Production Planner

Role Overview

The Production Planner is responsible for coordinating and aligning procurement, manufacturing, and delivery schedules to ensure a consistent, efficient flow of work through the plant while maintaining strict adherence to project schedules.

This role serves as the central liaison between the Plant Manager, Project Management, Procurement, and Installation teams to translate project requirements into executable manufacturing and material plans. The Production Planner ensures that materials, labor, equipment, and shop capacity are synchronized with project milestones and installation sequencing.

A core responsibility of this position is maintaining schedule integrity by proactively identifying risks related to material availability, production capacity, or design readiness, and implementing recovery plans to prevent disruptions to manufacturing flow, field installation, or end-user delivery.

As Building Blocks Facades continues to grow its manufacturing capabilities across GFRC/UHPC and specialty façade systems, this role ensures production operations remain predictable, coordinated, and aligned with project delivery commitments.

• Act as the primary scheduling and planning liaison between the Plant Manager, Project Management, Procurement, and Installation teams or Customer.
• Translate project schedules and installation sequencing into coordinated procurement and manufacturing plans.
• Ensure all stakeholders are aligned on production priorities, material needs, and delivery timelines.
• Facilitate regular coordination meetings to review upcoming production demands, risks, and constraints.
• Communicate schedule changes, risks, and recovery plans clearly across all departments.

• Develop and maintain detailed production schedules that support a consistent flow of work through the plant.
• Coordinate with Plant Manager and Director of Technical Operations to align shop workloads with available labor, equipment, molds, and plant capacity.
• Sequence work orders to minimize downtime, bottlenecks, and changeovers.
• Support the Plant Manager in balancing production demands across molds, steel fabrication & welding, GFRC/UHPC, architectural façades, and specialty fabrication areas.
• Adjust production plans in real time to maintain flow when disruptions occur.

• Coordinate closely with Procurement to align material purchasing schedules with manufacturing needs.
• Track long-lead materials and critical components to prevent production delays.
• Ensure all materials and specialty items related to manufacturing are available prior to production start.
• Flag material risks early and support mitigation strategies such as alternate sourcing or resequencing.
• Support inventory planning to maintain optimal stock levels without disrupting cash flow or production.

• Align manufacturing output with project milestones and installation sequencing.
• Coordinate delivery schedules with Installation teams to ensure site readiness.
• Support Project Managers by providing realistic production timelines and constraints.
• Adjust plant schedules to support critical path activities for active projects.
• Ensure manufacturing commitments are achievable and communicated accurately.

• Proactively identify risks related to material delays, capacity constraints, or design readiness.
• Develop recovery plans to maintain production flow and protect project schedules.
• Support leadership with scenario planning for schedule compression or priority shifts.
• Track impacts of disruptions and drive corrective actions.

• Help standardize planning and scheduling processes across all manufacturing areas.
• Support implementation of planning tools, dashboards, and KPIs.
• Identify opportunities to improve workflow efficiency, sequencing, and coordination.
• Provide feedback to Design, Project Management, and Procurement teams to improve manufacturability and planning predictability.

• 5–10+ years of experience in production planning, operations coordination, or manufacturing scheduling.
• Experience in construction manufacturing, GFRC, precast, architectural metals, or specialty fabrication preferred.
• Strong understanding of plant operations, material flow, and capacity planning.
• Proven ability to coordinate across manufacturing, procurement, project management, and field teams.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to interpret construction schedules, shop drawings, and installation sequences.
• High level of organization, problem-solving, and decision-making ability.
• Experience with ERP, MRP, MES, or production scheduling systems.