At EMT International, we’re passionate about delivering innovative, market-driven, high-quality products for the printing, packaging, and label industries through excellence in engineering, manufacturing, and customer service. Our focus is to provide a secure and rewarding future for our employees. We are building a culture where collaboration fuels innovation, where your talents are both recognized and celebrated.

 Together We Are Better!

• Open communication and feedback 
• Leverage each other’s strengths!
• Transparency of information
• Share knowledge & learn from each other.
• Tuition reimbursement and career development opportunities 

 Work-life Balance 

• 10 paid holidays 
• Paid vacation 
• Flexible work schedules 

Health and Wellbeing 

• Clean, safe working environment 
• Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) with company match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Monthly wellness activities

 Have Fun and Give Back

• Sporting events such as baseball games and golf outings 
• Anniversary and retirement celebrations, service awards, and new hire welcomes 
• Community fundraisers, charitable events, and volunteering

Production Planner Summary:

As a Production Planner, you will work with internal cross-functional teams to create and maintain production schedules per assembly, engineering, and manufacturing capacity to best meet the customer delivery requirements for new machines and replacement parts.

Production Planner Essential Functions: 

• Attend/Facilitate the production planning meetings for new machine orders to establish critical milestone durations for engineering, purchasing, machining, assembly, testing, and shipping.
• Analyze customer orders and help establish production schedules for timely delivery, based on customer demand, available capacity, and lead times.
• Analyze capacity in the downstream operations and create rules for adjusting milestone dates while minimizing the impact of customer delivery dates.
• Populate/maintain the production schedule for machines and populate/maintain department specific production schedule with the use of MRP dashboards. 
• Create and release machine and part jobs into the ERP system upon release from engineering (machines) and sales (parts)
• Schedule and reschedule internal production jobs in order to maximize efficiencies in machining and assembly, also to meet customer due dates to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Work with Machine Shop Manager to analyze capacity for make versus purchase and select the best option based on schedule requirements
• Work with Assembly Supervisors to drive schedule adherence and completion of production jobs
• Assist in the printing of part routing travelers and part drawings to be delivered to the machine shop
• Participate in weekly Production meeting to analyze current production status vs. schedule to determine whether job is on track
• Communicate schedule changes with the responsible salesperson for machines and part orders
• Monitor production and adjust the schedule for timely delivery
• Monitor the amount of materials released to production
• Assist in inventory accuracy and adjustment

Production Planner Essential Functions: 

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, including collecting data, establishing facts, drawing conclusions, and recommending effective correction action.
• Ability to work well cross-functionally and communicate with internal and external parties.
• Ability to multi-task, organize, plan, and prioritize duties to meet multiple overlapping and competing deadlines and strict timelines.
• Resource management and ability to adapt and adjust within a build to order environment

Production Planner Qualifications: 

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operation Management, or other related field OR 3 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience in Production Planning and Control in MRP environment, utilizing principals and concepts, is preferred.
• Knowledge of Epicor MRP systems preferred.
• Previous experience in metals manufacturing is a preferred.

Work Location: 

• In-person

Ability to commute/relocate: 

• Hobart, WI 54155: Reliably commute or relocate before starting work required.