The Production Planner will be responsible for translating project requirements, approved drawings, production quantities, and delivery commitments into practical production plans, manufacturing schedules, material plans, manpower requirements, and dispatch schedules. The role will coordinate closely with Design, Engineering, Procurement, Production, QA/QC, Stores, Logistics, Site and Project Teams to ensure production is completed on time and in accordance with project requirements.
Develop and maintain detailed production plans, manufacturing schedules, fabrication schedules, and delivery programmes for GRC, GRP and GRB projects.
Prepare daily, weekly and monthly production schedules based on project priorities, approved drawings, quantities, production capacity, and delivery deadlines.
Convert project BOQs, production quantities, drawings, specifications, and site requirements into practical manufacturing and production plans.
Prepare Master Production Schedules (MPS) and detailed Production Planning & Control (PPC) schedules.
Develop production sequences for mould preparation, moulding, casting, lamination, curing, demoulding, finishing, repair, inspection, packing and dispatch.
Plan production according to project milestones, installation requirements, site readiness, delivery dates, and erection/installation sequences.
Coordinate with Project Engineers and Site Teams to establish production priorities and required delivery dates.
Monitor planned production versus actual production and identify production shortfalls, bottlenecks, delays, and capacity constraints.
Track production quantities using daily production reports, weekly progress reports, production dashboards, productivity reports, and manufacturing KPIs.
Prepare production S-curves, progress curves, production histograms, manpower plans, productivity analysis, and planned-vs-actual reports.
Develop look-ahead production plans covering upcoming days and weeks.
Coordinate with Procurement and Stores to ensure timely availability of raw materials, resins, fiberglass, cement, aggregates, additives, pigments, reinforcement materials, consumables, moulding materials, release agents, inserts, fasteners, and accessories.
Monitor material availability against the production schedule and material requirement plan.
Prepare and maintain Material Requirement Planning (MRP) and material consumption forecasts.
Coordinate with Engineering and Design Teams regarding shop drawings, approved drawings, production drawings, mould drawings, revisions, technical clarifications, RFIs and design changes.
Ensure production planning is based on the latest approved-for-construction / approved-for-production drawings.
Monitor drawing approval status, material approval status, mould readiness, production readiness, inspection requirements, and dispatch readiness.
Coordinate with QA/QC to ensure required inspection points, quality checks, testing, NCR closure, inspection releases, and final approvals are incorporated into the production programme.
Plan production around inspection and testing requirements to prevent delays in manufacturing and dispatch.
Monitor mould availability, mould utilization, mould cycle time, casting cycle time, curing time, production cycle time, and machine/workstation capacity.
Identify production bottlenecks and recommend production recovery, resequencing, overtime, additional manpower, additional shifts, or resource reallocation.
Coordinate manpower requirements for casting, lamination, moulding, finishing, grinding, cutting, repair, painting/coating, assembly, packing, and dispatch operations.
Prepare manpower histograms and resource loading plans based on production targets.
Monitor workforce productivity and compare planned man-hours versus actual man-hours.
Track production efficiency, output rates, rejection rates, rework, wastage, productivity, and utilization.
Coordinate with Stores and Logistics for finished product storage, packing, loading, transportation, and site delivery.
Prepare dispatch schedules and delivery plans in line with site installation requirements.
Ensure production and dispatch priorities are aligned with site installation sequences and project milestones.
Maintain production trackers for quantity produced, quantity inspected, quantity approved, quantity rejected, quantity dispatched, and balance quantity.
Prepare production status reports, management reports, KPI reports, variance reports, and recovery plans.
Maintain accurate records of production progress, planned quantities, actual quantities, pending quantities, production constraints, and delivery status.
Conduct variance analysis between planned and actual production and recommend corrective actions.
Participate in production coordination meetings and communicate production targets, priorities, constraints, delays, and recovery actions.
Coordinate with multiple departments to resolve material shortages, drawing delays, mould availability issues, manpower constraints, equipment limitations, quality issues, and delivery bottlenecks.
Assist in developing production forecasts and completion projections for ongoing projects.
Support project teams with production data for project planning, progress measurement, invoicing, commercial reporting, and client updates.
Ensure production schedules remain aligned with overall project schedules, baseline programmes, delivery milestones, and installation programmes.
Maintain production planning databases, trackers, schedules, and documentation using Excel and planning software.