Master Scheduler

Vacuum Process Engineering, Inc.; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Vacuum Process Engineering, Inc. seeks a Scheduler to fully implement the transition of an ERP system and support ERP engagement processes and production reporting.

You will collaborate with Sales, Production, and Quality to ensure materials readiness and on-time delivery for assigned jobs, while maintaining WIP schedules and resource demands. This role requires strong scheduling, data-mining, and ERP tools proficiency, with the ability to communicate schedule changes and risks across

Qualifications

• AA degree in Business or related field; 2–5 years scheduling experience.
• Manufacturing experience preferred; minimum five years in scheduling.
• Minimum eight years’ scheduling experience in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Identify and report material and capacity conflicts with respect to availability and order-promising integrity.
• Maintain ERP schedules; detect bottlenecks and early schedule risks.
• Schedule raw materials, components, and services to meet demand and release dates.
• Plan, schedule, and release Production WIP travelers per time and resource constraints.
• Provide delivery dates to support sales, order acknowledgements and project start-up.

Skills

Scheduling

ERP knowledge

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

AA degree in Business

Tools

ERP software

Spreadsheet software

Word Processing software

Job description

Develop and fully implement transition of ERP system. Collaborate with key members to support the implementation of the ERP system including producing ERP engagement processes and procedures. Collaborate with scheduling to tune the desired ERP output reports. Data mine and maintain spreadsheets as appropriate for those areas where standard ERP reports are insufficient. Collaborate with project managers to make certain that all materials are ready for production on assigned jobs per schedule information. Provide resource demands for Production work centers.

Pay Range:

90-120k

Essential Functions:

• Identifies and reports conflicts with respect to material and capacity availability and order-promising integrity
• Daily status department schedule demands against commitments and milestones, Maintain current ERP system schedules with identified bottlenecks. Early detection.
• Schedules for raw materials, component purchases, and services according to demand and scheduled product release dates.
• Plans, schedules, and releases Production WIP travelers according to time allocations and available resources.
• Provides deliveries dates to support sales, order acknowledgement, and project start-up according to current workload within the defined lead time and signals over allocated work centers.
• Fosters reports and clear communication between Sales, Production, and Quality Departments to maintain work center, production and delivery milestones.
• Works with sales and operations to provide timely feedback regarding all schedule change requests so as to impact schedule risk on existing commitments.
• Establishes a working line of communication with all company functions
• Reviews, identifies, and resolves material shortages and notifies the party responsible.

Other Functions

• Updates WIP schedules due to Engineering, supplier, customer changes, resource, and out of scope inputs.
• Provides project status to Business Development and customers as appropriate.
• Collaborates with project stakeholders to mitigate and minimize disruptions to schedule demand.

OTHER DUTIES

Other Duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None

Education and/or Experience: AA

degree from two-year college or university with a major in Business or related field and two to five years related experience as Scheduler.

Language Skills:

Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of ERP software; Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

Current Driver’s License

Desired Requirements:

Minimum five years’ experience working in Manufacturing

Minimum eight years’ experience in scheduling

Understanding dynamics of low volume, high mix Manufacturing

About us

VPE Thermal is a world-renowned leader in compact heat exchanger design and manufacturing. Our company serves a wide range of industries with commercial products including power generation, chemical processing, oil/gas, nuclear and renewable energy with state-of-the-art heat exchangers. In addition to commercial products, we maintain a strong culture of internal R&D with exciting projects using cutting edge manufacturing technology and design/analysis tools to invent the heat exchangers of tomorrow.