Production Scheduler

Job Title: Production Scheduler

Job Description

The Production Scheduler collaborates closely with the Materials Manager to schedule and coordinate production priorities. The role involves attending daily meetings with leadership to provide product timelines and prioritize products through production. The scheduler will communicate with management and sales teams to make production schedule adjustments as needed, spending 50% of the time on the floor and the other 50% in the office. They will work within Microsoft NAV for production scheduling and participate in its upgrade in summer 2026.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary integrator for Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) activities, contributing to material procurement timing, order release timing requirements, available capacity, and lead times.

• Interact with sales to coordinate an overall production plan to meet customer demand.

• Review production schedules and related information, coordinating with others to determine material requirements.

• Adjust schedules to accommodate changes due to customer needs or other production demands.

• Evaluate the impact of customer demand changes and advise on manufacturing and supply chain impacts to prevent shortages or expedite conditions.

• Own the Master Production Schedule and slot plans for product rollouts and obsolescence, ensuring a consistent handoff of planning information to production work cells.

• Lead Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP) processes by gathering and loading information into planning tools, analyzing data, and providing regular updates to local management teams.

• Gather production metrics and regularly report internal and global KPIs, providing management with KPI trends and actions taken to improve performance.

• Develop, implement, and adjust manufactured and purchased material, component, and subassembly order forecasting to achieve inventory plans and lead-time expectations.

• Lead scheduling discussions with Sales, Supply Chain, and Production focusing on a rolling six-month outlook feeding directly into the financial forecast for billings.

• Coordinate capacity and long-term planning for sourcing and manufacturing to ensure accurate delivery dates.

• Determine and communicate lead times, adjusting as necessary to balance current capacity with order management.

• Support Financial Planning and Analysis cycles for budgeting, revenue and cost planning, and inventory forecasting.

• Coordinate with the Supply Chain value stream to ensure part supply meets planned demand and countermeasure appropriate actions.

• Level load demand, identifying peaks and valleys in the shop schedule to maximize efficiency and on-time delivery.

• Determine the order of jobs to be run at each work center on a daily or shift basis.

• Monitor and update routings for setup time, queue time, move time, and run times based on feedback.

Essential Skills

• 7+ years of experience within manufacturing environments.

• 3+ years of production planning/scheduling experience.

• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and projects simultaneously.

• Experience working with MRP systems, with Microsoft NAV preferred but not required.

• High School Diploma or GED.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in low volume/high mix manufacturing environments.

• Proficiency with Microsoft NAV.

Why Work Here?

Employees enjoy benefits such as paid time off, paid holidays, and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance. Additionally, the company offers a 401k plan with employer matching, fostering a supportive and rewarding work environment.

Work Environment

The work environment consists of a spacious and well-lit machine shop with 45 employees on the shop floor, featuring organized and clean conditions with newly added air conditioning. The shop includes CNC Mills, grinders, a full manual machining department, a small quality department, and a deburring department. Employees work the first shift (7 a.m. to 4 p.m. or 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) from Monday to Friday, with availability for additional hours as needed for special projects or workloads.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Twinsburg, OH.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $65000.00 - $100000.00/yr.

Company 401k Program

Medical, Dental, Vision

Additional overtime available

Paid holidays

Aerospace Manufacturing

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Twinsburg,OH.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jun 9, 2026.

About Aerotek

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry - from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies' construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance:

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):

We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.