Manufacturing Production Planner/Scheduler II

Southern Company; High Point (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

PowerSecure seeks a Production Scheduler to plan and maintain the Shop Floor Schedule (SFS), coordinating with Master Scheduler, Manufacturing Engineering, Purchasing, and Material Analysts to balance capacity and meet the Original Customer Promise.

The role emphasizes accuracy, timely communications with floor supervisors and managers, and proactive problem solving to keep shipments on schedule and optimize plant loading.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 3–5 years of planning experience preferred.
• APICS CPIM certification preferred or willing to obtain.
• Highly organized, open-minded & motivated self-starter.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Shop Floor Schedule (SFS) to achieve 90%+ on-time shipment to OCP.
• Drive high accuracy into the SFS for a rolling 4-week period.
• Develop SFS timing and sequencing based on inputs like MPS, material availability, labor capacity, and priority.
• Maintain view of plant demand/loading by Work Center in IFS.
• Monitor workflow to ensure on-time delivery while reducing downtime and changeovers.
• Coordinate with Work Center leads and Manufacturing Engineering to reflect accurate hours in routings.
• Develop processes to improve scheduling efficiency and load balancing.
• Provide required paperwork to complete scheduled work (Kitting).
• Identify and deliver revisions to Bill of Materials impacting manufacturing.
• Communicate proactively to adjust schedules for under/overloads to maintain on-time performance.
• Maintain KPIs for Shop Order and Shop Operation on-time completion.

Skills

Planning

APICS CPIM

Communication skills

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

IFS Scheduling System

Job description

Description

Job Summary:
This individual will be responsible for planning, organizing, and maintaining the Shop Floor Schedule. The SFS is a planned production assembly schedule, in weekly capacity-constrained sections, that is derived from the Master Production Schedule. The goals of the Production Scheduler are production efficiency, velocity, and on-time completion of Shop Operations and Shop Orders to Original Customer Promise. The Production Scheduler works together with the Master Scheduler to ensure plant loading that results from the SFS neither under or overloads available capacity. The Production Scheduler also works together with Manufacturing Engineering, Purchasing, and Material Analysts to ensure plant loading from the SFS takes into consideration material availability.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• 3-5 years of planning experience preferred
• APICS – CPIM certification is preferred or willing to obtain
• Individual must be a highly-organized, open-minded & motivated self-starter.
• A high level of communication skills (verbal & written) is required.
• A “hands-on” approach to monitoring production processes versus the SFS is required – including frequent interactions with floor-level supervisors, production managers, materials analysts, buyers, and senior management.
• A proactive problem solving methodology – acting as a catalyst for bringing to right team members together to resolve issues that create risk of shipment to OCP, before results are missed.
• Ability to report findings and KPI’s to Production Control Manager.
  

Job Duties And Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Shop Floor Schedule (SFS), with the goal of achieving 90%+ on-time shipment to OCP.
• Drive high accuracy into the SFS for a rolling 4-week time period, to ensure plant capacity is effectively utilized to meet aggressive business growth goals.
• Develop an SFS that specifies the timing and sequence of shop operations and shop orders based on multiple inputs – Master Production Schedule (MPS), material availability, labor capacity, and project priority.
• Develop and maintain (in IFS) a clear view of plant demand/loading by Work Center (based on current scheduled SO loading and hours in routings).
• Monitor workflow and plant production areas to ensure on time delivery while reducing downtime, changeovers and hours worked.
• Setup and maintain a strong communication system with Work Center leads and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure hours in routings accurately reflect the time needed to do the work. Identify areas where estimates and actual hours differ, and coordinate with Manufacturing Engineering to update templates to ensure future accuracy.
• Develop work process/procedure to utilize current IFS functionality to improve the accuracy and efficiency of scheduling new work and balancing Work Center loading. Load new SO's based on open capacity.
• Supply work bills and other paperwork required to complete the scheduled work (Kitting)
• Identify, own, and deliver revisions made to Bill of Material that impact manufacturing.
• Proactive communication in the event of under or over load situations to enable adjustments in shop operation/order schedules to ensure on-time performance is maintained for business-critical projects.
• Maintain KPI's for Shop Order and Shop Operation on-time completion to (original) schedule.
• Additional responsibilities and objectives will be added as needed based on business and area of needs.
  

Physical Demands And Work Environment

• Must be able to work in an office environment with a lot of sitting
• Must be able to tolerate a full day of computer screen viewing
• Some walking will be required to browse production on the shop floor
• Professional office environment
• General manufacturing environment
  

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Management reserves the right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time, based on business needs.

PowerSecure is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.

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