Production Coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

NuAire is an innovative public company that manufactures high-quality life science laboratory equipment to support the research and healthcare industry. Join us in our mission to improve the healthcare community and become a part of the NuAire family today!

NuAire, Inc. offers the following great employee benefits:  

• A Competitive Wage
• Full Benefits Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life)
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k) Plan with Company Match
• Paid Time Off / Holiday Pay… and more!

Hours: Monday - Thursday 5:00 am to 3:30 pm.  

Salary range: $23.00 to $24.50 per hour. Starting wage will be dependent on experience level. 

The Production Coordinator supports safe, high-quality, and on-time production by ensuring that materials, components, and order information are complete, accurate, identified, and available at the point of use. The coordinator stages customer orders according to production sequence, responds quickly to shortages or discrepancies, and works across manufacturing, materials, purchasing, quality, and planning to protect schedule commitments. Success in this role requires strong communication, attention to detail, urgency, ownership, and the ability to work independently. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Confirm that parts, materials, documentation, and other requirements needed to build each customer order are available and delivered to the point of use on time.
• Verify order identification and perform complete part-counts.
• Partner with fabrication, materials, Kanban, purchasing, planning, engineering, and quality to recover shortages and resolve order constraints with an appropriate sense of urgency.
• Research and troubleshoot order errors and escalate risks early.
• Accurately use NuAire's ERP systems and use 5S and visual controls. 
• Perform assembly or other assigned work when needed and participate in daily production or prediction meetings as assigned.
• Identify and implement practical improvements that strengthen material flow and perform other duties as assigned.

Performance Expectations

• Safety: Perform work safely and identify hazards. 
• Quality: Verifying components and order requirements accurately.
• Delivery: Stage orders to the production plan, respond to shortages quickly.
• Cost: Minimize through accurate staging and disciplined material control.
• Teamwork: Build respectful partnerships across departments.

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to complete each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for the role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or GED required; technical education or relevant manufacturing coursework preferred.
• One to two years of related manufacturing, production coordination, material handling, inventory, or scheduling experience preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience using an ERP or manufacturing system is preferred.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Strong computer skills and the ability to learn and accurately use ERP, inventory, scheduling, and production applications.
• Ability to read and interpret bills of materials, production orders, drawings, basic blueprints, labels, work instructions, and specifications.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, follow-through, and the ability to manage changing priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Clear verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work effectively with associates, leaders, and cross-functional partners.
• Ability to apply practical judgment, investigate routine problems, identify root causes or needed support, and escalate issues appropriately.
• Basic math skills, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, ratios, percentages, and simple production measures.
• Ability to work independently while supporting team goals and customer commitments.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to perform the essential functions of this position. While performing the job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach, handle materials, and communicate. The employee may frequently bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, climb, balance, twist, or turn and may occasionally sit. The employee must regularly lift or move up to 35 pounds, frequently lift or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally move up to 100 pounds with assistance or approved material-handling equipment. Required vision may include close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Employee Acknowledgment

• This job description summarizes the position's primary duties and requirements. It is not intended to contain every responsibility or task that may be assigned. Duties may change based on business and operational needs.