**Job Description:** **Business Title:** Production Planner **Function:** Production **Hourly or** **Salaried** **:** Hourly **Location:** Wuxi, China **Business Line:** Drilling Products **Reports To:** Production Manager **Direct Reports:** N/A **Travel Requirements:** N/A **Job Overview** The Production Planner is responsible for developing and managing daily production schedules based on resource availability, equipment capacity, and customer demand. This role works closely with production leadership and cross-functional teams to ensure plan execution and timely delivery of products. The planner monitors work order progress, resolves scheduling conflicts, and continuously improves planning efficiency. The Production Planner will oversee the creation and adjustment of detailed production plans to optimize efficiency and minimize delays across shifts. **Key Responsibilities** 1. Demonstrate commitment to EHS, and ensure all appropriate actions are undertaken to implement EHS policies & procedures & legislative requirements. 2. Demonstrate commitment to quality, and ensure all appropriate actions are undertaken to implement quality management system and its related requirements 3. **Production Order Monitoring & WIP Control** + Review daily status of work orders; patrol and check for consistency between system orders and physical WIP. + Resolve any discrepancies promptly and communicate with shift leads for attendance and resource availability (e.g., raw materials, outsourced capacity). + Control WIP levels within reasonable limits. + Raise early warnings for any conflicts with the production plan (e.g., material, equipment, or labor issues 1. **Daily Shift Scheduling & Execution Tracking** + Based on work order status and machine capacity, prepare detailed production plans for shifts. + Track plan progress and ensure on-time delivery. 1. **Outsourcing Coordination** + Develop and manage outsourced production plans. + Track, follow up, and provide feedback. 1. **New Product & Process Introduction Support** + Assist ME team with new product testing and introduction. + Adjust production schedules based on process changes and gather relevant data. 1. **Equipment Maintenance Coordination** + Support MT team in scheduling equipment downtime for maintenance. + Adjust production plans and personnel deployment accordingly. 1. **Reporting & Analysis** + Daily update and review of plan completion reports. + Support weekly and monthly production reporting. **9. Continuous Improvement** + Continuously optimize production planning to enhance efficiency. **10.** **Administrative Support** + Handle expense reimbursements, bonus and attendance summaries, and procurement of consumables for the production department. 1. All other reasonable duties as assigned **Key Skills & Competencies** 1. **Production Planning:** Strong understanding of manufacturing workflows and production sequencing 2. **Communication:** Clear and effective communication with various departments and shifts, and could Cooperative mindset with a willingness to support cross-functional initiatives 3. **Problem Solving:** Rapid response to scheduling conflicts, resource shortages, and workflow inefficiencies 4. **ERP & Systems Proficiency:** Skilled in using ERP systems and barcode tracking platforms 5. **Time Management:** Ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment **Qualifications** + **Education:** Associate degree or above in Mechanical Engineering or a related field + **Experience:** Minimum 2 years in a production planning or scheduling role within a manufacturing environment + **Languages:** Proficient in Mandarin; English (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) proficiency preferred **Physical and Environmental Conditions** + **Work Environment:** Combination of office and shop floor; must be comfortable working near + **Experience:** Requires ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced manufacturing environment. + **Lifting Requirements:** Occasional lifting of tools or products etc. as needed for production and support tasks **Environmental Health & Safety** Boart Longyear commits to protecting the health and safety, physical, psychological, and social well-being of our employees, contractors, and visitors at all of our sites and facilities. We also commit to protect the environment and the communities in which we operate. All employees and contractors of Boart Longyear are required to: + Apply the THINK process to ensure no harm to people, property or environment. + Correctly use required safety equipment, PPE and follow Standard Work Procedures. + Comply with the Golden Rules of Safety and the Rules of the Road. + Use Stop Work Authority to control unsafe conditions and stop unsafe acts. + Report all incidents. **Who We Are** Our values define what matters most in our continued success and serve as a guide for our business operations. Boart Longyear employees must demonstrate a commitment to our values, and to use them as guiding principles in our decision making and actions, each and every day. We value integrity, health and safety, sustainability, customer focus, and teamwork and diversity. The Drilling Products business purpose is to create products and solutions to empower exploration and extraction of minerals to enable life and prosperity. **Auto req ID:** 16149BR **Job Code:** 170001 Supply Chain Specialist 1.08.Professional **Company:** Drilling Products **Business Line:** Supply Chain **Function:** Manufacturing **Region (Business Group):** APAC **Country:** China **State/Province:** Wuxi **City:** no listing