Production Coordinator/Scheduler
W. R. GraceBand Grade : 5-B
Annual Wage Range: $80,655.20 - $110,900.90
Other Compensation: Eligibility for the Short-Term Incentive program and other applicable bonuses
Benefits: U.S. Employee Benefits Summary (grace.com)
Job Description
W.R. Grace is seeking a Production Coordinator / Plant Scheduler to serve as the primary scheduling and material and production coordinator for a chemical manufacturing f
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acility at our Curtis Bay manufacturing complex. The Plant Scheduler will be responsible for one or more operating plants within the overall site. The Plant Scheduler will translate the master production plans into daily actionable scheduling itineraries while managing the logistics and staged movement of chemical products (raw materials, intermediates, bulk liquids, packaging materials, and finished goods). Success in this role directly impacts plant schedule adherence, chemical inventory accuracy, and uninterrupted batch and continuous manufacturing operations.
The Production Coordinator is responsible for daily plant-level production scheduling, capacity sequence planning, and coordinating the physical and systematic movement of chemical products across the facility. Serving as a vital link between Supply Chain, Operations, Logistics, and EHS, this role creates actionable work plans, resolves operational scheduling bottlenecks, and monitors bulk/packaged material movement to maintain continuous production.
Reporting directly to an operations manager, this position has no direct reports but collaborates closely with plant supervisors, process operators, logistics teams, warehouse staff, and central supply chain planners across site operations. This role will also have exposure to the broader Supply Chain organization and be a key linkage between the site and supply planning.
Responsibilities
• Develop, publish, and maintain daily and weekly plant production schedules for batch and continuous chemical processes.
• Translate master production plans into sequence-optimized daily operational work targets, equipment allocations, and operator execution schedules.
• Monitor and coordinate real-time production throughput against the schedule, identifying constraints, downtime risks, or batch delays, and adjust schedules dynamically.
• Facilitate and support daily morning scheduling alignment meetings with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, and Logistics to establish operational priorities.
• Direct and track the staging, transfer, and movement of raw chemicals, liquid intermediates, additives, packaging, and finished goods across tanks, silos, and storage units.
• Develop and maintain daily game plans that translate to production schedules into actionable work assignments and resource & execution priorities.
• Coordinate with site logistics, rail, and trucking personnel to ensure timely load/unload operations and off-site/on-site transport of chemical inventory.
• Monitor chemical tank levels, silo capacities, and bulk storage limits to prevent production outages or storage overflows.
• Work in SAP (or equivalent ERP) to execute material movements, production backflushes, cycle counts, and inventory reconciliations accurately.
• Comply with all site Environmental, Health, Safety (EHS), and Process Safety Management (PSM) protocols governing chemical handling and movement.
• Coordinate schedule adjustments during unit turnarounds, equipment maintenance outages, or raw material supply delays.
• Support monthly inventory close processes, data validation, and tracking of core KPIs, including Schedule Adherence, Material Availability, and Inventory Accuracy.
• Report risks to production, safety hazards, deviations, and incidents in a timely manner.
• Monitor production progress throughout the shift and escalate issues that may impact schedule attainment, customer commitments or operational efficiency.
• Measure and report on shift, daily and weekly schedule adherence and other scheduling KPIs.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiative