# Engineering Specialist, WIP Scheduler, Ford Energy **Company**: Ford Motor Company **Location**: Glendale, KY **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $74,300-$144,900 **Category**: Operations **Industry**: Automotive **Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294 **Apply**: https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/74075?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/job/engineering-specialist-wip-scheduler-ford-energy-78c86647-415/ ## Description In this position, you will manage and improve the end-to-end execution of production orders, work-in-process (WIP), material flow, parts availability, and inventory control in a high-volume manufacturing environment. You will ensure physical operations and system data remain aligned across MES and ERP platforms; resolve material, scheduling, and inventory discrepancies; and support continuous improvement through reporting, automation, and disciplined process execution. ## Responsibilities - Monitor production orders, WIP, parts availability, inventory levels, open requirements, scheduled receipts, and material usage to ensure alignment with production schedules and operational priorities. - Develop, maintain, and communicate production, parts, and material schedules based on demand, material availability, and business requirements. - Coordinate with production, warehousing, logistics, quality, finance, and other internal stakeholders to confirm material availability, delivery timing, and production readiness. - Track material movement and production-order status through completion, maintaining timely and accurate updates in MES, ERP, and other applicable systems. - Identify, investigate, and resolve material shortages, overdue materials, excess inventory, inventory discrepancies, and other risks to production continuity; escalate issues and coordinate corrective actions as needed. - Monitor and control production order creation, execution, completion, and closure in MES and ERP systems to maintain accurate system and operational alignment. - Perform daily material and WIP reconciliations, verifying that system records align with on-site material and product status through transaction review, accounting review, and physical verification. - Maintain MES and ERP master data, including bills of material, routings, material records, production orders, and related scheduling information. - Support inventory accuracy through cycle counts, transaction reviews, discrepancy investigations, and weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual inventory audits. - Review demand and production changes and adjust material plans, production orders, schedules, and operational priorities as necessary. - Prepare, maintain, and communicate reports and dashboards related to WIP, inventory, parts status, schedule adherence, work-order performance, material usage, variance adjustments, shortages, and potential production impacts. - Use reporting and automation tools, including Power BI or similar platforms, to improve visibility, reduce manual work, strengthen data integrity, and support operational decision-making. - Investigate root causes of recurring issues involving material control, production execution, inventory accuracy, or system integration; implement sustainable corrective actions and process improvements. - Refine and enforce end-to-end material lifecycle processes, from work-order issuance through production execution, accounting closure, and inventory reconciliation. - Maintain clear records of schedules, shortages, discrepancies, corrective actions, and resolution status. - Support cross-functional departments with ordering and tracking replacement parts as needed. - Follow all company procedures and applicable safety, quality, inventory-control, accounting, and recordkeeping requirements. - Perform other related duties as assigned. ## Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Operations, Engineering, or a related field required. - Experience in production control, WIP scheduling, materials planning, inventory management, parts control, logistics, manufacturing operations, or a related field preferred. - Experience working with ERP, MES, materials-planning, inventory-management, or production-control systems. - Proficiency in spreadsheets and business reporting tools; experience with Power BI, automation tools, or similar analytics platforms preferred. - Strong understanding of production order execution, material flow, inventory transactions, WIP control, and reconciliation processes. - Strong analytical, organizational, communication, follow-up, and problem-solving skills. - Ability to manage multiple priorities, maintain accurate records, and work effectively across internal teams in a fast-paced production environment. - Strong attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to identify, communicate, and escalate material, scheduling, inventory, and system-data risks. ## Benefits - Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage - Paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more - Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments and more - Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases - Tuition assistance - Established and active employee resource groups - Paid time off for individual and team community service - Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day For more fresh new jobs, check out [yubhub.co](https://yubhub.co/). ## Skills ### Required - Production Control - WIP Scheduling - Materials Planning - Inventory Management - MES - ERP - Power BI ### Nice to have - Experience supporting parts availability, schedule adherence, and production continuity in a high-volume manufacturing environment - Experience maintaining and reconciling MES and ERP data - Experience identifying and resolving material shortages, overdue materials, inventory discrepancies, or production constraints --- Source: [Apply at efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com](https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/74075?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)