Production Scheduler at Maxcess in Oklahoma City, OK

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:

• 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

Minimum Qualifications

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

Other Candidate Qualifications:

• 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)

Physical Requirements

• 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

 

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