Amentum is seeking a Production Planner II for the Las Vegas, NV area. The Production Planner II is responsible for planning, scheduling, and organizing the efficient operation and performance of work assignments. Coordinates with various departments to achieve optimum utilization of operation resources and effectively achieve production improvements through usage of industry standard methodologies.

Compensation & Benefits HIRING SALARY: $80,000.00; Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data.) This position includes a competitive benefits package. For more detailed information on our Benefits and what it is like to work for Amentum: please visit our careers site: www.amentumcareers.com

Essential Responsibilities:

• Schedules work activities in a manner that ensures project resources are efficiently allocated to support applicable phases of operations.

• Develops work packages and instructions to support work activities including pre-planning, material staging requisitioning/expediting, labor estimating, and all other field support as required.

• Monitors assignments to ensure that they are within the agreed scope, schedule and budget and that the work is being performed within outlined policies and expectations.

• Coordinates timely development and release of work packages, task requests, and work orders to support the master schedule.

• Reviews and analyzes delays in schedule, expedites any work activities requiring work packages that delay schedules, and coordinates schedule changes needed to encompass unforeseen conditions.

• Ensures work orders are in compliance with project directive documents, assists in the determination of work priority, and establishes workflow processes that support work management and operations goals.

• Periodically reviews work performed for attainment or obtainment of objectives, policy compliance and priorities, effective coordination, technical adequacy and responsiveness to established guidelines.

• Integrates efficient operations that are in compliance with company policies, client requirements, and governmental regulations.

• Ensures all safety and environmental guidelines are followed without deviation. 

• Develops detailed schedules, material requirements lists and production plans for complex operations and/or production processes where the processes are new and/or variable.

• Coordinates engineering, production control, purchasing and other applicable departments to achieve optimum utilization of facilities in meeting production schedules.

• Provides input to management regarding problems such as shortages, design changes, backlogs and the like.

• Perform all other position related duties as assigned or requested.

Minimum Position Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, a related field, or equivalent experience and two years plus of production planning experience, including a thorough knowledge of a variety of operating activities, such as purchasing, materials, production processes and engineering. 
• Construction background is required.
• Position may require the ability to pass and maintain a Security Clearance.

Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Mental Demands:

Typical office environment with no unusual hazards, occasional lifting to 20 pounds, constant sitting while using the computer terminal, constant use of sight abilities while reviewing documents, constant use of speech/hearing abilities for communication, constant mental alertness, must possess planning/organizing skills, and must be able to work under deadlines.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed,  marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal laws and supplemental language at Labor Laws Posters.