Production Dispatcher
Eaton's ES GEIS CHD division is currently seeking a Production Dispatcher. This role is onsite at our GEIS headquarters in Syracuse, NY. Relocation is not provided for this position.
The Global Energy Infrastructure Solutions (GEIS) division is part of Eaton's global electrical sector and has over 128 years of experience in enhancing efficiency, safety, and reliability for our customers. Our strategic focus is on driving growth, leveraging innovation, and building capability across our global network. We operate in dynamic and ever evolving markets, be this as a result of energy transitions, digitalization, safety, or a continued drive for greater efficiency within our customers, partners and suppliers. To deliver on this, we need the best people. We need diverse ideas, experiences, mindsets, and skills to imagine the future solutions our markets will need.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $59000 - $86000 a year. Please note the salary information shown is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
What you'll do:
The Production Dispatcher position is responsible for the requisition of materials within the plant as scheduled to maintain a master schedule for the assigned departments. The position is responsible for revisions, corrections, deletions, and additions to work orders and drawings and will provide status of work in process to planners and supervisors. This role will require most of the time spent on the shop floor, verifying material is in the departments, verifying work in progress at machines, and making changes to machine queues as needed by supervisors or planners. This position will also entail working with SAP to research current availability of raw materials and making requisitions of material from warehouse or other plant locations.
In this role you will:
- Assemble and distribute production shop packets to the machine cells in assigned department.
- Compute amount of material required to complete production orders.
- Create requisitions for material and coordinate delivery of material to departments.
- Examine material delivered to production departments to verify conformance to specifications/requested qty.
- Maintain cycle counts of assigned department and provides accurate reporting to production and materials team for action.
- Assist in the development and monitoring of machine schedules for all products/parts in specified department.
- Work closely with all functional areas as necessary to ensure that the production plan fulfills customer requirements with the appropriate balance of throughput and inventory requirements.
- Communicate with the shop floor leads to determine movement of hot jobs onto other machining centers when machines are down, or production is backlogged.
- Ensure packets or reprints of drawings are issued to the shop floor employees.
- Escalate issues as necessary to operations management and quality to ensure adherence to production plan in support of achieving/driving results.
- Detect critical needs and advise planners, supervisors, and quality as needed.
Qualifications:
Basic (Required) Qualifications:
- Associate's degree from an accredited institution and at least two (2) years of experience in a manufacturing environment OR five (5) years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1, H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, 1-485 job profitability, etc.
- No relocation is offered for this position. All candidates must currently reside within 50 miles of Syracuse, NY to be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience within a machine manufacturing facility (CNC, manual machining, etc.)
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office specifically Excel
- SAP experience
- Experience in a Union environment
- Experience with Continuous Improvement projects
- Thorough knowledge of planning and scheduling
- Knowledge of manufacturing and production, forecasting and inventory management procedures
- Must leverage effective communication, analytical and PC skills with the ability to solve problems quickly and effectively
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Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- Health Insurance
- Health Reimbursement Account
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- FSA
- HSA With Employer Contribution
- Fitness Subsidies
- On-Site Gym
- Pet Insurance
- Mental Health Benefits
- Virtual Fitness Classes
Parental Benefits
- Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
- Adoption Assistance Program
Work Flexibility
- Flexible Work Hours
- Remote Work Opportunities
- Hybrid Work Opportunities
Office Life and Perks
- Casual Dress
- On-Site Cafeteria
Vacation and Time Off
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Personal/Sick Days
- Leave of Absence
- Summer Fridays
Financial and Retirement
- 401(K) With Company Matching
- Performance Bonus
- Relocation Assistance
- Financial Counseling
Professional Development
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Promote From Within
- Mentor Program
- Shadowing Opportunities
- Access to Online Courses
- Internship Program
- Work Visa Sponsorship
- Leadership Training Program
- Associate or Rotational Training Program
Diversity and Inclusion
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG)