With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the spanet leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine spanet. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability – not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.
PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.
In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.
Location Profile:
Located in Kent Washington, Protective Coatings Inc. is a leading provider of full service finishing for the aerospace, electronics and medical industries in both commercial and defense applications. Services include but are not limited to non-destructive testing such as fluorescent penetrant and magnetic particle inspection and a wide variety of surface enhancement processes such as shot peening and abrasive blasting, passivation, cadmium and nickel zinc plating, chromic, sulfuric and boric sulfuric acid anodizing and the application of chromate conversion coating on ferrous and non-ferrous alloys. Organic coating includes the application and testing of multiple resin systems such as epoxies, phenolics, polyurethanes, polyesters, elastomerics, intumescents, lacquers, alkyds, acrylics, dry-film lubricants, and Teflon.
Position Summary:
Prepares, controls and maintains production schedules, ensures controlled flow of approved materials to meet production requirements. Compiles records concerning quantity, cost, type of material received, shipped, in 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 sequence and lead time of each operations to meet shipping dates. 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.
Reporting Relationships:
The Master Scheduler reports directly to the Program Manager.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
- Maintain overall production and delivery schedules using ERP data and system.
- Implement Work Center goals and objectives in partnership with department manager(s).
- Work with Supervisors to coordinate production flow and prioritization.
- Plan and establish work schedules to meet production requirements using capacity data.
- Provide daily, weekly, and monthly scheduling metrics, including daily release, material and standards availability, adherence, on time to start, Held-for, and other reports as required by programs and departmental processes.
- Level production areas based on ERP scheduling data and requirements.
- Coordinate with production and inventory personnel for shortages as identified through ERP scheduling operations.
- Provide statuses for Program Management and area supervision as required.
- Identify and troubleshoot scheduling bottlenecks.
- Provide Continuous Improvements to the Scheduling process, including but not limited to evaluating target lot quantifies so as to balance operational set-up times and inventory targets, developing and maintaining capacity planning tools.
- Forklift certified, training will be provided.
- Will need to deliver parts at times.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Skills:
- Ability to read, write and speak the English language.
- Expert with computerized MRP/Scheduling systems
- Understand manufacturing processes and how scheduling interacts with upstream and downstream functions
- Blueprint reading and basic math skills
- Must be detail oriented and quick learner.
- Organization skills.
- Complete understanding of production flow of facility and familiarity of internal processes.
- Basic computers skills (such as MS Word, MS Outlook, and Adobe Reader) involving scanning and documentation of customer related documents, and email communications.
- Expert with Microsoft Excel platform
- Good communicator with ability to represent the company in a positive manner.
- Ability to work alone or as a member of a team, good cooperative skills.
- Ability to train and mentor lower level employees.
Required Experience & Education:
- High School Diploma or equivalent required
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- 5+ years of applicable experience
Shift:
- Tuesday-Saturday from 9am-5:30pm
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
For informational purposes only, the range of pay for this role is $78,000 to $100,000 US Dollar (USD) Salaried based on a variety of factors. For informational purposes only, this role is eligible to participate in the Company’s Quarterly Cash Bonus Plan, paid out at the quarterly bonus factor of 2X the Company’s bonus multiple, based on the Company’s performance in the applicable quarter. Employees will receive 120 hours paid time off every year. Employees will also receive 10 paid holidays. Employees (and their families) are eligible to participate in the companys medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are eligible to enroll in the Company’s 401(k) plan.
This position requires use of information or access to production processes subject to national security controls under U.S. export control laws and regulations (including, but not limited to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)). To be qualified to work in this facility, a successful applicant must be a U.S. Person, as defined in those regulations, and able to supply evidence of that qualification prior to starting work or be authorized to receive controlled information under a specific license or permission from the relevant government agency. The U.S. export control regulations define a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. Green Card Holder), and certain categories of Asylees and Refugees.
