Facilities & Engineering Production Planner/Master Scheduler

Genentech • Daly City, CA

5d • $84,600 - $157,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Facilities & Engineering Production Planner/Master Scheduler plans, schedules, coordinates and/or monitors final approval of products through the complete production cycle. Works from engineering plans and production specifications to establish production schedules, labor loading, and capacity requirements. Coordinates production plans to ensure materials are provided according to schedules. The Master Scheduler provides input to management; schedules and/or interfaces with marketing, sales, production and engineering managers. Works to resolve (in case of design changes) labor and material shortages, backlogs and other potential schedule interruptions. Oversees the Master schedules and ensures comprehensive compliance with materials requirements for manufacturing.

The role is responsible for managing all work order requests for equipment/item moves on the SSF campus and helps to ensure all customer commitments are met. This includes providing daily oversight of a team of full-time moving contractors and moving trucks. The position is responsible for planning and coordinating move requests for equipment, instruments and other items located on the SSF site to ensure customer service levels are maintained. Move requests can include Dixon, Santa Clara and Pleasanton sites. The role focuses on helping the assigned maintenance work center achieve successful execution of customer-initiated work according to GMP, EHS, and customer requirements. The Planner/Scheduler acts as a key point of contact between customers, vendors, and internal partners as required to meet departmental service delivery objectives.

The Planner / Scheduler’s role is to support the F&E Department in planning & scheduling equipment moves in accordance with applicable SOPs, reporting and evaluating metrics against desired outcomes, benchmarking support activities and suggesting improvements, and running reports in CMMS and CCMS as needed to meet customer requests. The role involves maintaining a 4 to 6 weeks Planned Work horizon to ensure on-time completion by the Basic Finish Date, meeting with customers and physically inspecting work locations as needed to plan for successful execution, and partnering with MRO, LES, CoolOps and MOLS teams to coordinate moves that impact other teams.

Key responsibilities include determining estimated labor hours to execute planned operational activities and monitor actual versus planned work times to help achieve departmental goals for planning accuracy, and make suggestions for improvement. Building and maintaining a strong relationship with all stakeholders, including, but not limited to, MRO Stores, vendors, contractors, customers, and CMMS administrators is crucial. The role monitors the CMMS database to ensure accuracy of financial settlements and user cost center data. Achieving schedule efficiency by scheduling and bundling jobs based on location, equipment type, technician training, and work load capacity is also a key function. Providing input to management in order to optimize resources and capacity and meet objectives for efficiencies and customer service, and assisting the department manager in providing information and data to ensure on-time performance of work crew and vendor spend are also part of the role.

Additionally, the position assists in developing and integrating innovative work order processing solutions that lead to efficiencies in the F&E Department, and assists in developing operational excellence / continuous improvement initiatives and benchmarking. Maintaining schedule stability in terms of material and capacity requirements based on planning, training, and work load capacity by coordinating, scheduling and bundling jobs, and completing other tasks and projects as determined by the supervisor are also expected.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED paired with a 2-year technical degree (Instrumentation/Industrial Electronics or related STEM/engineering field), equivalent military technical training, or 5+ years of hands-on experience in industrial maintenance, manufacturing, or R&D environments.
• Demonstrated expertise in comprehensive industrial moving procedures, job hazard analysis, heavy equipment moving, including rigging, and sensitive material handling.
• Ability to work under minimal or no direct supervision.
• Proven ability to provide operational leadership, site orientation, and task management to external contractors and specialized service teams.
• Full technical proficiency in the application, operation, and enforcement of department safety protocols and personal/facility protective equipment.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and customer service orientation, with a meticulous, detail-oriented approach to identifying and satisfying specific client requirements.
• Strong functional command of corporate intranet platforms, business software suites, and data management/spreadsheet programs.
• Demonstrated capability in supervising specialized crews or team members operating in sensitive office and laboratory settings.
• Highly developed communication protocols for directly managing requests, updates, and expectations across corporate leadership, research scientists, and end-users.
• Demonstrated flexibility and availability to respond promptly to off-hours emergency calls and urgent facility support requirements.

Responsibilities

• Plans, schedules, coordinates and/or monitors final approval of products through the complete production cycle.
• Works from engineering plans and production specifications to establish production schedules, labor loading, and capacity requirements.
• Coordinates production plans to ensure materials are provided according to schedules.
• Provides input to management; schedules and/or interfaces with marketing, sales, production and engineering managers.
• Works to resolve labor and material shortages, backlogs and other potential schedule interruptions.
• Oversees the Master schedules and ensures comprehensive compliance with materials requirements for manufacturing.
• Manages all work order requests for equipment/item moves on the SSF campus.
• Ensures all customer commitments are met.
• Provides daily oversight of a team of full-time moving contractors and moving trucks.
• Plans and coordinates move requests for equipment, instruments and other items located on the SSF site.
• Helps ensure customer service levels are maintained.
• Helps the assigned maintenance work center achieve successful execution of customer-initiated work according to GMP, EHS, and customer requirements.
• Acts as a key point of contact between customers, vendors, and internal partners.
• Supports the F&E Department in planning & scheduling equipment moves in accordance with applicable SOPs.
• Supports reporting and evaluating Metrics against desired outcomes.
• Supports benchmarking support activities and suggesting improvements.
• Runs reports in CMMS and CCMS as needed to meet customer requests.
• Maintains a 4 to 6 weeks Planned Work horizon to ensure on-time completion by the Basic Finish Date.
• Meets with customers and physically inspects work locations as needed to plan for successful execution.
• Partners with MRO, LES, CoolOps and MOLS teams to coordinate moves that impact other teams.
• Determines estimated labor hours to execute planned operational activities and monitor actual versus planned work times.
• Helps achieve departmental goals for planning accuracy, and makes suggestions for improvement.
• Builds and maintains a strong relationship with all stakeholders, including, but not limited to, MRO Stores, vendors, contractors, customers, and CMMS administrators.
• Monitors the CMMS database to ensure accuracy of financial settlements and user cost center data.
• Achieves schedule efficiency by scheduling and bundling jobs based on location, equipment type, technician training, and work load capacity.
• Provides input to management in order to optimize resources and capacity and meet objectives for efficiencies and customer service.
• Assists department manager in providing information and data to ensure on-time performance of work crew and vendor spend.
• Assists in developing and integrating innovative work order processing solutions that lead to efficiencies in the F&E Department.
• Assists in developing operational excellence / continuous improvement initiatives and benchmarking.
• Maintains schedule stability in terms of material and capacity requirements based on planning, training, and work load capacity by coordinating, scheduling and bundling jobs.
• Completes other tasks and projects as determined by the supervisor.

Benefits

• Relocation benefits are approved for this posting.
• A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.
• The benefits detailed in this link.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree