MANUFACTURING SCHEDULER
ROLE PROFILE
A manufacturing scheduler creates and manages manufacturing schedules to ensure timely and efficient completion of orders, tasks, and projects within budget. Key responsibilities include balancing production capacity, materials, and labor; collaborating with various departments; monitoring progress; and resolving conflicts. Essential skills for this role include strong organizational and communication abilities, proficiency in scheduling and ERP software, and problem-solving capabilities.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Initiate quotation process, develop and improve internal and as necessary, external supplier relationships and performance.
Prepare and process purchase orders (PO’s) for materials, services, contractors.
Plan and manage material logistics to ensure 100% on‐time delivery for planned projects, maintenance work, and outside work.
Analyze operations needs with respect to capacity planning, maintenance, facilities and stakeholder requirements.
Maintain adequate levels of stocked and controlled components to meet anticipated demand, adjusting order review points to minimize shortages or overages.
Take ownership of all scheduling related processes and procedure documentation.
Take direction from Master Scheduler to plan and coordinate applicable schedules.
Review production specifications and identify and report plant capacity and health constraints.
Monitor workflow and schedules to ensure on-time delivery.
Coordinate with production, maintenance, logistics, and MRO to develop and execute schedules holistically to entire plant needs.
Develop effective scheduling process to achieve all plant objectives.
Coordinate with production, maintenance, logistics, and MRO to develop and maintain scheduling parameters.
Collaborate with MRO to order and stock adequate materials to avoid any parts shortages and overstock or unnecessary inventory.
Other duties as assigned as assigned by your direct leadership
ROLE ATTRIBUTES
KNOWLEDGE
Safety procedures like lock out / tag out, confine space, hot works, fall protection, etc.
Understanding of basic manufacturing
Read and understand blueprints.
Basic math and measurement principles
Basic computer knowledge
Maximo (CMMS) knowledge.
Understanding of company, policies, procedures, and union contract parameters.
Understanding of scheduling principles and functions
Knowledge on 5 S’s work standard
SKILLS
Strong organizational skills
Diagnose problems and make adjustments.
Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Managing own time.
Detect issues and report those and any unusual situations to proper leadership
Effectively advise up the chain of command and escalate as needed.
Collaborate with the Shopfloor, Maintenance, MRO, and stakeholders
Become an expert on all scheduling and material processes required at Roanoke
ABILITIES
Comply with all safety regulations.
Provide scheduling of emergency repairs of production equipment during production and schedule maintenance repairs of production equipment during machine service.
Critically think through problems and take quick action to resolve.
Schedule regular preventive maintenance on machines, equipment and plant facilities.
Maintain clean and orderly (5s) working areas.
Accurately review downtime records and escalate properly any wrong data.
Maintain effective interpersonal relationships with all stakeholders.
Understand and follow instructions and to escalate issues as required.
Track essential KPI’s as appropriate involving impact to scheduling in your area of responsibility
All employees are responsible for understanding and complying with applicable policies, procedures, and internal controls; executing assigned control activities; maintaining appropriate supporting evidence; and promptly reporting any identified deviation, risk, or control deficiency to the direct leader.
Salary Range $60,000 - $70,000
Skills Required
- Understanding of basic manufacturing processes
- Knowledge of scheduling principles and functions
- Knowledge of Maximo CMMS
- Ability to read and understand blueprints
- Knowledge of basic math and measurement principles
- Knowledge of safety procedures, including lockout/tagout, confined space, hot work, and fall protection
- Strong organizational, communication, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to collaborate with shopfloor, maintenance, MRO, logistics, and other stakeholders
- Ability to comply with safety regulations and company policies, procedures, and union contract parameters
- Ability to manage scheduling and material processes, monitor KPIs, and escalate issues appropriately
Metalsa Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Metalsa and has not been reviewed or approved by Metalsa.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive for manufacturing roles and often described as good or great. Feedback suggests total earnings can be strong when overtime opportunities are available.
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Healthcare Strength — Health insurance is frequently characterized as strong, with comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage. Feedback suggests plan quality contributes meaningfully to overall satisfaction.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match is regularly highlighted as part of the package. Feedback suggests this feature boosts the perceived value of total compensation.
Metalsa Insights
What We Do
Metalsa is a private company and a subsidiary of Proeza Group. We manufacture tier 1 structural components for the light and commercial vehicle markets. We are constantly growing and innovating. Having state of the art technology that keeps products at the forefront. Our portfolio includes structural components for light trucks as well as chassis frames, side rails, and cross members of heavy trucks and buses. For us, our collaborators are the engine of the company and everyone works together to achieve our vision; “Together, we build the future of lightweight vehicle structures through innovation-driven solutions”. Our culture is a strong asset to foster collaboration and communication in order to support efficient decision-making processes. We continually strive to eliminate barriers of collaboration and seek for human development and the well-being of our communities. We create a multicultural team of more than 11,000 employees around the world giving Metalsa the opportunity to offer solutions to the customer with a strategically global perspective.
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