PAY

Starting at $55,000 per year

*This is an exempt position, all hours worked will be paid under the yearly wage

SHIFT

Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm

Benefits

FOLLOWING MONTH after start date

• Sick & Safe Time (prorated per start date)
• Vacation Time (seperate from Sick & Safe, prorated per start date)
• 13 Paid Holidays
• Health Benefits
• Company paid short term, long term, and accident-life insurance
• 401k
• Quarterly Performance-Based Reviews for yearly Merit Increase eligibility

After 6 Months

• Eligible for Education Reimbursement Program

After 1 Year

• 5% Annual bonus (granted per company goals)
• COSTCO Membership (new hires can participate during our annual sign up/renewal period in March)

QUALIFICATIONS

• A. Bachelor’s degree or work-related equivalent experience.
• Proficiency with MS Office, experience with Sage desirable
• Two (2) years of production control/scheduling; preferred in high-speed food/pharma/nutraceutical manufacturing environment.
• Requires excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks.
• Flexible scheduling ability and sense of urgency to meet schedules.
• Ability to prioritize and work with all departments professionally and effectively.
• Requires a well-developed ability to read, write, and speak English in relation to topics of a complex or technical nature.
• Experience with FDA/cGMP compliance is preferred.

REQUIREMENTS

• A legal right to work in the United States
• Must pass a drug screen and a background check
• For those applying out of the area: We love working for such an awesome company within the beautiful Pacific NW and understand your motivation is to do the same! Please recognize that relocation packages are not being offered at this time.

JOB SUMMARY

Responsible for creating and maintaining production schedules for blending, encapsulation, and packaging. Maintain and improve scheduling, reporting and process. This is a manufacture-to-order environment: excellent skill is required in analyzing existing and projected orders, machine capacities, supplier capabilities, material nuances and project specific requirements to produce achievable and acceptable schedules for optimal manufacturing quality & efficiency. This position acts as a close advisor, especially to the manufacturing leadership.

• Create and update Production Schedules in APS. Communicate impact to sales order delivery and to the master schedule.
• Attend production meetings to accumulate status information for orders in process. Retrieve status information from various other sources including ERP system reports, emails, LE Report, etc.
• Coordinate additional projects with Quality and Operations Management (i.e. cleaning validations, blending verifications, rework projects)
• Assist Operations Management in analyzing and responding to schedule impacts caused by various unpredictable events (i.e. machine outages, supplier delays, and other changes).
• Coordinate production planning and assist Director of Operations with labor requirements planning.
• Coordinate with Maintenance/Engineering and Sanitation on planned and unplanned equipment downtime. Update APS and communicate impacts to stakeholders.
• Work with quality team on Master Manufacturing Record (MMR) prioritization for production runs.
• Work with quality team to develop and apply deviations to work orders for upcoming production runs.
• Assist manufacturing in the troubleshooting of production problems; identifying products with machine difficulty or high defects.
• Develop reports to meet needs and train coworkers to use them.
• Supports, cooperates with, and participates in company-wide continuous improvement efforts which includes following all safety, health and environmental policies and procedures. Supports and cooperates in company-wide Quality Management effort.
• Adheres to company and department policies, procedures, and standards.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Must be able to successfully pass all job-related tests and certifications required for working in a cGMP, quality environment including but not limited to inspections and GMP requirements to perform essential functions of the job. Must re-qualify every year on all job-related tests and certifications as job or qualifications require.