Strategic Production Scheduler: ERP Mastery & Lean

ACT Aerospace; Gunnison (UT); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

ACT Aerospace is seeking a Production Control Scheduler to drive tactical and strategic long-range production scheduling. You will coordinate with Engineering, Operations, Purchasing and Sales to align master schedules using Infor/ERP and to optimize resources across the plant.

The role requires strong analytical skills, ERP/MRP experience, and Lean/Six Sigma knowledge. You will report to Production Control and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives while maintaining on-time delivery

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years manufacturing scheduling experience.
• Proficiency with SQL and data analytics.
• 2+ years MS Office, near expert Excel.
• 2+ years ERP/MRP in a production environment.
• Knowledge of Lean, 5S, Six Sigma and Kaizen concepts.

Responsibilities

• Provide tactical and strategic long-range scheduling support to production teams.
• Coordinate input from engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and business development to maintain Master Schedules for products using applicable software (Infor/ERP).
• Work with all departments to understand critical work requests ahead of and behind targets to mitigate schedule impact risks.
• Ensure Material Requirements Planning dates align with current product schedules across all departments.
• Utilize Infor/ERP and other applicable tools to ensure work is scheduled and prioritized accurately and efficiently, with appropriate resource allocation.
• Prepare daily work schedules, track work progress, update and communicate project critical path schedules, and advise leadership of needed adjustments to daily activities, such as reallocating resources to high-priority tasks or addressing equipment downtime issues.
• Ensure fixture, tooling, and test equipment requirements are properly scheduled to facilitate efficient production processes.
• Support accuracy in the internal logistics movement of critical work.
• Push or pull work into the shop to improve lead times, reduce stagnation, and meet scheduling needs.
• Support additional responsibilities within Production Control, including clerical tasks and data maintenance.
• Manage execution of shipping and production commitments.

Skills

SQL

Data Analytics

MS Office

Excel

ERP/MRP

Lean

Six Sigma

Kaizen

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Manufacturing scheduling experience

Tools

Infor/ERP

Job description

ACT Aerospace is seeking a Production Control Scheduler to drive tactical and strategic long-range production scheduling. You will coordinate with Engineering, Operations, Purchasing and Sales to align master schedules using Infor/ERP and to optimize resources across the plant.

The role requires strong analytical skills, ERP/MRP experience, and Lean/Six Sigma knowledge. You will report to Production Control and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives while maintaining on-time delivery