Production Scheduler

Valley Rubber•Falkville, AL

19h

About The Position

The Production Scheduler is responsible for creating, maintaining, and optimizing the short‑ and medium‑term production schedule for the Falkville plant, ensuring on‑time delivery, efficient use of labor and equipment, and alignment with customer requirements and inventory targets. Duties and Responsibilities: Develop and maintain daily and weekly production schedules for compression molding, prep and fabrication work centers, aligned with customer due dates and capacity constraints. Translate customer orders and forecasts into sequenced work orders in the ERP system (JobBOSS or similar), balancing machine and labor capacity while minimizing changeovers and setup waste. Coordinate closely with Production, Purchasing, and Shipping to ensure material availability (rubber, metal, ceramics, steel) and realistic start/finish dates for each job. Monitor schedule adherence daily, identify risks to on‑time delivery, and proactively adjust the schedule in response to equipment downtime, quality issues, or material delays. Review open sales orders and WIP status, prioritize jobs based on customer need, revenue impact, and bottleneck utilization, and communicate clear priorities to supervisors and cell leaders. Use ERP/MRP and Excel‑based tools to run capacity and load reports, analyze constraints, and recommend actions to improve throughput and reduce lead time. Provide daily and weekly schedule updates to operations leadership, including risk, recovery plans, and projected ship dates for key customers. Track and help improve schedule accuracy, on‑time delivery performance, WIP levels, and inventory of key materials and finished goods. Support continuous improvement activities focused on reducing changeover time, improving flow through bottleneck processes (e.g., blast and paint, molding), and stabilizing lead times. Maintain accurate scheduling master data (routings, run rates, minimum lot sizes, lead times) in the ERP system in partnership with engineering and operations.

Requirements

3+ years of experience in production scheduling, planning, or related role in a manufacturing environment; experience with make‑to‑order/job shop preferred.
Proficiency with ERP/MRP systems (experience with JobBOSS or similar job‑shop system is a plus) and strong Microsoft Excel skills (sorting, filtering, lookups, basic analysis).
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, work in a fast‑paced environment, and adjust schedules quickly while maintaining composure and accuracy.
Solid understanding of manufacturing processes, capacity, and basic production metrics (OEE, throughput, WIP, lead time, on‑time delivery).
Strong communication skills with the ability to work closely with supervisors, operators, customer service, and purchasing to align the plan and execution.
Ownership mindset with a bias for action, problem solving, and clear communication.
High attention to detail and data accuracy.
Analytical thinking and comfort working with numbers, reports, and system data to make scheduling decisions.
Record and report working hours and material usage.
Maintain clean work areas, tool repair, and equipment inventory.
Inspect paint jobs and materials, adjusting colors and fixing defects

Nice To Haves

Experience in rubber, elastomer, or metal fabrication manufacturing environments.
Background in job‑shop or high‑mix, low‑volume scheduling with significant changeovers and shared resources.
Exposure to Lean/continuous improvement, constraint management, or basic scheduling optimization concepts.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain daily and weekly production schedules for compression molding, prep and fabrication work centers, aligned with customer due dates and capacity constraints.
Translate customer orders and forecasts into sequenced work orders in the ERP system (JobBOSS or similar), balancing machine and labor capacity while minimizing changeovers and setup waste.
Coordinate closely with Production, Purchasing, and Shipping to ensure material availability (rubber, metal, ceramics, steel) and realistic start/finish dates for each job.
Monitor schedule adherence daily, identify risks to on‑time delivery, and proactively adjust the schedule in response to equipment downtime, quality issues, or material delays.
Review open sales orders and WIP status, prioritize jobs based on customer need, revenue impact, and bottleneck utilization, and communicate clear priorities to supervisors and cell leaders.
Use ERP/MRP and Excel‑based tools to run capacity and load reports, analyze constraints, and recommend actions to improve throughput and reduce lead time.
Provide daily and weekly schedule updates to operations leadership, including risk, recovery plans, and projected ship dates for key customers.
Track and help improve schedule accuracy, on‑time delivery performance, WIP levels, and inventory of key materials and finished goods.
Support continuous improvement activities focused on reducing changeover time, improving flow through bottleneck processes (e.g., blast and paint, molding), and stabilizing lead times.
Maintain accurate scheduling master data (routings, run rates, minimum lot sizes, lead times) in the ERP system in partnership with engineering and operations.