What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Scheduler position at Maxcess?
Primary Responsibility:
Production Scheduler will analyze, process, and monitor incoming sales orders, review job suggestions, schedule and release production jobs to meet customer demands and translate them into a technical packet of information for processing through manufacturing.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Education/Experience:
Maxcess is an equal employment opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, disability, age, pregnancy, national origin, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are committed to diversity and inclusion, and all qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.
Production Scheduler will analyze, process, and monitor incoming sales orders, review job suggestions, schedule and release production jobs to meet customer demands and translate them into a technical packet of information for processing through manufacturing.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Analyze routings to ensure the system reflects actual production processes and identify critical and special characteristics required to facilitate manufacturing efforts
- Pre-screen manufactured non-stock orders once completed and processed by Engineering to determine components availability ahead of production scheduling
- Review and process MRP-generated job suggestions and schedule labor and machine capacity to maximize efficiency and production throughput to meet customer needs and company objectives.
- Work with Production leadership to review and prioritize load group schedules
- Generate and assemble job packets for those components produced in-house
- Facilitate or lead a “production meeting” where the latest status of orders is input into system dashboards
- Process technical manuals
Education/Experience:
- Minimum 1-2 years of production environment experience required
- Proficiency with standard scheduling software and productivity suites (Epicor, etc.)
- Experience using ERP systems and Microsoft Office
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks
- Ability to create and understand reports to make production decisions
- Willing to work in a variety of environments, including the office and production floor
- Basic knowledge of problem-solving skills and critical thinking (this function will be solving non-normal situations every day)
- Position located in Oklahoma City, OK
- Sit/stand/walk 8-10 hours a day
- Able to wear personal protective equipment (if entering designated manufacturing areas)-safety shoes, safety glasses, hearing protection, etc
- Reaches by extending hand(s) or arm(s) in any direction
- Required ability to use finger and hand dexterity to manipulate objects and lift 25 pounds
- Vision ability within normal parameters
- Hearing within normal range
- Coordination to step over and maneuver around obstacles
Maxcess is an equal employment opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, disability, age, pregnancy, national origin, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are committed to diversity and inclusion, and all qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.