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Manager, MFG Planning

Kairos Power

Albuquerque, NM

Full Time

Posted November 13, 2026

$123k - $175k· Est.

Nuclear Energy

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Job Description

Kairos Power is seeking a Manager, Manufacturing Planning to lead planners across all manufacturing locations and build a scalable planning and production-control framework for prototype hardware, test equipment, standard components, and applicable Code jobs supporting the company’s FHR programs.

Key Responsibilities

Design, implement, and improve the manufacturing planning and production-control framework across programs, sites, and planning horizons. Establish scheduling hierarchy, required inputs, procedures, decision rights, review cadence, and escalation paths with affected functions; train teams and sustain adoption.
Manage and develop manufacturing planners across sites through hiring, onboarding, workload allocation, regular coaching, mentoring, and performance management. Establish individual development plans, stretch assignments, and cross-training to build manufacturing judgment, clear responsibilities, site coverage, and team depth.
Recognize strong performance and effective collaboration, and create an environment where planners raise constraints early, challenge unrealistic assumptions, and share knowledge.
Serve as Manufacturing Planning’s primary PMO interface. Translate approved priorities and milestones into shop-level plans; partner with engineers to clarify scope, quantities, design maturity, technical dependencies, and project changes. PMO retains program priority ownership.
Own the integrated production schedule, linking near-term work to program milestones and forecast demand. Obtain validation of capacity, estimated effort, and execution constraints from the Manager of Manufacturing Operations and site leaders before publishing commitments or major changes; document assumptions and escalate unresolved feasibility concerns.
Govern production priority, sequencing, and schedule changes through impact analysis, visibility into affected or deferred work, approvals, and communication. Resolve routine conflicts within approved program priorities, validated capacity, and established decision rights. Review tradeoffs with PMO and the Manager of Manufacturing Operations; escalate changes beyond those boundaries to leadership with downstream impacts and recommended options before implementation.
Build scenario-planning and constraint-management capabilities to evaluate dates, costs, workload distribution, recovery options, and staffing or equipment needs. Evaluate external manufacturing support as a capacity or recovery option and coordinate recommendations with Procurement and responsible stakeholders. Obtain affected site leaders’ agreement before committing their resources.
Coordinate material and supplier readiness with Materials, Supply Chain, and Procurement, including long-lead components, pilot materials, tooling, and outside processing. Integrate contract-manufacturer schedules through Procurement and responsible technical teams, tracking required input dates and readiness gaps.
Verify that applicable routings, bills of materials (BOMs), test and assembly procedures, control plans, and other required documents are approved for the planned build stage by responsible functions. Coordinate resolution of readiness gaps without assuming technical approval authority.
Own planners’ job preparation, data quality, and release processes in the company manufacturing execution system (MES) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, including validated estimates, routings, material requirements, and approved dates. The Manager of Manufacturing Operations owns execution and confirms shop readiness; Quality Control (QC) confirms inspection readiness. Supervisors retain daily personnel assignments.
Coordinate inter-site sequences and handoffs with site planners and Materials, aligning transfer orders, transportation, receiving, and inspection with sending and receiving schedules.
Lead schedule and capacity reviews; track recovery actions and decisions with clear owners and due dates. Report site and consolidated milestones, original commitments, current forecasts, and recovery progress to PMO and manufacturing leadership. Escalate risks early with affected work, alternatives, resource needs, and decision deadlines.
Own planning process and data requirements across PMO scheduling, ERP, MES, and shop-floor tools. Establish agreement on authoritative records, interfaces, and handoffs with PMO, IT, and system owners so technology supports consistent processes.
Lead Manufacturing Planning’s ERP/MES implementation, enhancement, and adoption with IT, system owners, and Component Manufacturing. Define business requirements, validate workflows and data, conduct user acceptance testing, train planners, and support go-live, stabilization, and reliable daily use.
Establish performance measures and feedback loops using actual durations, schedule stability and attainment, readiness at release, forecast accuracy, backlog, and recurring constraints. Improve estimates, planning standards, and system maturity while preserving safety, quality, and traceability.
Set measurable expectations for planning accuracy, schedule maintenance, responsiveness, and follow-through. Use performance trends to distinguish individual, process, resource, and technical gaps; address missed commitments and recurring issues through corrective actions with clear owners and due dates.
Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Minimum 7 years of experience in manufacturing planning, scheduling, or production control, including integrated schedules across multiple work centers or projects.
Experience directly managing and developing manufacturing planners through coaching, performance management, and workload allocation. Multi-site team management preferred.
Demonstrated experience designing or substantially improving an integrated manufacturing planning and production-control framework in a complex, high-mix, prototype, or engineer-to-order environment, including cross-functional procedures and sustained adoption.
Experience translating PMO or program priorities into executable plans and establishing governance for finite capacity, sequencing changes, schedule exceptions, and competing demands across programs or locations.
Hands-on experience implementing and operating manufacturing ERP and/or MES systems, including requirements, workflow design, testing, training, and stabilization. Infor CSI and advanced planning and scheduling experience preferred.
Relevant education in supply chain, manufacturing, engineering, business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Regulated manufacturing experience preferred.
Occasional support outside normal business hours may be needed for critical production events or system implementation activities.

Benefits & Perks

We know that we have some of the most talented and dedicated employees, and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here, full-time employees (excludes interns) expect to have access to the benefits below:
Competitive compensation packages
Medical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
Paid Vacation
401(k) and pre-tax health insurance, dependent care, and commuter benefits (FSA)
Candidates only, no recruiters or agencies please.
Note: You are applying for a position that is located in a facility that handles information that is subject to export control restrictions by the Department of Energy under 10 CFR Part 810. To work in this facility, you need to be authorized by the Department of Energy to access Part 810-controlled information. Foreign nationals who are citizens of countries that are not on the Department of Energy’s general authorization list (link below) are not permitted to work in our facility unless the Department of Energy issues an export control license to the company to permit that individual to have access to Part 810-controlled information. The following questions are intended to determine the licensing requirements that may apply. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/10/appendix-A_to_part_810