Production Scheduler II - Controls

About the role

This position ensures the timely delivery of products to customers by creating and managing robust production schedules across multiple production lines. The role supports Production, Sales, Planning, and Leadership by providing accurate production dates and generating reports to monitor capacity constraints.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain detailed production schedules based on customer orders, available capacity, and material availability.
• Collaborate closely with sales, planning, production, engineering, and other department staff and teams to ensure a smooth production workflow and proactively address any issues.
• Ensure that required materials and supplies are available in a timely manner to meet production demands.
• Quick responses to production issues.
• Identify and resolve scheduling issues, including material shortages, capacity constraints, and equipment malfunctions, to minimize production disruptions.
• Monitor and track production progress, analyze scheduling and capacity data, and provide performance reports to leadership.
• Communicate schedule changes, updates, and potential risks to all relevant stakeholders to ensure alignment and timely decision-making.
• Cookbook management as assigned.
• Support internal customer service.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Associate degree in management preferred.
• APICS (formerly known as American Production and Inventory Control Society) CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management) certification preferred.
• Experience with MRP (Material Requirements Planning) systems preferred.
• Good written and verbal communication skills required.
• Knowledge of production processes and manufacturing methods is required.
• Excellent organizational skills are required.
• Intermediate level experience with Microsoft Word.
• Intermediate level experience with Microsoft Excel: skills at this level include the ability to proficiently work with multi-sheet workbooks, basic formulas, and creating charts.

Skills

• Sound judgement and follow through in problem solving and decision making processes.
• Ability to use sound judgement and follow through in problem solving and decision making processes.
• Must be willing and able to travel.
• Must be able to comply with current travel regulations and guidelines of airlines and destination locations.
• Must be able to meet and maintain Orenco's approved driver criteria; a valid driver's license, satisfactory driving record, current insurance on personal vehicle, and meet company insurability requirements.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

Not specified.