Production Scheduler

Senneca Holdings; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Company-paid life insurance

Short-/long-term disability

FSA/HSA

3 weeks PTO

Parental leave

9 paid holidays

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Senneca Holdings in Salt Lake City, UT, is seeking a Production Scheduler to translate the Master Production Schedule into actionable daily and weekly production plans. Reporting to the Master Scheduler, you will coordinate sequencing, material readiness, capacity constraints, and schedule execution to support on-time delivery.

You will monitor performance, maintain ERP/MRP data, identify constraints, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure schedule adherence and operational

Qualifications

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, or related field preferred.
• Minimum 2 years in production scheduling/planning in manufacturing.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems and Lean/Six Sigma preferred.
• Strong Excel skills: PivotTables, XLOOKUP, VLOOKUP, conditional formatting.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Translate the Master Production Schedule into detailed daily and weekly manufacturing schedules.
• Review, release, sequence, and maintain work orders per Master Scheduler priorities.
• Verify material readiness and escalate shortages that affect production.
• Monitor daily execution and identify jobs at risk of missed dates.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, procurement, logistics, engineering, quality, and sales.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Organizational skills

Communication

Prioritization

ERP/MRP knowledge

Education

Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, or a related field preferred.

Tools

ERP/MRP software

Excel

Job description

Overview

Position Summary

The Production Scheduler is responsible for translating the Master Production Schedule into executable daily and weekly production schedules. Reporting to the Master Scheduler, this role coordinates work order sequencing, material readiness, capacity constraints, and schedule execution to support on-time delivery.

Position Details

The Production Scheduler monitors production performance, maintains accurate ERP/MRP data, identifies and escalates constraints, and collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure schedule adherence and operational efficiency.

Benefits

Our company offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance; company-paid life insurance; short-term and long-term disability; flexible spending accounts (FSA); health savings accounts (HSA); three weeks of paid time off (PTO); parental leave; 9 paid holidays; various optional benefits; and a 401(k) plan with a company match.

Responsibilities

Schedule

Translate the Master Production Schedule into detailed daily and weekly manufacturing schedules. Develop and maintain production schedules, ensuring alignment with customer orders, material availability, production capacity, and established priorities. Review, release, sequence, and maintain work orders in accordance with priorities established by the Master Scheduler.

Quality Assurance

Ensure work orders contain accurate routing, quantities, dates, priorities, and scheduling information prior to production execution. Verify material readiness before releasing or committing production work and proactively identify shortages that could impact scheduled production. Monitor daily production execution against the published schedule and immediately identify jobs at risk of missing planned start, completion, or shipment dates.

Production

Escalate material shortages, labor constraints, capacity limitations, engineering issues, quality concerns, and other barriers that threaten schedule attainment. Maintain regular presence on the production floor to validate work order status, identify constraints, confirm priorities, and ensure the schedule accurately reflects actual production conditions.

Safety

Comply with all OSHA, and company safety policies, procedures and requirements. Report to supervision conditions or practices that are either unsafe or that may adversely impact the environment, to ensure prompt resolution of potential hazards. Attend scheduled safety training. Actively support the organization’s efforts to meet or exceed safety goals and plans.

Analysis

Track production progress and communicate schedule updates, delays, and recovery plans to stakeholders. Utilize ERP/MRP systems to schedule work orders, maintain scheduling data, manage inventory-related planning activities, and coordinate job sequencing. Analyze production requirements, lead times, material availability, and capacity constraints to support efficient execution of the production plan.

Operations

Maintain accurate production planning reports, work order documentation, scheduling records, and system data. Track, monitor, and report scheduling performance metrics including schedule attainment, schedule adherence, on-time completion, on-time delivery, past-due work orders, planned versus actual completion, work order aging, material readiness, schedule changes, capacity utilization, and production backlog.

Teamwork

Collaborate with manufacturing, procurement, logistics, engineering, quality, shipping, customer service, and sales teams to optimize workflow and production efficiency.

Requirements

Education

Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, or a related field preferred. Equivalent manufacturing scheduling or planning experience will be considered.

Experience

Minimum of 2 years of hands‑on production scheduling, production planning, manufacturing coordination, or related manufacturing operations experience required. Proven experience utilizing ERP/MRP systems to support production scheduling, inventory control, and operational planning. Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, Six Sigma, or related operational excellence methodologies preferred.

Knowledge

Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, production workflows, capacity planning, inventory management, material readiness, and supply chain principles. Strong Excel skills including PivotTables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, filtering, sorting, conditional formatting, and analysis of large production schedules or work‑order datasets. Demonstrated ability to identify process inefficiencies and implement solutions that improve productivity, quality, schedule adherence, and operational performance.

Skills

Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities with exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail. Ability to prioritize competing demands, manage multiple schedules, and perform effectively in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams.

About Us

NOTE: You will always speak directly with a Senneca team member before receiving any offer of employment. Senneca will never extend a job offer without a formal interview process.

Senneca Holdings is a diversified management and holding company whose companies are focused on the specialty door industry. Senneca oversees the operations of its companies, allocates resources among them, and helps to improve the performance of its operations. Senneca seeks out acquisition opportunities that strengthen our position in a business segment as well as companies that will diversify our portfolio of specialty doors.

For more information:

website: senneca.com

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