Job Description

To ensure that the production floor has the proper material, paperwork, and manning plan to meet the master production schedule.

** Duties & Responsibilities**

• Schedules and plans work to ensure that required material is available when needed
• Checks in-process inventory to schedule machinery and alters as necessary
• Reviews daily production to analyze progress and take corrective action as needed to meet customer requirements and remain cost-effective
• Works as part of a team and confers with Value Stream Managers to determine the status of assigned projects
• Coordinates wire substitutions with the Quality Department
• Participates in manufacturing meetings with relevant management personnel to identify and resolve current plant issues
• Maintains, changes, and updates information required in the ERP system (enterprise resource planning) about production
• Advises supervisors and management of machine manning requirements to meet delivery goals
• Keeps supervisors and other management personnel informed of all schedule changes on their area
• Communicates with plant personnel and reviews manufacturing processes to improve efficiency, quality, and cost
• Coordinates changes in scheduled production with other departments to ensure changes are made correctly
• Consistently works scheduled onsite shift with regular attendance and punctuality; availability for on-call duties as needed

The Production Scheduler must exhibit the behaviors of the WireCo Business System (WBS):

• Teamwork - welcomes an environment of inclusiveness and healthy debate that reflects our team’s strength
• Accountable – celebrates our successes, learn from failures, avoid excuses, and own the outcomes of our efforts
• Self-Aware – demonstrates an understanding of our strengths and needs, considering how our actions impact others
• Noble Intent – acts in the interests of others, approaching our work with integrity to ensure the best outcome
• Determined – takes initiative, share ideas and find solutions to win and achieve our goals
• Transparent – promotes open and honest communication and constructive feedback for clarity and truth
• Curious – seeks knowledge and outside input to test our way of thinking, challenging the status quo

** Supervisory Responsibility**

• None

** Required Qualifications**

• High school diploma or GED
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs/projects
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs
• Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative
• Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office applications, including Excel and Word

Qualifications

** Preferred Qualifications**

• 1+ year(s) of manufacturing and/or rope manufacturing process experience
• Established project management skills
• Experience with ERP systems, JD Edwards preferred
• Experience in areas related to machine limitations, lead times, ERP systems, production, and planning and scheduling functions based on both efficiency and labor.
• Experience with Kanban ordering system, FIFO, and Value Stream Mapping

** Physical Requirements & Working Conditions**

• Combination office/production floor environment.
• Pushing/pulling, lifting up to 10 lbs.

Additional Information

Materials and Equipment Directly Used

• Personal protective equipment, including safety glasses, hearing protection, gloves, and steel-toed safety shoes
• Strand and Wire rope of various diameters and lengths, on reels or in coils, empty or unassembled reels, paper lagging strips, tags, seizing wire, blocking, thimbles.
• Rewinding machines, stanchions, shafts, collars, bushings, rope cutters, measuring devices, fork trucks, banding equipment, welders, and various hand tools.

Eligibility

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
• An applicant must complete a satisfactory background check post-offer of employment. A criminal conviction will not be an automatic bar to employment.
• Must be willing and able to pass a post-offer drug screen and physical (if required)
• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disability