Production Expediter (Entry-Level) - 1st Shift

Summary:

The Production Expediter is responsible for maintaining schedules for material requirements and to ensure availability for the manufacture of industrial and commercial products to support production control.

Duties and Responsibilities:​ 

• Compiles records concerning quantity, cost, and type of material received, shipped, in stock or inventory, and/or in production.
• Expedites flow of materials, parts, and assemblies within or between departments in accordance with production and shipping schedules.
• Assists in determining possible and actual shortages may initiate action to correct these deficiencies.
• Uses knowledge of production, procurement, and engineering departments to alert proper authorities regarding potential problems and appropriate remedial action.
• Estimates and logs production rate and time expenditures and may be required to establish sequence and lead time of each operation to meet shipping dates.
• Tracks inventory levels and monitors inventory in WIP, On-Hold, MRB & In-Inspection locations.
• Works with material planning toensure materials are ordered in time to support scheduling & operations.
• Issues scrapped and obsolete material through MRP/ERP systems.

Minimum Qualifications: 

• High School diploma or GED equivalent
• At least 2 years additional education and/or related experience
• Basic Math
• Intermediate computer knowledge
• Utilizes ERP & Electronic Work Instruction system to track parts through production to meet customer demand and set priorities for Work In Process (WIP)
• Position requires 80% of time on shop floor coordinating and controlling product flow and 20% of time updating systems to ensure accurate records in systems
• This position requires the ability to perform moderate strenuous physical and repetitious work to include: bending, stooping, kneeling, carrying tools, lifting up to 35 pounds and working overhead
• US Citizen or Permanent Resident Card Holder.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience with inventory and dispatch work order release systems such as NetSuite, Epicor, and Solumina
• Use of office automation tools such as Microsoft Excel