Production Coordinator

MKS Instruments•Andover Shattuck, MA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Production Coordinator at MKS, you will be responsible for ensuring the efficient planning and scheduling of products and materials through various production phases. This role involves implementing planned production schedules, monitoring the daily, weekly, and monthly status of products, organizing schedules, and assigning tasks to team members to meet production goals. You will review pick lists to determine material and parts requirements, ensuring availability according to dispatch start dates. Additionally, you will assist engineering with assembling and testing prototype devices, maintain high quality levels by ensuring adherence to proper operational protocols and safety requirements, and serve as the primary interface with technical operations and engineering to resolve product quality challenges. The role also includes maintaining supplies inventory, performing work order maintenance in Oracle and VF, and assembling, troubleshooting, and operating complex electro-mechanical components and sub-systems. You will also provide guidance, training, and direction to other nonexempt personnel and be responsible for 6S activities and driving a culture of continuous improvement.

Requirements

Ability to read and follow work instruction and procedures.
Familiarity with operation of hand tools, crimp tools, torque tools & soldering.
Good mechanical aptitude and willingness to learn new tasks and operational concepts.
ERP (Oracle) knowledge required.
Visual Factory (VF) knowledge required.
Office knowledge required.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Ability and desire to meet high rates of production by motivating employees to optimum performance, ensuring that correct procedures are being utilized, and providing sufficient equipment, supplies, and tools to do this job.
Typically requires 6+ years of related experience in a mechanical assembly environment.

Responsibilities

Ensure that planning and scheduling functions involved with coordinating products and materials flow through various production phases.
Implement planned production schedules via dispatch report.
Perform the daily, weekly and monthly status of products.
Organize schedule, assign team members work to ensure production goals are met.
Review pick lists to determine materials and parts requirements to ensure materials are available according to dispatch start dates.
Assist engineering when necessary, assembling and testing prototype devices.
Maintain high quality levels by ensuring that all work processes are performed correctly by all team members and proper operations protocols are being adhered to (VF, safety requirements compliance, etc.).
Primary interface with technical operations and engineering to resolve product quality challenges.
Maintain supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory levels, anticipating needed supplies and placing orders to replenish stock.
Responsible for work order maintenance in both Oracle and VF.
Assemble, troubleshoot and operate complex electro-mechanical components and sub-systems as required.
Provide guidance, training, and direction of other nonexempt personnel.
Responsible for 6S activities and driving a culture of continuous improvement.