Manufacturing Production Scheduler I

Stewart-; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Stewart & Stevenson is seeking a Production Scheduler I in Houston, TX, to support the manufacturing process of oilfield equipment by planning, releasing, and tracking jobs from start to finish.

You will coordinate with Procurement, update schedules, and provide daily production status to leadership while adapting to changes in priorities and resource availability. This role emphasizes accuracy, safety, and cross-functional collaboration in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; BA/BS in Business or Supply Chain is a plus.
• Minimum 1 year experience with Oracle or another ERP system.
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Excel/Word) is required.
• Willingness to use PPE and work in varied environments.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prepare, issue, and control production schedules and material resources.
• Coordinate material and project activities across production and support functions.
• Provide daily reports and direction to Staging and Parts Coordinators.
• Meet with production personnel to validate and update schedules.
• Review daily production to verify schedules and resources are on track.
• Identify issues impacting timelines, quality, or completion and mitigate.
• Collaborate with management to revise schedules for changes in design or shortages.
• Assist in startup checklists, travel forms, and delay explanations for cost estimates.
• Review open requirements and ensure accurate assignment to close out jobs.
• Forecast short-range material and production needs with oversight.
• Support continuous improvement in scheduling and workflow processes.

Skills

Scheduling

Production planning

Cross-functional cooperation

Attention to detail

Safety awareness

Education

High school diploma or GED

BA/BS in Business or Supply Chain (a plus)

Tools

Oracle ERP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

Stewart & Stevenson is Now Hiring a Production Scheduler I at 10750 Telge Road Houston, TX 77095.

Provide production support through scheduling, releasing, and tracking of parts and workflow throughout the entire manufacturing process of oilfield pressure pumping equipment.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prepare, issue, and control production schedules and material resources while identifying areas of risk with appropriate mitigation options in place to achieve on-time delivery.
• Work with Procurement to ensure supplier deliveries will meet production schedules.
• Coordinate material and project activities across all production and support business functions.
• Provide daily reports and direction, with management aid, to Staging and Parts Coordinators.
• Meet with production personnel as needed to validate and update the latest schedules.
• Review daily production to verify schedules and material resources remain on track.
• Identify and communicate potential issues that impact project timelines, quality, or completion.
• Collaborate with production management to revise schedules when required due to design changes, labor or material shortages, or other interruptions.
• Work with management to accommodate changes in priorities and unplanned issues while still meeting customer commitments.
• Provide job travelers, startup checklists, late part reports, and other parts forms to aid production and explain delays, difficulties, and changes to cost estimates.
• Review and validate OSP purchase orders, labor transactions, parts and pending materials are accurately applied to aid in final job closeout.
• Review negative open requirements and correct any issues.
• Prepare short range material and production forecasts based on current and future work with managerial oversight.
• Work with all departments on continuous improvement initiatives for production scheduling and workflow processes.
• Support Staging and Parts Coordinators with parts returns through blue bin process.
• Support MRB decision process regarding disposition of inventory.
• Build a good understanding of UEM products, workflow processes, and how departmental functions relate across the business.
• Participate in a Committed Safety Individuals (CSI) team to promote a safe work environment with positive safety behaviors and practices.
• Maintain a strong, personal commitment to the safety culture.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Competencies: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following:

• Shows professionalism through integrity, high moral standards, and personal accountability.
• Desires to advance the UEM safety culture through CSI team talk participation, safety hazard identification and reporting, and the use of Stop Work Responsibility.
• Demonstrates ability to work successfully in a cross-functional manner to support multiple concurrent operations or projects.
• Establishes quality work with accuracy, thoroughness, and attention to detail.
• Exhibits superior dependability by consistently arriving to work on time and as scheduled.
• Builds a positive team environment through commitment, respect, and communication.
• Strives to continuously build knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Shows adaptability by effectively responding to frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Exhibits efficiency in problem solving by identifying, communicating, and resolving problems in a timely manner to meet established customer deadlines.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or equivalent combination of education and experience required. BA/BS in Business, Supply Chain, or related degree a plus.
• Minimum 1 (one) year experience with Oracle or another ERP system required.
• Experience with Microsoft Office required (Excel, Word).
• Capability of utilizing proper personal protective equipment (PPE).

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. Able to lift 65 lbs from floor to shoulder level occasionally.
• Ability to exert the pound force limits for push/pull 50 lb/f (no wheels) or 100 lb/f (wheels).
• Requires bending, stooping, crouching, lifting, carrying, and reaching or handling with arms, hands, and fingers on occasion.
• Work in an air-conditioned office, outside, and diesel shop environments.
• Normal vision with or without corrective lenses.
• Will be required on occasion to work more than 40 hours in one week.

Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.