Production Planner

Title: Production Planner Duration: 12 Months + Possible Extension/ FTE Location: Cape Canaveral, FL (Onsite) Job Description: A leading aerospace manufacturer is scaling its Production Control team to support increased work order volume. This is a dedicated surge and clean-up role focused on backlog reduction, MRP data integrity, and expedite support — built for someone who wants to own a large, messy backlog with clear metrics and a defined end. What You'll Do Drive down work-order backlog: disposition idle/no-need-date orders, resolve kitted-but-stalled parts, close out orders Execute targeted expedite efforts on hot jobs, identifying material/kit needs and blockers Provide off-nominal shift coverage as needed, keeping WIP moving Maintain MRP/ERP data integrity and communicate daily backlog burn-down status Flag recurring constraints to leadership rather than resolving informally What You Bring Experience with schedule management, expediting, or backlog/data clean-up in a manufacturing environment Hands-on ERP/MRP experience (SAP, Costpoint, or similar) — comfortable working directly in the data Ability to work independently in a high-tempo, high-ambiguity environment Nice to Have: Backlog remediation/data cleanup experience, MS Project, Jira/ITS, aerospace or automotive production background.

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