturing Planner, or similar role in a technical or manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated ability to read, interpret, and write technical documents, procedures, and engineering drawings
• Direct experience operating under the requirements of NQA-1 or a similarly strict Quality Management System (e.g. ISO
  9001, AS9100)
• Strong understanding of typical metal fabrication, welding, machining, and assembly sequences

Quality & Compliance Integration

• Collaborate with quality control (QC) to embed inspection, sign-off, and documentation requirements into travelers
• Ensure fabrication documentation meets the expectations of ASME, NQA-1, and project specific quality plans
• Verify all instructions meet configuration management and document control requirements before release
• Review traveler accuracy and completeness during internal readiness checks and project audits

Manufacturing Process Optimization

• Analyze fabrication and assembly sequences to optimize workflow, reduce rework, and enhance resource utilization
• Engage with engineering, production, and QC to identify opportunities for improving traveler format, usability, and shop floor efficiency
• Standardize traveler templates, formatting, and visual design for ease of understanding by craft and inspection personnel
• Participate in root cause analysis and lessons learned sessions related to traveler errors, rework, or fabrication delays

Coordination & Documentation Management

• Collaborate with engineering to ensure the latest revision drawings and specifications are used
• Communicate traveler updates and changes to fabrication, QA, and document control
• Support audit readiness by ensuring all traveler packages are traceable, signed, and properly filed upon job completion
• Maintain alignment with AVANTech NQA-1 and ASME Section VIII/B31.3 programs, ensuring every traveler supports code compliance and customer satisfaction

Required Qualifications

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Engineering Technology, Drafting, Manufacturing Technology, or related technical field or 5 plus years or direct shop floor experience in fabrication or planning
• Proficient in Excel (tables, data validation, conditional formatting)
• Skilled in Word template and…