Manufacturing Planning & Scheduling Manager

About the Role

US Bellows, a division of Piping Technology & Products, is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Planning & Scheduling Manager to transform our manufacturing planning and scheduling processes. This hands-on, shop floor role involves building a reliable scheduling system, working directly with manufacturing teams, and developing scalable processes to support our continued growth.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate, select, and implement finite-capacity scheduling software.
• Establish a realistic master production schedule considering labor, equipment, materials, and manufacturing constraints.
• Improve accuracy of production completion forecasts and customer delivery commitments.
• Develop clear visibility into capacity, bottlenecks, and work-in-progress.
• Build scheduling processes that accommodate changing priorities and business growth.
• Spend at least 50% of time on the shop floor, engaging daily with production operations.
• Work closely with supervisors, welders, fabricators, engineering, purchasing, and other teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and address scheduling conflicts, delays, and capacity constraints.
• Develop systems and processes to support higher production volumes.
• Identify operational bottlenecks and recommend improvements.
• Establish KPIs for schedule adherence, on-time delivery, capacity utilization, and throughput.
• Partner with the technology team to integrate scheduling software with ERP and other systems.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant manufacturing experience, preferably with production planning or scheduling responsibility.
• Experience selecting and implementing finite-capacity scheduling software in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in engineer-to-order, high-mix/low-volume, or similarly complex manufacturing operations.
• Demonstrated success improving manufacturing systems during periods of significant growth.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing capacity, resource constraints, routings, bottlenecks, and workflows.
• Willingness to spend substantial time on the shop floor daily.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in custom metal fabrication, welding, or industrial equipment manufacturing.
• Experience with advanced planning and scheduling (APS) systems.
• Experience integrating scheduling tools with ERP systems, including Acumatica.
• Project management experience, particularly in manufacturing systems implementations.
• Familiarity with lean manufacturing, Theory of Constraints, or continuous improvement.

What Success Looks Like

During your first year, you’ll help achieve:

• A reliable, capacity-constrained production schedule.
• Successful implementation of finite-capacity scheduling software.
• More accurate and dependable customer delivery commitments.
• Clear visibility into manufacturing capacity and bottlenecks.
• Better coordination between production, engineering, purchasing, and sales.
• A scalable planning and scheduling process supporting continued rapid growth.

Reports to: US Bellows Operations Manager
Location: Houston, Texas — 100% On-Site