Strategic Master Scheduler — Manufacturing & Capacity Planning

SLB; Odessa (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

SLB seeks a Manufacturing Planner to implement, monitor and report production schedules, ensuring materials and capacities meet customer demand. You will manage planning data, oversee work orders, and coordinate with production and procurement to prioritize items.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in scheduling or planning, strong problem solving and communication skills, and a high attention to detail. A high school diploma is required, with an associate or bachelor’s in a related field

Qualifications

• 5+ years in scheduling/planning/resource coordination (operations, field services, manufacturing, supply chain, or project environments) with ownership of complex schedules and competing priorities.
• Strong problem solving: identify conflicts, propose options, and implement corrective actions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to produce schedule summaries, risks/issues logs, and updates.

Responsibilities

• Manage planning and production execution data including work orders, prioritization, capacity constraints and production monitoring.
• Implement an effective capacity management and production monitoring system.
• Maintain MRP planning and scheduling parameters for make items.
• Analyze planned order reports and release production work orders per the plan.
• Interface with production teams and procurement to prioritize items.
• Identify and resolve production demand/supply imbalances in volume and mix.
• Provide daily guidance to Product Line team on production schedule status.
• Prepare shortage and backlog reports and flag interruptions to Planning Manager.
• Monitor progress vs. scheduling needs and intervene to meet deliveries.
• Identify opportunities to reduce waste, shorten lead times and costs.
• Report scheduling, capacity and production tracking data as defined by Master Schedule policy.
• Use Manufacturing System tools to drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Scheduling

Planning

Capacity management

MRP

Data analysis

Education

Associate/Bachelor in Business, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field

Tools

MRP software

ERP systems

Job description

SLB seeks a Manufacturing Planner to implement, monitor and report production schedules, ensuring materials and capacities meet customer demand. You will manage planning data, oversee work orders, and coordinate with production and procurement to prioritize items.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in scheduling or planning, strong problem solving and communication skills, and a high attention to detail. A high school diploma is required, with an associate or bachelor’s in a related field