Production Control Specialist

Description The Production Control Specialist is responsible for planning, scheduling, and coordinating the flow of work and materials through the manufacturing process. This role ensures that production schedules are optimized to meet customer delivery dates, maximize shop floor efficiency, and maintain target inventory levels.

The ideal candidate acts as the central link between sales, purchasing, engineering, and manufacturing.

Requirements

Develop, maintain, and execute master production schedules and daily shop floor sequences based on customer orders, sales forecasts, and plant capacity. Material Requirements Planning (MRP): Monitor raw material, components, and work-in-progress (WIP) levels to ensure availability for scheduled jobs while minimizing excess inventory.

Workflow & Bottleneck Management: Monitor production progress, identify delays or capacity constraints, and proactively adjust schedules or resource allocation to get production back on track. System Management: Release, update, and close purchase orders in the ERP/MRP system Maintain accurate system data, including Bills of Materials (BOMs) and manufacturing routing.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinate daily with Production, Quality, Logistics, and Engineering to resolve material shortages, quality deviations, or engineering design changes. Data & Reporting: Track and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) such as schedule adherence, cycle times, utilization rates, and on-time delivery metrics.

Required Qualifications & Skills Education: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field; or equivalent hands-on experience in a manufacturing environment. Experience: 2–5 years of experience in production planning, scheduling, material control, or shop floor operations.

Technical Skills: Advanced proficiency in using ERP/MRP systems and strong data manipulation skills in Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables). Analytical Skills: Strong problem-solving ability to analyze capacity constraints, interpret data trends, and resolve scheduling conflicts. Communication: Excellent interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with shop floor personnel, managers, and corporate stakeholders.

Physical Demands & Work Environment Split time between a professional office environment and the manufacturing shop floor. Ability to walk the production floor daily, which may involve wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) like steel-toed shoes, safety glasses, and hearing protection BENEFITS Employees pay one LOW cost for Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage starts 1st of the month following 30 days of employment.

NO 90-DAY WAIT FOR BENEFITS $500 Bonus - after 90 days of employment Paid Plant shutdown twice a year (July and December) 9 Paid Holidays 6 Days Paid Sick Time Two weeks' vacation after one year of employment 401K with company match The company pays for Life Insurance & Short-Term Disability