Shift Scheduler

SSAB Group; Iowa, Northern (LA, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

SSAB in the United States is looking for a production scheduling professional to coordinate order intake, sequencing, and delivery to customers. You will optimize equipment utilization, minimize inventories and align daily plans with production needs.

Candidates should have 3+ years in steel or heavy manufacturing, familiarity with SSAB’s order processing and quality systems, and strong math, analytics, and communication skills. This on-site role features a 12-hour rotating shift and overtime.

Qualifications

• Three years of steel industry experience.
• Familiarity with SSAB order processing and quality systems.
• Strong mathematical and analytical skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office.
• Attention to detail, time-management and organization.
• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Manufacturing operations planning and inventory management (preferred).
• Knowledge of SSAB products and production processes (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Schedule accepted orders to optimize equipment use and meet delivery requirements.
• Communicate schedules to all operating departments promptly.
• Generate and distribute daily production and inventory reports.
• Ensure proper sequencing of work campaigns with coordinators.
• Verify sequences meet on-time rolling objectives.
• Coordinate slab sequences for casting, rolling and stacking.
• Assist expeditor by providing slabs for changes.
• Review slabs to align with current orders and yield.
• Re-plan stock to live orders where possible.
• Utilize unscheduled slabs to complete open orders with cross-application approval.
• Review unplanned orders within campaign dates to schedule for production.
• Assist in expediting key customer orders.
• Assist in bundle reallocation based on shipping requests.
• Minimize production of material not applicable to orders.
• Review previous day inventories to ensure dispositions support orders.
• Dispo unapplied inventories to fulfill orders.

Skills

Steel industry experience

Order processing knowledge

Mathematical analytics

Verbal and written communication

MS Office proficiency

Attention to detail

Time-management

Organizational skills

Regular attendance

Education

High school diploma or GED/HSE

Associate's or Bachelor's degree (preferred)

Tools

SSAB order systems

Quality systems familiarity

Job description

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Schedule all accepted orders in a manner that promotes efficient equipment utilization, minimizes inventories and meets customer delivery requirements
• Communicate schedules in a timely manner to all operating departments
• Generation and distribution of daily production and inventory reports
• Ensure proper sequencing of work roll campaigns with coordinators
• Verify sequences are lined up in order to cast on-time to meet rolling objectives
• Coordinate with operations personnel to ensure slabs are sequenced properly for slab casting, rolling and plate stacking requirements
• Assist order expeditor by providing slabs to meet change requests
• Review scheduled slabs to ensure most current orders are scheduled with consideration to order backlog and slab yields
• Review scheduled slabs to ensure planned stock is re-planned to live orders when possible
• Ensure unscheduled slabs are utilized to complete open orders, with approval for cross application
• Review unplanned orders within desired campaign date range and ensure all ordes are scheduled for production
• Assist in expediting key customer orders
• Assist in bundle reallocation based on shipping requests
• Confirm production schedules are prepared in a way that minimizes production of material that cannot immediately be applied to a customer order
• Review previous day’s slab, plate and coil production to ensure that dispositions are correct and that all possible inventories are applied to customer orders
• Perform reviews of all unapplied slab, plate and coil inventories, to ensure inventory is dispositioned correctly and all possible inventories are applied to customer orders

QUALIFICATIONS

Competencies and Experience

• Required:
  • Minimum of 3 years of steel industry experience
  • Familiarity of SSAB’s order processing and quality systems
  • Strong mathematical and analytical skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Proficient computer skills including but not limited to Microsoft suite
  • Possess attention to detail, time-management and organizational skills
  • Regular and reliable attendance
• Preferred:
  • Manufacturing operations planning and inventory management experience
  • Knowledge of SSAB’s products, production processes, scheduling practices and systems

Education

• Required:
  • High school diploma or GED/HSE equivalent
• Preferred:
  • Associate's and/or Bachelor's degree in relevant field

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This position operates in an office environment. The role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and scanners. This role is mostly sedentary, however, some handling of materials is required. This would frequently require the ability to walk, bend, kneel, or stand, use of hands to finger, hold and handle, reach with hands and arms and to push / pull, lift or carry items up to 10 lbs.

The employee will occasionally be required to:

• This position would periodically require work in the mill environment with some exposure to heat/cold, walking/stairs, noise and wearing safety equipment/clothing for protection from hazards
• Balance, stoop, kneel and crouch
• Handle, grip, hold and grasp with both hands together or separately

The position requires the following vision and hearing capabilities:

• Talking person to person, on the phone, and/or in group settings
• Hearing in person, on the phone, and/or in group settings
• Vision at near, mid, and far range

POSITION TYPE – WORK HOURS - TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• Position is full time, hourly, and is eligible for overtime
• Position works 12-hour rotating swing shift – to include nights and days
• Office presence required

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

OUR offer

SSAB BENEFITS – starting at hire!

• Excellent Pay with Additional Bonus
• Very Affordable Health Insurance
• 401(k) with Employer Match – 5%
• Company Paid Life Insurance - and STD and LTD*
• Optional Life, Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Employee Assistance Program

OUR CULTURE

At SSAB, we strive to create an environment where every team member is heard, valued, empowered, and engaged. We believe that diverse perspectives drive innovation and that everyone contributes to our collective success. We use our values – driven, true and ahead – in making everyday decisions, keeping the customer at the heart of what we do. This makes us all team players, each with the drive to improve. When joining SSAB you will become part of an organization of passionate problem solvers working together on important challenges. We will support your growth by providing a safe and friendly workplace. If you set out to achieve it, at SSAB you will have the possibility of broadening your skills and grow within your field or beyond.