Production Expeditor & Scheduler — High‑Mix Ops

Rubbercraft; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 53,065,000 - 64,472,000; Full time

Job summary

Rubbercraft in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Production Expeditor/Scheduler 1 to lead planning, scheduling, and coordination of new product introductions and production activities. This role works with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Sales, and Quality to meet customer commitments while balancing capacity and inventory.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in production scheduling in manufacturing, preferably aerospace, and thrives in a high-mix, low-volume environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in production scheduling, planning, materials, manufacturing, or supply chain within a manufacturing environment.
• Aerospace manufacturing experience strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting high-mix, low-volume manufacturing operations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed production schedules for manufacturing cells, work centers, and presses.
• Coordinate scheduling and planning activities for new product introductions from engineering through production.
• Track and manage 100–150 active jobs simultaneously, ensuring customer delivery commitments are achieved.
• Monitor production progress and proactively communicate schedule risks, delays, and recovery plans to leadership.
• Identify production capacity constraints and recommend solutions to improve throughput and delivery performance.
• Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Purchasing, Project Management, and Supply Chain to ensure materials, tooling, and resources are available to support production schedules.
• Review bills of material, engineering drawings, and customer specifications to determine material requirements and issue production orders.
• Expedite jobs and coordinate priorities to support customer requirements and inventory objectives.
• Participate in customer and internal new product review meetings as needed.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives that enhance planning accuracy, scheduling efficiency, and overall customer satisfaction.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Production scheduling

Cross-functional collaboration

MS Excel

ERP/MRP systems

Microsoft Project

Problem solving

Communication

APICS CPIM/CPSM

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Microsoft Project

Great Plains

Job description

Rubbercraft in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Production Expeditor/Scheduler 1 to lead planning, scheduling, and coordination of new product introductions and production activities. This role works with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Sales, and Quality to meet customer commitments while balancing capacity and inventory.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in production scheduling in manufacturing, preferably aerospace, and thrives in a high-mix, low-volume environment.