Production Coordinator
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Responsibilities
- Manage daily execution of released work orders within assigned production areas.
- Monitor work order status and ensure production teams have the materials, documentation, tooling, and support required to execute.
- Track and communicate production holds, shortages, and blockers to appropriate stakeholders.
- Coordinate with Inventory, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Quality to resolve issues impacting production schedules.
- Facilitate work order releases, closures, and status updates within ERP/MES systems.
- Maintain accurate production status reporting, including work-in-progress, shortages, and recovery plans.
- Follow up on action items and ensure timely closure of production-related issues.
- Monitor schedule adherence and proactively escalate risks to on-time delivery.
- Assist with clear-to-build (CtB) reviews and readiness assessments for upcoming work orders.
- Ensure production data, priorities, and system transactions are accurate and current.
- Coordinate engineering changes, rework activity, and disposition actions affecting active production orders.
- Partner with Production Supervisors to maintain visibility into labor loading, work priorities, and execution risks.
- Required Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in manufacturing, production control, production coordination, operations, or supply chain.
- Experience working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Proficiency in ERP/MRP systems and Microsoft Excel.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work cross-functionally with Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and Program Management teams.
- Detail-oriented with strong follow-through and sense of ownership.
- Ability to identify risks and drive issue resolution with minimal supervision.
- Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs. unassisted.
- Must be able to stand for extended periods (8+ hours).
Requirements
- Aerospace, defense, electronics, cable assembly, or wire harness manufacturing experience.
- Experience with production control, material planning, inventory management, or work order management.
- Familiarity with lean manufacturing principles.
- Experience using MES, ERP, or manufacturing execution systems.
- SQL, PowerBI, and large data set-analysis savvy.
- Key Deliverables
- Maintain accurate status for all assigned work orders.
- Ensure production blockers are identified and escalated within 24 hours.
- Drive closure of shortages, holds, and engineering issues impacting schedule execution.
- Support achievement of factory on-time delivery and schedule attainment goals.
Benefits
Additional Information
At Senra Systems, we believe that the future of manufacturing lies not in automation, but in configuration. We supercharge electrical wire harness manufacturing through software configuration, transforming skilled assembly tasks into high-throughput production lines. We enable customers to design what they want, when they want it and deliver harness builds at record-breaking speed. As a Production Coordinator at Senra Systems, you will be responsible for executing the production plan and ensuring work orders flow efficiently through the factory. You will serve as a key coordination point between Production, Supply Chain, Engineering, Inventory, Quality, and Programs to remove obstacles, resolve shortages, and maintain accurate production status for in-WIP work orders. This role is highly execution-focused and requires strong organizational skills, urgency, and attention to detail. Success is measured by schedule adherence, work order flow, clear-to-build readiness, and rapid resolution of production issues.
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