Manufacturing Equipment Programmer

WENGER CORPORATION; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 33,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

9 Paid Holidays

Generous Profit Sharing

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

Spending Accounts - HSA, FSA, DCFSA

Company Paid Short-term and Long-term

Disability Insurance

401k Retirement Plan with CompanyMatch

Company Paid Life Insurance

Supplemental Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Safety Shoe and Safety Glasses Reimb

Job summary

Wenger Corporation in San Antonio, TX is seeking a Manufacturing Equipment Programmer to program production laser equipment, manage production documents, and coordinate ERP-driven workflows. The role emphasizes accurate job prep, scheduling, and execution to meet quality and productivity targets.

Responsibilities include printing travelers, distributing packets, resolving labor and inventory issues, expediting critical jobs, and supporting material handling.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Ability to interact with employees and train others is required.
• Microsoft Office experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Print travelers and drawings using the ERP system.
• Assemble and distribute traveler packets to resource groups.
• Troubleshoot labor transactions and resolve errors and negative inventory balances.
• Monitor work queues to address late jobs and balance workloads.
• Set up department transactions and expedite jobs to ensure timely execution.
• Assist in material handling to keep laser with parts and running.
• Identify and aggregate raw materials to reduce changeovers.
• Cross-train to support fabrication and operations.

Skills

English proficiency

Training ability

Safety awareness

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

ERP software

CAD

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Details: Job Location: San Antonio Office - San Antonio, TX 78251, Position Type: Full Time, Salary Range: $24.00 - $28.00 Hourly, Travel Percentage: None, Job Shift: Monday - Friday, 6:00am - 2:30pm,

Wenger Corporation | Texas Scenic is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Manufacturing Equipment Programmer to join our manufacturing team in San Antonio, Texas.

In this role, you will support production operations by programming manufacturing equipment, managing production documentation, coordinating workflow through the ERP system, and helping optimize material utilization and equipment efficiency. Working closely with production, planning, and operations teams, you will play a key role in ensuring jobs are accurately prepared, scheduled, and executed to meet quality, delivery, and productivity goals.

As a Manufacturing Equipment Programmer you will be responsible for printing, organizing, and distributing paperwork and prints to our teams in our fabrication departments. In addition, this team member will support resolution of challenges with timing, flow of material, and balancing work through fabrication areas.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Utilize ERP system to print travelers and drawings
• Assemble and distribute traveler packets to appropriate resource groups
• Troubleshooting / root cause analysis of labor transactions; resolve transaction errors and negative inventory balances
• Assist area leads in monitoring work queues to ensure late jobs are addressed in a timely manner
• Resolving jobs that are short or over ran, communicating with planner and / or manager if needed
• Process set-up transactions for the department
• Address and support jobs that require expediting to ensure timely execution
• Assist in material handling when required to enure the laser is stocked with parts and continues to run
• Assess and support optimization of raw materials and sheet sizes
• Utilize ERP tools to identify parts that may be aggregated within a predetermined window
• Aggregate demand for raw material to reduce changeovers
• Cross train to learn fabrication roles and occasionally fill in to support operations
• Program parts and runs for the production laser equipment
• English proficiency is required for this manufacturing position to ensure safety compliance and fulfillment of operational needs. The candidate must be able to speak, read and understand English in order to follow equipment instructions, understand safety protocols and respond to emergency situations. Strong English skills are also necessary for communicating with team members, supervisors, and other departments to ensure smooth production processes and to maintain quality standards.
• While performing the functions of the job, the team member is continuously required to sit, stand, walk, talk, and hear. The team member is occasionally required to kneel, crouch, squat, bend, twist/turn, and climb ladder/stairs. The team member is continuously required to use hands and fingers to feel, handle or operate machines, equipment, tools or controls. Team member is continuously required to reach with hands and arms. The functions of the job include occasionally viewing a computer monitor and repetitive motion activities on the keyboard. The team member may continuously be required to lift, move, push/pull up to and over 50 pounds. Vision requirements include close vision, dept perception, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.

At minimum, you'll need:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Ability to interact with employees and train
• Microsoft Office experience

It'd be great, if you also have:

• Post high school or technical training is beneficial
• 2-3 years metal or wood fabrication experience
• CAD experience
• Knowledge of the ERP software and its functionality
• Metal or wood fabrication experience

Benefit offerings include:

• Paid Time Off
• 9 Paid Holidays
• Generous Profit Sharing
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Spending Accounts - HSA, FSA, DCFSA
• Company Paid Short-term and Long-term Disability Insurance
• 401k Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Safety Shoe and Safety Glasses Reimbursement

*This information reflects the anticipated compensation range for this position based on current market data. Actual minimum and maximum may vary depending on location. Individual pay is determined by skills, experience, and other relevant factors.

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