Weatherford is hiring a Manufacturing Production Scheduler for our Wallingford facility. The Manufacturing Scheduler will be working within a supportive, inclusive team in a fast-paced, progressive environment. Weatherford provides training, excellent benefits and fantastic career progression.
The Manufacturing Scheduler is responsible for ensuring the timely execution of production activities on shop floor by creating, monitoring, and adjusting the production schedule in line with demand and capacity constraints.
SAFETY, SECURITY & COMPLIANCE
- Maintains the highest standards of corporate governance, ensuring that all activities are carried out ethically and in compliance with Company’s Security, Compliance & HSE policies, Management System, relevant laws, regulations, standards, and industry practices and complies with the Company’s Rules to Live By
- Places Quality, Health & Safety, Security and protection of the Environment as core values while never intentionally placing employees, our processes, customers or the communities in which we live and work at risk
- Seeks continual improvement in Health, Safety, Security & protection of the Environment, taking into account responsible care, process vulnerabilities, public, customer and employee inputs, knowledge and technology and best business practices to exceed customer expectations
- Supervisors & Managers should demonstrate effective safety leadership for the health and safety arrangements of all subordinates and for any persons visiting them while on the Company premises
QUALITY
- Responsible for being familiar with the Company's Quality policies and takes an active role in the compliance and improvement of Weatherford’s Management System
- Maintains service quality as immediate priorities when working across all areas of the business and continually seeks areas for improvement
OPERATIONS
- Create detailed production schedules that align with demand, resource availability, and manufacturing capabilities.
- Assess capacity and workload weekly, implementing measures to prevent overload.
- Eliminate shop overload by distributing the load evenly among work centers with similar capability and establish outsourcing plan wherever needed.
- Coordinate with production [ Assembly and machine shop], to ensure schedules are realistic and achievable.
- Respond promptly to changes in demand or production disruptions, adjusting the schedule as necessary.
- Monitor production progress, ensuring that WO operation start/request dates are achieved as planned.
- Ensure Work orders with outside process operations are sent on time to suppliers.
- Optimize production sequences to minimize lead times and maximize resource utilization.
- Collaborate with the manufacturing planner to align daily production schedules with monthly and weekly manufacturing plans.
- Work with warehouse team to ensure that required materials are pulled and staged for scheduled Work orders.
- Evaluate potential schedule risks and develop mitigation strategies through outsourcing.
- Provide regular updates to management on schedule adherence, highlighting any deviations and corrective actions taken.
COMMUNICATION
- Maintains effective communications with all key stakeholders both internal and where appropriate external
- Supervisors & Managers should clearly communicate expectations, roles and responsibilities to their reports
FINANCIAL
- All employees have an accountability to the organisation to be financially responsible whether they are in charge of a function budget or simply their own expenses
- Costs incurred should be within approved budget, processed within agreed time frames & following the relevant financial policy and procedure
PEOPLE & DEVELOPMENT
- Employees have a responsibility for developing their own careers within the Company including completing all necessary function, compliance & business standards training to enhance their knowledge, skills and experience
- Employees should engage on a regular basis with their line manager to discuss their personal performance, objectives and opportunities to enhance their skills and experience to support their career potential
- Supervisors are expected to actively engage their employees to support talent management through Weatherford’s performance management process, including but not limited to talent assessments, succession planning & regular coaching opportunities
- Supervisors should collaborate with Human Resources & Training Development to drive strategies for the recruitment & retention of key personal & to foster an environment that supports the attraction & retention of a high performing talented workforce
VISION & LEADERSHIP
- Demonstrates leadership, ethical behaviour and adherence to Weatherford standards at all times
- Identify process problems and concerns and make recommendations for innovative solutions and corrective actions to achieve desirable results, help the company better manage cost on supplies and supplier services.
REQUIRED
- University Degree/Diploma & 4+ years related experience
- Legally authorized to work
- Minimum 2 years of experience in shop floor manufacturing planning
- Ability to interact in English and potentially other language relevant in local hub
- Intermediate Excel user and proficient in MS Office suite
- Experience in ERP systems
PREFERRED
- Bachelors degree in Supply Chain, Certified Purchasing Professional (CPP) or Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), Sourcing Certificate
- 6+ years of experience in a scheduling, supply chain position
