Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: Production Control Manager
Career Level From: Manager
Career Level To: Manager
Job Specialty: Production Controls Engineering
What You'll Do
The Production Control Manager leads a team of production planners, schedulers, and analysts while driving continuous improvement of production planning systems, business processes, and operational performance. The role collaborates closely with Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Procurement, Finance, and Information Technology to ensure efficient execution of production schedules and optimal utilization of resources.
Key Responsibilities
Production Planning and Scheduling
- Lead development and execution of production schedules that align customer requirements, operational priorities, and resource constraints.
- Establish and maintain finite and infinite capacity planning processes to support manufacturing operations.
- Monitor schedule attainment, work-in-process (WIP), throughput, and production performance metrics.
- Coordinate production priorities across multiple manufacturing organizations and facilities.
- Identify and mitigate production bottlenecks, resource constraints, and schedule risks.
- Ensure effective synchronization between production schedules, material availability, and workforce capacity.
Manufacturing Execution and Work Management
- Oversee release, tracking, and closure of production orders and work packages.
- Establish processes for managing work-in-process inventory and production status visibility.
- Coordinate production recovery plans for schedule disruptions and emergent operational priorities.
- Support operational readiness and execution of critical manufacturing programs.
Cross-Functional Business Process Leadership
- Collaborate with Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering, and Quality organizations to optimize production performance.
- Facilitate integrated planning activities that balance demand, capacity, and material availability.
- Lead resolution of production scheduling conflicts and operational constraints.
- Support strategic capacity planning, workforce planning, and operational readiness initiatives.
Continuous Improvement and Analytics
- Analyze schedule adherence, capacity utilization, throughput, cycle times, and manufacturing performance trends.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on production flow, scheduling effectiveness, and operational efficiency.
- Leverage SAP and business intelligence tools to improve planning accuracy and decision-making.
- Support Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Operational Excellence initiatives.
Leadership and Talent Development
- Lead, coach, and develop production planners, schedulers, and production control personnel.
- Establish performance expectations, planning standards, and operating procedures.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Develop organizational capability in production planning, scheduling, and SAP manufacturing processes.
What You Can Expect
- Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
- Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
- Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
- Career advancement and professional development programs
- Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives
Minimum Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree: Minimum 7 years of relevant experience
- OR 15 or more years of education and/or relevant experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting
Preferred Job Requirements
- Minimum 4 years of supervisor experience
- Degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Business, Information Systems, or related field
- Significant experience in production planning, scheduling, manufacturing operations, or production control
- Experience serving as a functional lead, process owner, or business systems manager within SAP manufacturing environments
- Strong understanding of production control, capacity planning, manufacturing execution, and supply chain operations
- Demonstrated leadership experience managing teams and cross-functional initiatives
- Experience supporting complex, highly regulated manufacturing environments
- SAP Production Planning (PP), Manufacturing Execution, or Supply Chain Management experience
- APICS/ASCM certifications (CPIM, CSCP)
- Experience leading ERP implementations, upgrades, or digital manufacturing initiatives
- Knowledge of advanced planning systems, manufacturing analytics, and operational excellence methodologies
Why Y-12?
You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek, while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership? Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace, at Y-12, you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.
Notes
The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.
If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.
Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.
This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712), which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
This position may be categorized as a “designated position” identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709, requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
CNS is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.
CNS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.
