Production Scheduler—Vineland Station, Ontario
About GGS Structures:
Join GGS on our missions to help businesses achieve success by providing customizable, sustainable, and profitable growing solutions! As a division of Pipp Horticulture, GGS offers a wide range of greenhouse solutions and structures that meet the highest standards of efficiency, durability, and crop optimization. Though GGS values designing and building, we believe growth is driven from hard work, respect, and integrity.
Position Summary:
A Production Scheduler supports manufacturing operations by ensuring materials, manpower, setups, fixtures, and information are aligned. This role guarantees that production runs smoothly and predictably so that projects remain on pace for customers.
Daily Operations: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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You will coordinate production, procurement, engineering, and shipping, assigning labour based on priorities and capacity to keep production efficient.
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You will monitor progress and proactively resolve bottlenecks or risks while performing daily checks to support quality and safety standards.
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You will ensure materials, tools, fixtures, and equipment are ready before work begins so that production runs smoothly.
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You will keep the shop floor visuals accurate and meaningful at all times while maintaining production metrics, KPIs, whiteboards, and visual management tools.
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You will lead daily production meetings to review readiness, workflow, safety, and performance, ensuring the schedule stays on track.
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You will identify opportunities to improve workflow, setup, and efficiency to contribute to the continuous growth of GGS productions.
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Other duties may be assigned.
Skills and Qualifications: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and Technical Skills:
Successful candidates will have a secondary school diploma, or equivalent and a minimum of one year’s experience in coordinating production schedules, setups, materials, and labor; equivalent combinations of education, experience, and training are welcomed.
Skills and Abilities:
Qualified applicants will have a proactive mindset, organization skills, and the ability to multitask with many moving parts. The ideal candidate will demonstrate effective and prompt communication skills, the ability to collaborate with teams, and practical problem-solving skills. Individuals who have previous experience with ERP/MRP and comfortability owning metrics, dashboards, and visual systems are considered assets.
Physical Demands:
Successful candidates will be comfortable walking and standing for extended periods of time. Qualified applicants will be able to occasionally lift 50 pounds with or without help; be comfortable using computer screens, keyboards, and handheld devices; and be able to communicate, hear, and work in a low to moderate volume environment.
GGS Structures is committed to the principles of equality and diversity in the workplace. We welcome applications from Indigenous peoples, minority communities, immigrants, persons with disabilities, and the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. GGS Structures will provide accommodation in all phases of the hiring process, up to the point of undue hardship, upon request. GGS Structures does not employ the use of AI technology in the screening, recruitment, evaluating, or selection process.
In accordance with the ESA's Duty to Inform regulations, if a candidate is selected for an interview, GGS Structures will contact the candidate within 45 days of the interview or, if the candidate is interviewed more than once for the publicly advertised job posting, within 45 days after the date of the last interview. GGS Structures will inform the candidate whether a hiring decision has been made. This information will be either provided in person, in writing, or using technology such as email or other virtual means. This position does not fill an existing vacancy. This job posting and all related documents, e.g., interview notes, communication with candidates, etc., will be retained for a minimum three-year period.
