What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Planning and schedulling position at Baker Hughes?
Do you enjoy balancing customer demand, manufacturing capacity, and material availability to ensure on-time delivery?
Are you passionate about driving production efficiency through planning, scheduling, and cross-functional collaboration?
Join our Team!
Baker Hughes is recognized as a global energy technology company serving the energy and industrial sectors across more than 120 countries. Our Operations and Supply Chain teams are ensuring that customer requirements are translated into executable production plans that support operational excellence, manufacturing efficiency, and delivery performance.
Partnering with the best
As a Production Planner / Scheduler, you are developing and maintaining production schedules based on customer demand, material availability, manufacturing capacity, inventory levels, and lead-time commitments. You are partnering with Sales, Customer Service, Engineering, Purchasing, and Operations teams to establish production priorities, identify constraints, and protect customer delivery commitments. You are driving schedule execution, mitigating risks, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations.
As a Production Planner / Scheduler, you are responsible for:
To be successful in this role you will:
We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:
Working with us
Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.
Working for you
Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we must push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:
You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans.
This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.
The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Manufacturing Experienced Professional - Production Planning & Scheduling
About Us:
We are an energy technology company that provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet.
Join Us:
Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company that values innovation and progress? Join us and become part of a team of people who will challenge and inspire you! Let’s come together and take energy forward.
Baker Hughes Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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Are you passionate about driving production efficiency through planning, scheduling, and cross-functional collaboration?
Join our Team!
Baker Hughes is recognized as a global energy technology company serving the energy and industrial sectors across more than 120 countries. Our Operations and Supply Chain teams are ensuring that customer requirements are translated into executable production plans that support operational excellence, manufacturing efficiency, and delivery performance.
Partnering with the best
As a Production Planner / Scheduler, you are developing and maintaining production schedules based on customer demand, material availability, manufacturing capacity, inventory levels, and lead-time commitments. You are partnering with Sales, Customer Service, Engineering, Purchasing, and Operations teams to establish production priorities, identify constraints, and protect customer delivery commitments. You are driving schedule execution, mitigating risks, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations.
As a Production Planner / Scheduler, you are responsible for:
- Developing daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules by department and work cell.
- Converting customer orders and SIOP forecasts into executable production plans.
- Creating, reviewing, and releasing production work orders and supporting documentation.
- Monitoring production progress, work-in-process inventory, and schedule adherence.
- Identifying material shortages, capacity constraints, and potential delivery risks.
- Adjusting and expediting schedules when customer priorities or operating conditions change.
- Communicating production status, constraints, and delivery risks to management and commercial teams.
- Coordinating with Purchasing to align material availability and supplier delivery dates with production requirements.
- Working closely with Engineering to validate bills of material, routings, drawings, and special-order requirements.
- Maintaining accurate planning parameters and production data within ERP systems.
- Supporting cycle counts and investigating inventory discrepancies through root-cause analysis.
- Preparing reports related to backlog, capacity utilization, schedule performance, inventory health, and delivery risk.
- Supporting Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Performing additional duties as assigned to support business objectives.
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have a bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business, Operations, Industrial Distribution, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
- Have five or more years of experience in production planning, scheduling, materials management, or buyer/planner roles within an industrial manufacturing environment.
- Have strong ERP/MRP system experience.
- Have advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Have experience analyzing demand, capacity, inventory, material requirements, and lead times.
- Have the ability to understand bills of material, routings, work orders, and engineering drawings.
- Have strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Have the ability to manage changing priorities and make timely decisions.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
- Have knowledge of machining, welding, fabrication, and assembly processes.
- Have experience working in a high-mix, low-volume or engineer-to-order manufacturing environment.
- Have experience supporting SIOP (Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning) processes.
- Have experience using SAP or similar manufacturing ERP systems.
- Have experience within aerospace, defense, or other regulated manufacturing industries.
We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:
Working with us
Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.
Working for you
Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we must push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:
- Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
- Comprehensive private medical care options
- Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
- Tailored financial programs Education Assistance
- Generous Parental Leave
- Mental Health resources
- Dependent Care
- Additional elected or voluntary benefit
You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans.
This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.
The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Manufacturing Experienced Professional - Production Planning & Scheduling
About Us:
We are an energy technology company that provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet.
Join Us:
Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company that values innovation and progress? Join us and become part of a team of people who will challenge and inspire you! Let’s come together and take energy forward.
Baker Hughes Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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