Production Scheduler

About the role

Join a Team That Keeps the World Moving! What if your work helped connect North American hardwood products with customers around the world?! Northwest Hardwoods is a leading manufacturer of hardwood lumber in North America and a fully integrated global supplier serving the furniture, cabinet, molding, and millwork industries. Our plant team brings together the sawmill operations, production, grading, kiln drying, surfacing, packaging, and quality control to transform hardwood logs into high-quality lumber products for customers around the world. As part of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to make a visible contribution to a global operation. At Northwest Hardwoods (NWH), you’ll play an important role in keeping our global supply chain moving. This role focuses on translating incoming customer orders into efficient schedules, processing, order staging, and distribution. As a Production Scheduler, you’ll work closely with the lumber yard team to keep daily operations running smoothly, and coordinate workflow. You’ll help guide team members, maintain a safe and productive work environment, and keep operations on track to meet daily goals and customer needs.

Responsibilities

Why This Role Matters: This position is all about teamwork, safety, and attention to detail. As a Production Scheduler, you will play a pivotal role in driving the operational efficiency of our products and distribution. In this role, you will analyze real-time inventory to build, maintain, and balance daily production schedules for our processing and lines. You will serve as the primary communication hub keeping daily lumber yard operations and the team on track, maintain quality standards, and promote a safe and productive work environment to help ensure we continue delivering high-quality lumber to our customers around the world.

• Receive and review incoming sales orders from the logistics team.
• Track each job's lifecycle from initial entry through processing, staging, and final shipment confirmation.
• Re-sequence schedules dynamically to accommodate rush orders, machine downtime, or changing delivery deadlines.
• Monitor raw material stock levels (dimensional lumber, sheets, and specialty wood species) to ensure sufficient supply before scheduling production runs.
• Assist with routine inventory audits, cycle counts, and reconciliations to maintain an accurate database.
• Update the yard's ERP system in real-time to reflect completed work.
• Deliver daily production schedules and job specifications directly to the floor team.
• Provide clear, explicit instructions on job sequencing, ensuring the floor crew knows exactly which order to run next and why.
• Work on production floor as needed - approximately 10% of time.

Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age
• Basic Excel knowledge (data input)
• Tech Savvy - Knowledgeable with Microsoft Office (Teams, Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Lumber Yard/Sawmill experience
• Experience with Lumber Track preferred, not required

Qualifications

• A natural leader with a strong work ethic, positive attitude, and team-oriented mindset.
• Experienced in guiding, supporting, and motivating team members to keep daily lumber yard operations running smoothly.
• A strong communicator who can clearly communicate expectations, provide direction, and work effectively with team members and supervisors.
• Comfortable in a hands-on, physically active role and enjoy staying on the move throughout the day.
• Detail-oriented, organized, and able to follow established procedures, maintain quality standards, and keep workflow on track.
• Dependable and reliable, with a strong attendance record and a commitment to being someone the team