Operations Coordinator

Job Title: Operations Coordinator

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Group: Regular – Full Time

Department: Operational Support

Location: Houston, TX

About Cooper Machinery Services:

Cooper Machinery Services provides natural gas compression equipment and services to customers globally in the Oil & Gas, Power, Transportation, and Marine sectors. With a proud heritage dating back to 1833, Cooper Machinery Services is the OEM for legendary product lines including Cooper-Bessemer™, Ajax™, Superior™, Gemini, TSI, CSI, Enterprise, and Joy. Headquartered in Houston, TX, but with commercial and services hubs around the world, Cooper Machinery Services provides world-class services to more than 22,000 units in its installed base.

Our strength is our people. Each employee plays an integral role in our success and growth. With a commitment to our vision that strong relationships drive strong results and better business, our people make Cooper Machinery Services legendary.

Job Overview:

In this role the Operations Coordinator provides effective and responsive production planning services to support business leaders in day-to-day business operations and activities. This position supports all departments in the Houston, TX facility, reporting to the Sr. Operations Manager.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Coordinates and plans production schedules and inventory based on demand and sales forecasts.

- Review and modification of production bill of materials, including assigning detailed values for each component within.

- Reviews and prioritizes production planning based on delivery dates, inventory and machine usage/availability.

- Performs daily evaluation of production schedule and coordinates with each department to meet schedules.

- Understands and ensures material requirements for production and cycle counts as required.

- Monitors open and closed job performance completion on time, within budget, and prepares reporting to show any variances.

- Assists in the calculation and establishment of the daily production staff needs with operations management.

- Provides reporting as required to determine priority of schedules.

- Determines manufacturing or procurement issues and works with each discipline to resolve.

- Engage with subject matter experts to learn detail of equipment and services provided by company.

- The planner is responsible for maintaining accurate production schedules based on feedback from the downstream production team the upstream supply chain.

- Must communicate scheduling needs and changes between those parties

- Creating requisitions and POs for job service orders and shop supplies

- Breakdown of blueprints for materials for service orders

- Create service orders and quotes

- Tracking of vendor invoices and payments

- Overseeing Hazardous and non-Hazardous waste

- Invoicing customer for payment

- SAP experience

Required Skills and Experience

- High school diploma/GED equivalent required.

- Associate’s degree from an accredited university or college preferred.

- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in operations planning and support.

- Knowledge of general office management and current computer/office communications. Technologies: expert in PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Outlook SAP experience required.

- Effective time management and organizational skills; able to balance multiple priorities.

- Must be able to lift at least 40 pounds physically able to perform labour to put items on the shelf for storage or pickup parts from vendors.

Desired Characteristics

- Strong oral and written communication skills.

- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.

- Ability to work independently.

- Strong problem-solving skills

Summary: Join our dynamic and innovative team at Cooper Machinery Services where we value our employees by offering competitive benefits and a supportive work environment.

Benefits/Health and Wellness:

- All benefits effective on first day of employment

- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance

- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health support

- Tuition Reimbursement up to lifetime maximum of $50,000

- 401(k) match up to 5%. Employees are 100% vested in the 401(K) on Day 1.

- Company Paid Basic Life, Basic Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Short Term and Long-Term disability.

- Maternity and Parental leave benefits

- Arc Fertility Benefits

- Wellness Programs

- Onsite Fitness Gym at the Houston, TX headquarters

Cooper Machinery Services is an equal opportunity employer and gives all qualified applicants consideration of employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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