Production Scheduling/Programming

Purpose: Maximize profitability and return on investment, while servicing internal and external customers while making SQPD (Safety, Quality, Productivity, Delivery) the priority.

Essential Job Functions:

- Schedule orders to fulfill workdays for assigned machines.

- Evaluate shop processing dates and make changes as needed to meet delivery date.

- Programming and nesting through the conversion of engineering drawings to single part programs and nests.

- Review open order requirements and combine any like item codes to improve yields.

- Provide shop with Engineering drawings for each job.

- Nesting parts to sheet metal while minimizing scrap and improving profitability.

- Manage the nesting and cad software to get the best productivity and return on investment.

- Inventory control through managing the smartest and optimum utilization of sheet and coil stock.

- Planning material for demand production, allowing for sufficient inventory.

- Schedule expediting by understanding customers’ demands and coordinating the production processes.

- Understanding and verifying all customer requirements, both on prints and on travelers and/or purchase orders.

- Participate in facility continuous improvement initiatives, such as weekly improvement meetings for the shop, RGA (quality improvement) team, and Kaizen/Gemba activities.

- Active participation in the daily Production meeting.

- Set order priorities for the shop to follow and follow up on those requests.

- Evaluate expedite requests and determine best path forward.

- Follow up on those expedite requests until they are shipped while providing updates to sales at each step.

- Evaluate workload changes and throughput to make lead time or capacity adjustment recommendations.

- Respond to emails regularly and in a professional and timely manner.

Additional Job Functions:

- Back-up other Scheduling and/or Operations personnel as required.

- Audit aspects of the warehouse.

- Works closely with shop personnel to improve shop operations.

- Work closely with sales, QA, and Product Management to ensure smooth processing of all assigned orders.

Skills:

- CAD/CAM: SigmaNEST, KEYCREATOR

- Accufit

- Microsoft Office Suite including programs such as Excel, Word, and Outlook

- Project management

- Production Planning

- Problem solving

- Detail oriented

- Read and understand drawings/blue prints

- Service oriented

- Good and timely communication

Pay: $1.00 - $2.00 per year

Benefits:

- 401(k)

- 401(k) matching

- Dental insurance

- Health insurance

- Life insurance

- Paid time off

- Referral program

- Retirement plan

- Tuition reimbursement

- Vision insurance

Work Location: In person