Production Control Assistant

Estwing; Rockford (IL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Estwing in Rockford, IL is seeking a Production Control Assistant to expedite materials, parts, and assemblies across manufacturing departments to support on-time delivery.

The role focuses on preparing and maintaining production schedules, monitoring work-order status, updating reports, and ensuring accurate data entry while upholding strong teamwork and communication in a fast-paced office/manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in production control systems or related training.
• Strong mathematical and data entry skills.
• Ability to read and interpret production documents.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain production schedules to support manufacturing priorities and customer delivery requirements.
• Monitor status of work orders using the WIP tracking system and its reports.
• Balance packaging counts daily and check reports.
• Monitor cycle counts and complete daily audits on the floor.
• Assist in revising and standardizing procedures to improve department efficiency.
• Collect data for morning meeting report and prepare production reports.
• Creates labels and assists in data entry.
• Maintains optimum inventory levels to ensure on-time delivery and minimize costs.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Collaboration

Communication

Initiative

Planning and Organizing

Teamwork/Cooperation

Analysis (Problem Identification)

Judgment (Problem Solution)

Education

Two years of experience in production control systems or equivalent training/education

Job description

Description

Hours: 6AM -2:30PM, Monday- Friday

Job Purpose:

To assist in the expediting of material, parts, and assemblies within or between departments of the plant.

Essential Functions:

• Assists in preparing and maintaining production schedules to support manufacturing priorities and customer delivery requirements.
• Monitors status of work orders using the WIP tracking system and its reports.
• Balances packaging counts daily and checks reports.
• Monitor cycle counts and complete daily audits on the floor.
• Assists in revising and standardizing procedures to improve department efficiency.
• Collects data for morning meeting report and prepares production reports.
• Creates labels and assists in data entry.
• Maintains optimum inventory levels, as directed, to ensure on-time delivers to meet customer requirements while helping to minimize carrying costs and premium transportation charges.
• Assists supervisor and foreman with problems with lot sheets and workflow.
• Coordinates with the Purchasing Agent and prepares packing slips for items for outside operations.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education/Experience:

• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in production control systems or equivalent training/education.

Physical:

• Must be able to stand, walk, sit, and use arms/hands to reach, finger, handle or feel, talk and hear for 8 hours or more per day and includes reading, filing and typing/keyboarding.
• Must be able to occasionally lift/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Must have close vision and the ability to adjust focus to work.
• Working conditions are normal for an office environment.

Mental:

• Work requires professional written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Must have the ability to read, comprehend, and interpret written documents.
• Must be able to perform mathematical skills such as: addition, subtractions, multiplication, and division, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; and ability to compute discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, and percentages.
• Must have ability to deal with problems involving multiple abstract and concrete variables in varying situations.
• Requires organizational and quantitative skills.

Technical:

• Knowledge of office practices, procedures, and department rules.
• Basic knowledge of office calculators and computer data entry procedures.

BEHAVIORAL SKILLS

• Analysis (Problem Identification)
• Attention to Detail
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Initiative
• Judgment (Problem Solution)
• Planning and Organizing
• Teamwork/Cooperation