Senior Production Planner

Standard Nuclear is fueling America’s nuclear renaissance at industrial scale. Our mission is to deliver the essential building blocks of nuclear power-enabling cost-effective, safe, and secure energy for the world.

The Senior Production Planner is responsible for developing production schedules and building the planning framework needed to support Standard Nuclear’s growing manufacturing operations. This role translates project demand, engineering inputs, production constraints, material availability, and facility capacity into practical schedules that support execution across multiple facilities.

This is a hands-on planning role in a fast-growing manufacturing environment where production processes, capacity models, and planning systems are actively being developed. The Senior Production Planner will work closely with production, engineering, supply chain, quality, and project teams to gather inputs, identify bottlenecks, estimate throughput, and create schedules that reflect real operational capability.

The role requires strong manufacturing judgment, analytical ability, and comfort working in an environment where assumptions must be tested and refined as operations scale. This position is critical to improving schedule discipline, capacity visibility, and production readiness across the organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Production Planning & Scheduling

Develop and maintain production schedules based on project demand, production readiness, facility capacity, and material availability

Translate customer, project, and internal priorities into executable production plans

Build weekly and longer-range production schedules that account for equipment availability, labor, materials, quality requirements, and operational constraints

Monitor schedule performance and adjust plans as priorities, constraints, or production realities change

Communicate schedule changes, risks, and tradeoffs clearly to production, project, and leadership teams

Capacity & Throughput Analysis

Evaluate production capacity across facilities, equipment, labor, and process steps

Identify bottlenecks, constraints, and throughput limitations that impact production schedules

Develop and maintain practical capacity assumptions based on actual production performance and input from technical teams

Support leadership in understanding what work can realistically be completed based on current resources and constraints

Refine planning models as production processes mature and new data becomes available

Planning Framework Development

Help build the production planning structure, tools, and routines needed to support scalable manufacturing

Gather required inputs from engineering, production, quality, and supply chain to support schedule development

Support development of routings, process assumptions, lead times, work sequencing, and planning rules

Identify gaps in planning data, documentation, or process inputs and work with teams to close them

Help standardize production planning practices across facilities as operations grow

Cross-Functional Coordination

Work closely with production teams to understand current execution status, constraints, and shop-floor realities

Partner with engineering to understand process requirements, technical readiness, and changes that impact production plans

Coordinate with supply chain to account for material availability, BOM readiness, long-lead items, and procurement timelines

Work with quality to ensure inspection, documentation, and release requirements are reflected in production schedules

Support project teams by providing realistic schedule inputs, production status, and capacity feedback

Multi-Facility Planning

Support production planning across multiple Standard Nuclear facilities

Understand facility-specific capabilities, constraints, equipment availability, and readiness

Help determine where work should be performed based on capacity, capability, timing, and project needs

Coordinate handoffs and dependencies between facilities when work requires multiple production steps or locations

Maintain visibility into competing demands across facilities and support prioritization discussions

Systems, Data & Continuous Improvement

Maintain accurate planning data in scheduling, ERP/MRP, or related systems as they are developed

Use production data to improve planning assumptions, schedule accuracy, and capacity visibility

Develop reports, trackers, and planning tools to support decision-making

Identify opportunities to improve production flow, material readiness, schedule adherence, and planning discipline

Support implementation and improvement of planning systems as the company scales

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Engineering, Business, or a related field; equivalent experience will be considered

5–8 years of experience in production planning, production control, master scheduling, capacity planning, manufacturing operations, or supply chain planning

Experience developing production schedules in a manufacturing, industrial, technical, or regulated environment

Strong understanding of production flow, capacity planning, bottleneck analysis, routings, lead times, and material readiness

Experience working in environments where planning systems, BOMs, routings, or production processes are still being built or improved

Experience working with ERP/MRP, scheduling, or production planning systems

Strong Excel and data analysis skills; experience building planning tools, trackers, or capacity models preferred

Ability to gather inputs from engineering, production, supply chain, quality, and project teams and turn them into actionable plans

Strong communication skills and ability to explain schedule constraints, risks, and tradeoffs clearly

Strong organizational skills and ability to manage competing priorities in a changing production environment

Experience in nuclear, aerospace, defense, energy, chemical processing, advanced manufacturing, or other regulated manufacturing environments is a plus

BENEFITS

Health, Dental & Vision Insurance

Health Savings Account

Disability and Life Insurance

401(k) Plan

Paid Time Off and Holidays

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This role is based in Oak Ridge, TN and supports production planning across office, manufacturing, warehouse, and operational environments.

The position requires regular coordination with production, engineering, supply chain, quality, project, and facility teams. Time in manufacturing or operational areas may be required to understand production constraints, validate planning assumptions, and support schedule development. Reasonable accommodation will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Standard Nuclear embraces equal opportunity and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status.

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.