Production Planning Manager — Gas Turbine Manufacturing Repair

Production Planning Manager — Gas Turbine Manufacturing Repair About PROENERGY PROENERGY is an engineering, R&D, and manufacturing powerhouse. The company addresses every need for fast-start power generation: turbine and package manufacturing, turnkey project execution, power purchase agreements, and asset lifecycle care for turbines and plants. Where others see impossible energy challenges, PROENERGY provides innovative aeroderivative solutions. Our Footprint PROENERGY delivers fast-start, dispatchable power solutions from worldwide centers for aeroderivative excellence. We are investing more than $1 billion through 2028 in infrastructure to serve our customers. In Sedalia, Missouri, our 600,000 sq ft Center for Excellence in Manufacturing—a world-class investment in fast-start power and the only campus of its kind in the world—is growing by 40 percent. In Houston, Texas, our 500,000 sq ft Center for Excellence in Lifecycle Care features a Level-IV depot and aero repair facility, which executes comprehensive services for aeroderivative engines under one roof. In Kansas City, we have an office with an Engineering team that supports our sought-after solutions for turnkey projects and contracted power. And our worldwide service centers ensure local service expertise near our customers. Our expanding service footprint includes Phoenix, Buenos Aires, New Brunswick, and additional locations in Europe, Australia, and Southeast Asia. Our Philosophy We take care of our people and strive to make a positive difference for the world. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life/Disability Insurance at minimal cost to the employee, 10 paid holidays, paid time off, and a 401K plan. If you are looking for a rewarding career and possess specialized knowledge and quality-oriented problem-solving skills, we encourage you to apply today. Position Summary The Production Planning Manager leads production planning and control for an assigned value stream in gas turbine manufacturing — converting demand into a sequenced, executable, capacity-feasible schedule and leading the planning and scheduling team that delivers it. The role owns the published schedule and its commitments, the demonstrated-capacity model, material flow to the schedule, and the master data and transaction discipline an enterprise ERP depends on — running disciplined planning with today’s tools and system-based Master Planning (MRP) as the system of record after go-live. Success in this role is a value stream that delivers to schedule: adherence measured and improving, shortages escalated before impact rather than expedited around, and a team developed into system-fluent planning professionals. This position leads the GTM Repair and Overhaul value stream at our Houston depot and aero repair facility. Reports To: VP, Production Planning and Continuous Improvement Work Location: 6401 North Eldridge Pkwy, Houston, TX 77041 Position Responsibilities

• Own the daily and weekly production schedule for repair and overhaul work centers — sequencing engine inductions through disassembly, inspection, repair, and reassembly against turnaround-time (TAT) commitments — delegating daily engine and cell-level sequencing to the production scheduler while retaining ownership of the published schedule and its commitments; run ERP-based Master Planning (MRP) as the system of record after go-live.
• Drive schedule adherence as the site’s core operating metric: measure and publish on-time-to-schedule performance, level-load constraint work centers from demonstrated capacity data, protect turnaround-time commitments, and lead recovery planning when adherence breaks.
• Lead master data readiness and integrity for the repair scope: drive cleansing and validation of item masters, routings, work centers, and bill-of-material structures to migration standards; after go-live, enforce transaction timeliness and accuracy (labor, material issues, completions) so work-in-process position, priorities, and promise dates reflect reality.
• Map and maintain work-center capacity: document demonstrated capacity, setup and cycle durations, and constraint operations across the repair value stream — converting tribal knowledge into planning parameters the system can consume, and keeping them current as processes improve.
• Serve as a functional lead through the ERP implementation: execute user acceptance testing for production planning transactions, drive defect resolution, build the cutover plan for open work orders and work-in-process, and own planned-order review, exception management, and release discipline in the system thereafter.
• Run material flow to the schedule: establish staging, kitting, and shortage-escalation disciplines through the material coordinator team, replacing informal expediting with defined process.
• Partner with site continuous improvement leadership on improvement events targeting schedule attainment, expedite reduction, and shortage-driven disruption; standardize planning standard work.
• Develop the team: coach the scheduler, planners, material planners, and coordinators into system-fluent professionals, build bench depth, and establish clear role standards and performance expectations.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related field — or equivalent progressive experience.
• Experience: 5+ years in production control, planning, or scheduling within high-mix, low-volume manufacturing or MRO operations, with direct people-leadership experience.
• Industry expertise: Working knowledge of gas turbine or complex mechanical assembly/disassembly flows, including condition-driven scope growth and its scheduling implications.
• Systems: Hands-on ERP experience (implementation, migration, or power-user depth), including data cleansing, user acceptance testing, or cutover; strong Excel and capacity-analysis capability.
• Execution: Demonstrated ability to run disciplined manual or spreadsheet-based scheduling in the absence of system support — and to lead a team out of that state.
• Travel Required: Willingness to travel up to 40%.
• US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work authorized visa.
• Successful candidates will need to satisfactorily complete pre-employment drug screen and background check.

Preferred Qualifications

• Industry leadership: Aviation, gas turbine, or complex rotating-equipment repair/overhaul experience.
• Systems: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations.
• Certifications: APICS/ASCM certification (CPIM or CSCP).
• Methods: Familiarity with Lean manufacturing and daily management systems.

Key Skills & Competencies

• Servant leadership that develops planners, schedulers, and coordinators into system-fluent professionals while holding high standards.
• Composure and decisiveness amid constant replanning
• Fluency in turnaround-time mechanics, capacity analysis, and constraint management across repair cells.
• Cross-functional influence with depot operations, engineering, quality, and customer program teams.
• Change leadership through an ERP transition
• Comfort building in ambiguity

It is PROENERGY’s policy to provide equal opportunity in employment to all its employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, age, disability, national origin, marital status, ancestry, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by State or Federal law.