Job Description

Company Overview

OZ Optics Limited is a leading worldwide supplier of fiber optic products, test equipment and sensors. It is located in Canada's capital city of Ottawa and established in 1985.

Company Perks:

- Every employee receives full benefits including medical, dental, and optical and life insurance with the premiums paid for by OZ Optics.
- Opportunity to work alongside with subject matter experts in fiber optics
- Chance to work on world-class products with cutting-edge technologies
- Best recreational facilities company can offer. Squash and basketball courts, weight-training rooms, indoor pool, sauna, and hot tub for use by employees
- Staff events - adult and children's holiday parties, Easter egg hunt, family summer barbeque, and soccer games.
- Free on-site parking

Position Summary:

The position is responsible for creating, managing, scheduling and maintaining production builds. Manage/Supervise the efforts of the Production personnel to meet the main business objectives such as reduced cycle-time, in a cost effective manner and expeditious delivery. Evaluate and develop processes, and procedures. Act in a supervisory role for training and career planning for production personnel.

Typical Duties:

- The Production Scheduler will form a detailed production schedule. Analyze and approve changes to the Production schedule through ERP, Purchasing, Production, and Designers.
- Review the production schedule with production (Production Control, Purchasing and Focus Factory Managers) to ensure the schedule is on track. Perform Capacity planning reviews and analysis. Assist in providing solutions to capacity imbalances or bottlenecks.
- Manage and monitor the PS based on changing product requirements from interface with customer order management.
- Investigate and implement alternatives to current business practices in order to improve the production planning processes (looking forward to maximize the scheduling efficiencies,



policies and strategies). Provide input to various groups to improve on existing processes outside Production Planning (participate in various groups formed to resolves issues).
- Provide problem solving support to various groups, i.e. Production Control-priorities, Purchasing – material problem.
- Work with designers to ensure the new product builds are on track to meet significant milestones. Attend meetings to discuss all related issues to introduce this product to the market in a timely fashion.
- Work with Designers to ensure all possible material substitution is reviewed to address material shortages, and to have input on Engineering Change orders (ECO).
- Maintain constant communication between production and Customer Order Management to ensure that priorities are achieved.
- Evaluate, develop and write new processes and procedures as well as developing new tools that will aid in the production process.
- Analyze finished goods and semi-fin inventory to minimize excess inventory or obsolescence.

Education:

Community College 3-year diploma with a solid knowledge of MRP/business concepts or relevant experience to make decisions, which affect various departments (Asset). Any materials, Inventory or APICS certificates would be a definite asset.

Experience:

Minimum 5 years experience in production scheduling in a manufacturing environment.

Skills:

- Good communication skills.
- Strong aggressive analytical and organization skills
- Requires good written and oral skills.
- Requires good interpersonal skills to work closely with other departments.
- Requires an understanding of computerized business system applications and personal computers.

All applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $70,000.00-$80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Extended health care
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Vision care

Work Location: In person

📌 Production Scheduler - Fiber Optics Manufacturing (Champlain Park)
🏢 OZ Optics
📍 Champlain Park