Senior Production Scheduler (338)
About The Position
This on-site position at the Petersburg, Virginia site supports efficient and timely pharmaceutical production. The Senior Production Scheduler works with stakeholders to maintain and improve the facility’s planning and scheduling process, creating and maintaining near- and longer-term production schedules that prioritize critical-path activities while identifying opportunities for other studies, protocols, maintenance, and calibration. Proactively identifying and resolving schedule conflicts is important to success in the role. The position calls for responsiveness, flexibility, clear communication, and a strong presence across the facility’s functional teams. The Petersburg site is a fill-finish facility dedicated to manufacturing and supplying sterile small-molecule and biologic injectable medications.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
- At least six years of production scheduling experience in pharmaceutical/biotech or another regulated production environment.
- Demonstrated ability to identify and address scheduling challenges in fast-paced production environments.
- Detail-oriented, with a focus on accuracy when creating and updating production schedules in real time.
- Strong Excel skills and proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Able to meet aseptic gowning requirements, procedures, and certification.
- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Nice To Haves
- Proficiency with scheduling software such as Smartsheet or MS Project.
- Working knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, regulatory requirements, and current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP).
Responsibilities
- Evaluate current and future production processes to identify key workflows and dependencies.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and facilitate and oversee a production scheduling process that meets production requirements and proactively resolves conflicts.
- Assess allocation of areas, equipment, utilities, and teams, ensuring visibility to support adjustments as needed.
- Optimize scheduling tools and systems, evaluate schedule adherence, drive continuous improvement, and improve efficiency.
- Develop and maintain near-term and longer-term production schedules.
- Lead daily and weekly cross-functional meetings to evaluate schedule adherence, identify root causes, and reschedule carryover activities into new windows of opportunity.
- Coordinate with procurement to support the availability of required materials for scheduled activities.
- Adjust production schedules in response to changes in demand, material availability, or unforeseen disruptions.
- Level-load and validate work balance, preventive maintenance, and calibration activities in the schedule to minimize production impact.
- Maintain communication of production schedules and changes to relevant stakeholders.
- Monitor and analyze production data to identify trends and improvement opportunities, and implement best practices to enhance efficiency.
- Prepare regular reports on production schedule adherence and ensure they are accessible to key stakeholders.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
