Jr. Scheduler - Production and Operations

Heeter Company; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Heeter Company is seeking a Jr Scheduler, ideal for new graduates eager to start their careers in logistics and production. This hands-on role involves managing job schedules, participating in production meetings, and ensuring effective communication within the operations team. Candidates should be detail-oriented, organized, and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment. This position is onsite in Canonsburg, PA, and only local candidates will be considered.

Qualifications

• Willing to learn systems and operations structure of print industry.
• Able to effectively communicate status updates clearly.

Responsibilities

• Manage scheduling of jobs within all specialties and departments.
• Participate in daily production meetings and run daily reports.
• Maintain the schedule and communicate job statuses.

Skills

Detail oriented

Organized

Computer savvy

Effective communication

Education

Associate Degree in Business

Graphic Arts

Printing

Logistics

Job description

Description

POSITION IDEAL FOR NEW GRAD!

The Jr Scheduler role is the perfect place to start your logistics, operations and production career after graduation and is critical to our fast-paced, client focused production and operations team.

To be successful in this position:

• Ability to work in a fast-paced production environment
• Ability to communicate key details for quick decisions
• Ability to handle a pressure packed sometimes stressful day with confidence
• Ability to be technically proficient with varying software programs
• Ability to learn in a complex, client focused manufacturing environment

Using EPS PrintFlow technology, an ERP solution, this position helps to manage scheduling of jobs within all specialties and departments. This position will help facilitate movement of jobs through production, across four production facilities. Position is hands-on, walking the plant, accounting for product status, verifying with area managers that PrintFlow matches work queues.

- Through regular check-ins with operations teams, determine status updates of job tickets.

- Participate in daily production meetings.

- Run daily reports through PrintFlow system and communicate jobs when jobs are running behind.

- Responsible for the daily maintenance of the schedule, remove cost center tasks that haven’t closed properly and completed jobs from schedule.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will be:

• Willing to learn both systems and operations structure of print industry and apply to problem solving and critical thinking situations,
• Detail oriented and organized
• Computer savvy with the ability to use systems and technology to analyze data, information and reports,
• Willing to be active and on your feet in a busy production environment,
• Able to effectively communicate with internal partners status updates and details in a clear, concise and action-oriented manner.

Education and Experience desired:

- Associate Degree in Business, Graphic Arts, Printing or Logistics or the equivalent experience accepted.

- Experience with scheduling or logistics in a similar environment.

Please note this position is onsite, in-person at our facility in Canonsburg, PA. Only local candidates considered.

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL FUNCTONS:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics 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.

- Activity: Ability to push, pull, lift, or carry up to 10 lbs. Ability to walk up and down stairs.

- Work Environment: Heeter maintains a safe and clean environment.

- Visual Acuity: Ability to read and distinguish small print, depth perception, color perception.