Fabrication Planner

At High Steel Structures, we don’t just fabricate steel, we forge the backbone of America’s infrastructure. With over one million tons of structural steel fabricated in the past two decades, we’ve earned our reputation as the fabricator of choice for complex bridge and transportation projects across North America. The Fabrication Planner reports to the Plant Manager.

The Fabrication Planner will manage manufacturing planning and schedules within the framework of the Master Schedule to maximize efficiency and throughput to optimize shop capability in light of customer requirements.  Serves as a liaison between Engineering, Scheduling, Purchasing, Estimating, Plant Managers and Lead Supervisors to assure materials and engineering prints are available on time to meet the production schedule.  Recommends to shop personnel the most appropriate production bay and process to achieve production objectives.  Determines alternate production sequencing when either engineering blueprints and/or materials are not available. Visit job sites as required to assist in defining root cause of fit up issues

Requires bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Manufacturing Management and/or Production Scheduling and more than 10 years on the shop floor in production and supervisory positions.  Must be fluent in computer and software applications.  Proficient in Microsoft Office products, ( Word, Excel) SAP and UKG ,Blue beam,

Serves as a liaison and catalyst between key management personnel in all High Steel departments (Sales, Engineering, Purchasing, Estimating, Human Resources and Quality Control) as well as all Fabrication Management personnel and outside inspection agencies.

• Minimizes the time spent by production personnel in locating drawings and materials for specific orders and by assuring timely information is available to them on an ongoing basis. Facilitates action plans with Plant Managers and/or Lead Supervisors to unexpected changes in the schedule, alternate production sequencing and availability of materials and approved drawings.
• Assists in the coordination of weekly production schedules for all Company plants consistent with Master Schedule, availability of material and of engineering blueprints and shop capabilities.
• Forecasts potential problem areas for specific production orders. Recommends and obtains agreement for alternative order sequencing when material and/or blueprints are not available or are not likely to be available.
• Review design and preliminary drawing to plan and recommend changes to Engineering and the Fabrication areas.
• Review all schedules produced by the Master Scheduler to assure timely updates based on daily shop status for accuracy.
• Make suggested drawing changes to Engineering to obtain the best and most efficient means of Fabrication
• Track specific jobs through the Fabrication cycle in detail. Maintain written documentation relevant to how the job progressed through Fabrication.
• Develop written; detailed fabrication procedures for out of normal fabrication jobs (tub girders, box girders, arches, bents, FCM, etc.). To review and coordinate the same and to gain shop confidence and approval for the procedure.  The procedure is developed to maintain a safe and efficient process to fabricate complex projects.
• To provide written position papers to operations management relative to various subjects (jobs, opinions, and other subjects as directed by the Plant Manager).
• To give guidance to management as to which jobs may prove troublesome to the shop.
• Visit job sites as required to assist in defining root causes of fit issues. Provide reports of the visits to the Management Team as required.
• Attends various meetings, training seminars and special courses.
• Willing to travel to supporting plants 20% annually.