Production Scheduler / Planner

This is your chance to join the rapidly growing commercial solar energy business.FlexRack is an integrated solar company that offers custom-designed, fixed tilt ground mount and single-axis solar tracking systems in the commercial and utility-scale solar mounting industries. FlexRack also offers full services, including engineering, geotechnical, pullout testing, field, and layout design services to address the actual site conditions of a project site. FlexRack has completed over 3.5 GW of solar racking installations in over 40 U.S. states, 9 Canadian provinces and across the globe.
SUMMARYThe position requires strong communication and teamwork skills necessary for critical interfaces with design, engineering, purchasing and manufacturing. The Production Scheduler creates the long-term production plan for multiple manufacturing lines, while maintaining the necessary daily and weekly changes needed to respond to changing plans. The Production Scheduler expedites the flow of work and materials between production lines to achieve production targets and meet required shipping times. Candidate must possess the ability to improve existing planning systems in a fast-paced start up environment.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTION & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Carry out planning and coordination of production schedules, make and communicate adjustments as needed
• Supervise schedules and workflow to ensure that deliveries are made in a timely manner
• Communicate production materials requirements before the commencement of production
• Coordinate and develop production plans with the company's management team based on customer build schedules
• Create efficient scheduling processes and methods to attain production goals
• Communicate regularly and closely with production to understand and update the schedule to adjust to running over/under planned on a day to day basis
• Assist running weekly reviews to determine any existing material shortages that need to be expedited
• Work with buyers/material planning to avoid potential or handle existing material shortages
• Handle all production issues in a way that it doesn't hinder production and delivery

Key Goals & Deliverables

• Deliver Schedules which meet or exceed customer requirements
• Understand the overall goals of the TT Factory and work towards all goals of productivity and scrap and downtime.

Requirements and Skills

• Strong Microsoft office skills, with emphasis on strong advanced Excel knowledge.
• Strong sense of urgency, self-starter with a drive to solve problems
• Must be able to work independently, in a team environment, and drive projects to solution
• Must be familiar with how the products are sold and understand the importance of short lead times and on-time delivery
• Excellent oral & written communication and interpersonal relationship skills
• Requires 3-5 years of planning/scheduling experience in a manufacturing environment
• Requires strong organizational, leadership, analytical and problem-solving skills

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Stationary Position: frequently remains stationary up to 90% of the time and sitting up to 8 hours in a day
• Move/Traverse: infrequently bend, stand, stoop and/or walk
• Carry Weight: infrequently carry weight and/or lift objects (light to heavy) weighing up to 10 pounds
• Hearing and Speech: frequently communicates with the ability to hear and talk on a regular basis with employees, coworkers, and all personnel matters; must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations
• Sight: frequent use of sight to detect images on computer, office documents, and office objects near and far
• Climb: occasionally ascends/descends on stairway to get to office upper and lower floors
• Travel: up to 5 % as needed

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Regular professional, office business setting
• Noise level ranges from low to moderate (if in office setting)
• Noise level ranges from moderate to high (if on construction worksite)

FLEXRACK by Qcells is proud to be an at-will Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination against race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status and any other classification protected by applicable federal, state or local law.  This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.   We are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.  As part of this commitment, FLEXRACK by Qcells will provide reasonable accommodations to all qualified individuals with dis