Lead Production Scheduler — Own the Master Plan

Drake Trailers; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Drake Group is seeking an experienced Production Scheduler to own the master production schedule for our Wacol operations, coordinating Sales, Engineering, Procurement and production to translate orders into a feasible plan.

You will schedule trailer builds, balance labour, materials and capacity, track progress and report delivery risks to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery for our customers.

Qualifications

• Experience in production planning or scheduling within heavy industrial manufacturing.
• Experience developing and managing capacity-based production schedules.
• Strong labour and resource planning across multiple work centres.
• Experience establishing budget hours and analysing actual-versus-budget performance.
• Ability to identify scheduling, labour and material constraints before they affect production.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and organisational skills.
• Clear written and verbal communication with the ability to challenge dates and priorities.
• Experience using production planning, scheduling and ERP systems (Monday, Pronto or SAP).
• Trade background or understanding of trailer/heavy vehicle fabrication is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the master production schedule for all new trailer builds.
• Allocate confirmed orders to production slots based on customer requirements, capacity and material availability.
• Provide Sales with realistic build-slot and delivery-date information.
• Develop weekly and monthly labour plans across production areas.
• Balance workloads to maximise labour utilisation and minimise bottlenecks or downtime.
• Identify future capacity constraints and propose practical solutions (overtime, labour hire, recruitment or rescheduling).
• Establish and maintain budgeted labour hours for trailer models, options and production areas.
• Track actual hours against budget and investigate significant variances.
• Communicate schedule changes and delivery risks promptly.
• Coordinate completion, pre-delivery and dispatch with Sales and Production.
• Drive continuous improvement in planning and scheduling systems.

Skills

Production scheduling

Capacity planning

Labour planning

ERP systems

Cross-functional coordination

Analytical skills

Communication

Monday

Pronto

SAP

Education

Certificate IV/ Diploma in Production Planning

Tools

Monday

Pronto

SAP

Job description

The Drake Group is seeking an experienced Production Scheduler to own the master production schedule for our Wacol operations, coordinating Sales, Engineering, Procurement and production to translate orders into a feasible plan.

You will schedule trailer builds, balance labour, materials and capacity, track progress and report delivery risks to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery for our customers.