Production Coordinator

Job Category: Manufacturing , Operations , Production

• Maintain and update the short‑term production plan based on customer priorities, capacity, and real‑time floor conditions.
• Verify that labor, materials, tooling, and documentation are ready before each job starts.
• Communicate daily priorities with Supervisors, Leads, Process Techs, and support teams.
• Identify risks such as machine downtime, material shortages, or labor gaps and elevate with recommended solutions.
• Adjust the plan throughout the day as issues arise, ensuring minimal disruption to output and delivery.

• Act as the central point of communication between Production, Engineering, Quality, Materials, and Launch teams.
• Facilitate daily alignment on priorities, issues, and upcoming work.
• Track open actions from engineering changes, quality alerts, and production issues, ensuring timely closure.
• Support Supervisors by providing accurate, timely information to run their shifts effectively.
• Coordinate engineering trials, sample runs, validations, and process changes.
• Ensure materials, documentation, fixtures, and resources are prepared before trials begin.
• Maintain a visible calendar of upcoming trials and communicate impacts to production.
• Capture trial outcomes, issues, and follow‑ups, routing information to Engineering, Quality, and leadership.

• Support new product launches by coordinating readiness activities across all departments.
• Track first‑run performance and elevate issues quickly to minimize disruption.
• Communicate impacts to capacity, labor, and tooling availability.

• Ensure ERP entries for production, scrap, and material usage are complete and accurate.
• Prepare daily or weekly summaries of production readiness, constraints, and upcoming priorities for leadership.
• Support continuous improvement by identifying recurring issues and recommending process enhancements.

• Walk the floor daily to verify schedule execution, material availability, and operator readiness.
• Assist Supervisors with coordinating labor moves, machine assignments, and priority changes.
• Ensure tooling, fixtures, and documentation are staged before each job starts.
• Support containment, quality alerts, and corrective actions by coordinating resources and communication.

• Identify inefficiencies in communication, scheduling, or workflow and propose improvements.
• Participate in root‑cause investigations for downtime, scrap, or schedule misses.
• Support standardization of processes across shifts and departments.
• Help reinforce Medbio’s culture of accountability, readiness, and proactive problem‑solving.
• Track and report schedule efficiencies to plant management and Supervisors.

• Directly reports to the Plant Manager while working closely with production management, engineering, and quality. Needs to be a team player and work closely with the entire Medbio team.

• 1‑3+ years in production coordination, scheduling, or a related role in a manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, with ability to manage data and reporting.
• Previous experience with ERP systems preferred; IQMS (DELMIAWorks) strongly preferred.

• Must be able to work and perform what would be considered standard practices for this type of position in the industry.