Production Control Planner 2
Company: FRALOCK
Role summary
Production Control Planner 2 is a full-time role at FRALOCK in Poway, California, United States (on-site). Posted 2026-10-30. Salary: USD 35–46 per hour. Experience level: 2-5.
- Job title
- Production Control Planner 2
- Company
- FRALOCK
- Location
- Poway, California, United States
- Work arrangement
- on-site
- Employment type
- full-time
- Category
- Healthcare Support
- Salary
- USD 35–46 per hour
- Experience level
- 2-5
- Date posted
- 2026-10-30
You’ll love this opportunity to join a well-established company in Poway where your planning skills directly impact high-tech, mission-critical projects. It’s a stable, full-time role offering great benefits and competitive pay, perfect for someone who enjoys hands-on production environments.
Job description
Production Control Planner 2
Full Time + Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k with Company Match, Vacation, Sick)
Job Type: Onsite
Compensation Range: $35.00 - $46.00
Location: Poway, CA
Fralock is an engineered solutions provider of specialty components and subassemblies using advanced materials for high reliability, severe environment, and technically challenging applications. We develop and manufacture custom integrated solutions. Established in 1967, we are a critical solutions provider to Fortune 500 corporations, government, and targeted OEMs in a variety of industries including Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturing, Medical and Life Science, Aerospace and Defense , Industrial, Electronics, and Energy. Fralock is headquartered in Valencia, CA with manufacturing locations located throughout Northern and Southern California.
VISION
To be recognized by our customers as a leading solutions provider of proprietary engineered advanced materials for high reliability, severe environment, and technically challenging applications.
MISSION
To create value, profitably grow, and share our success with all stakeholders.
CULTURE
Respect – We treat others the way they want to be treated.
Integrity – We practice a high standard of ethics in our business dealings with customers, employees, and suppliers.
Responsiveness – We have a sense of urgency in responding to internal and external requests, and work proactively to solve problems.
Excellence/Competence – We empower our people to continuously improve and execute high quality work.
Teamwork – We work together to achieve Fralock business objectives by communicating at a high level, by listening and having clarity in our expectations of one another.
Individual Accountability and Personal Responsibility – We do what we have committed to do when we committed to doing it.
Continuous Improvement across all segments of the company
This position requires access to information controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the successful candidate must be a "U.S. person" as defined in the ITAR and EAR (which generally means (i) be a citizen or national of the United States; or (ii) be a lawful permanent resident of the United States; or (iii) have been admitted to the United States as a refugee, or have been granted asylum, as specified under applicable law.
Job Summary
The Planner is responsible for developing, managing, and executing production schedules that support a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing environment. This role ensures optimal material availability, production flow, capacity utilization, and on-time delivery for premier global customers. The Planner collaborates closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, Procurement, Quality, and Customer Service teams to balance customer demand, production constraints, inventory levels, and business objectives.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
Under general supervision, must be able to perform a variety of job duties including, but not limited to:
Develop and maintain detailed production schedules to support customer demand, revenue targets, and operational objectives.
Translate customer forecasts, demand signals, and sales orders into executable manufacturing plans.
Monitor and manage work-in-process (WIP) to ensure efficient product flow through manufacturing operations.
Balance production requirements against available capacity, labor, equipment, and material constraints.
Coordinate schedule changes resulting from engineering changes, material shortages, customer priorities, or production disruptions.
Identify bottlenecks and proactively develop recovery plans to maintain production commitments.
Analyze demand forecasts and production requirements to ensure adequate manufacturing capacity.
Collaborate with manufacturing leadership to optimize machine utilization and workforce allocation.
Support Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) processes through capacity and demand analysis.
Develop short-term and long-term production plans that align with customer and business requirements.
Partner with Procurement and Materials teams to ensure timely availability of raw materials and components.
Monitor inventory levels and recommend actions to prevent shortages, excess inventory, or obsolescence.
Track critical material constraints and communicate risks to stakeholders.
Support inventory optimization initiatives while maintaining customer service expectations.
Provide schedule status, delivery forecasts, and risk assessments to internal and external stakeholders.
Escalate potential delivery impacts and recommend corrective actions.
Identify opportunities to improve planning effectiveness and manufacturing efficiency.
Participate in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Follow all safety standards and procedures, including PPE requirements for a manufacturing environment.
Maintain an organized, clean, and safe work area using safety standards and expectations
Other duties as needed or assigned by supervisor.
Required Skills
Must have excellent written and verbal skills. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business information. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of supervisors and managers.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
Ability to manage and solve problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized and complex situations.
Ability to read and inte