The Role
Maintains production data and schedules, monitors progress, and adjusts plans to meet delivery commitments. Coordinates with production, shipping, quality, customer service, and other departments. Supports truck pickups, deliveries, shipment verification, weighing, documentation, inventory cycle counts, and loading or unloading trucks. Requires accurate data entry, Microsoft Office proficiency, organizational skills, and the ability to safely perform hands-on shipping and material-handling duties.
Summary Generated by Built In
Location: Norwich, Kansas
Employment Type: Full-Time, Hourly/Non-Exempt
Schedule: Monday–Thursday, 7:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.; Fridays as needed based on operational needs
Reports To: Production Control
Compensation: $18/hour, increases with experience
Position Summary
The Scheduling and Data Coordinator maintains accurate production data, develops and updates production schedules, coordinates information across departments, and supports production, shipping, and delivery objectives.
Essential Job Functions
Scheduling and Data Coordinator
Farrar Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Employment Type: Full-Time, Hourly/Non-Exempt
Schedule: Monday–Thursday, 7:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.; Fridays as needed based on operational needs
Reports To: Production Control
Compensation: $18/hour, increases with experience
Position Summary
The Scheduling and Data Coordinator maintains accurate production data, develops and updates production schedules, coordinates information across departments, and supports production, shipping, and delivery objectives.
Essential Job Functions
Scheduling and Data Coordinator
- Ensure production data is entered in a timely, accurate, and complete manner.
- Develop, maintain, and update daily production schedules.
- Monitor production progress and proactively adjust schedules to meet delivery commitments.
- Coordinate with cross-functional departments, including the Pattern Shop, Shipping, Quality, Customer Service, and other operational teams, to promote efficient workflow and clear communication.
- Conduct monthly inventory cycle counts to support inventory accuracy.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Coordinate and schedule truck pickups, deliveries, and loads.
- Ensure products are ready for scheduled shipments and verify quantities, part numbers, weights, and other shipment information is accurate
- Weigh boxes, containers, pallets, and other materials and maintain accurate shipping information and documentation.
- Assist with loading and unloading trucks using appropriate equipment and safety procedures.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and Outlook.
- Strong skills in organization, communication, and time-management, with attention to detail.
- Ability to perform hands-on shipping duties, including weighing materials and assisting with loading and unloading trucks.
- Ability to safely operate or learn to operate applicable material-handling equipment, such as a forklift or pallet jack.
- Ability to follow established procedures and safety requirements.
- Experience in production scheduling, production control, shipping, logistics, inventory control, data entry, or manufacturing.
- Experience with SyteLine or another ERP system.
- Experience coordinating freight, carriers, or logistics.
- Primarily office-based with regular interaction in manufacturing, shipping, warehouse, and operational areas.
- Work may occur in hot, cold, noisy, dusty, and outdoor environments.
- Ability to sit, stand, walk, bend, reach, lift, carry, push, and pull as necessary to perform essential functions.
- Ability to handle boxes, packages, pallets, and shipping materials and assist with loading and unloading trucks.
- Must follow all required PPE and safety procedures.
Farrar Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Skills Required
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and Outlook
- Strong organization, communication, and time-management skills with attention to detail
- Ability to perform hands-on shipping duties, including weighing materials and assisting with loading and unloading trucks
- Ability to safely operate or learn to operate material-handling equipment such as a forklift or pallet jack
- Ability to follow established procedures and safety requirements
- Experience in production scheduling, production control, shipping, logistics, inventory control, data entry, or manufacturing
- Experience with SyteLine or another ERP system
- Experience coordinating freight, carriers, or logistics
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The Company
What We Do
Farrar Corporation is a vertically integrated American manufacturer of ductile iron castings and precision-machined components for original-equipment manufacturers and other demanding applications. Its operations include pattern making, foundry work, heat treating, CNC machining, and turnkey assembly. The company emphasizes quality, traceability, durability, cost efficiency, on-time delivery, and long-term customer partnerships, serving mid- to high-volume production programs through its Kansas facilities.
