Scheduler

Job Description

Job Description

Summary

The Internal Capacity Scheduler will be responsible for maintaining the schedule for all internal work centers and ensuring that the ERP system be kept up to date and accurate in order to ensure timely production of product to meet promised customer delivery dates.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management may deem necessary from time to time.

• Responsible for generating work orders for the production department.
• Works with engineering to ensure that routers and BOMs generated are accurate.
• Works with senior production scheduler and sales department to ensure accuracy of sales orders being entered.
• Updates the production schedule daily and provides run lists for all work centers.
• Works to maintain a level machine workload. Moves parts between work centers, when possible, to relieve capacity bottlenecks.
• Responsible for maintaining work center run list accuracy and adjusting schedules as necessary to ensure products are being produced in the correct time frame and quantities.
• Works with warehousing and production personnel to correct inventory discrepancies and remake parts if necessary.
• Works with production supervisors to correct possible data entry errors from shop floor production personnel.
• Other projects or duties as directed.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• High School diploma or equivalent required
• 3-5 years scheduling experience in a manufacturing setting preferred
• Familiarity with the Steel industry highly preferred.

Other Skills Proficient in Microsoft Office

• Advanced Excel skills preferred
• Ability to solve problems professionally and independently, in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing priorities and competing deadlines
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong organizational, time management skills
• Attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)

Language Skills

Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to communicate effectively with employees at all levels of the organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instruction furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requires the use of hearing protection and hair restraints when in the plant. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or touch objects, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach above shoulders; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.