Advanced Scheduling Specialist - Cementation
Weatherford
- Abu Dhabi
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Maintains the highest standards of corporate governance, ensuring that all activities are carried out ethically and in compliance with Company’s Security, Compliance & HSE policies, Management System, relevant laws, regulations, standards, and industry practices and complies with the Company’s Rules to Live By
- Places Quality, Health & Safety, Security and protection of the Environment as core values while never intentionally placing employees, our processes, customers or the communities in which we live and work at risk
- Seeks continual improvement in Health, Safety, Security & protection of the Environment, taking into account responsible care, process vulnerabilities, public, customer and employee inputs, knowledge and technology and best business practices to exceed customer expectations
- Supervisors & Managers should demonstrate effective safety leadership for the health and safety arrangements of all subordinates and for any persons visiting them while on the Company premises
- Responsible for being familiar with the Company's Quality policies and takes an active role in the compliance and improvement of Weatherford’s Management System
- Maintains service quality as immediate priorities when working across all areas of the business and continually seeks areas for improvement
- Create detailed production schedules that align with demand, resource availability, and manufacturing capabilities.
- Assess capacity and workload weekly, implementing measures to prevent overload.
- Eliminate shop overload by distributing the load evenly among work centers with similar capability and establish outsourcing plan wherever needed.
- Coordinate with production [ Assembly and machine shop], to ensure schedules are realistic and achievable.
- Respond promptly to changes in demand or production disruptions, adjusting the schedule as necessary.
- Monitor production progress, ensuring that WO operation start/request dates are achieved as planned.
- Ensure Work orders with outside process operations are sent on time to suppliers.
- Optimize production sequences to minimize lead times and maximize resource utilization.
- Collaborate with the manufacturing planner to align daily production schedules with monthly and weekly manufacturing plans.
- Work with warehouse team to ensure that required materials are pulled and staged for scheduled Work orders.
- Evaluate potential schedule risks and develop mitigation strategies through outsourcing.
- Provide regular updates to management on schedule adherence, highlighting any deviations and corrective actions taken.
- Maintains effective communications with all key stakeholders both internal and where appropriate external
- Supervisors & Managers should clearly communicate expectations, roles and responsibilities to their reports
- All employees have an accountability to the organisation to be financially responsible whether they are in charge of a function budget or simply their own expenses
- Costs incurred should be within approved budget, processed within agreed time frames & following the relevant financial policy and procedure
- Employees have a responsibility for developing their own careers within the Company including completing all necessary function, compliance & business standards training to enhance their knowledge, skills and experience
- Employees should engage on a regular basis with their line manager to discuss their personal performance, objectives and opportunities to enhance their skills and experience to support their career potential
- Supervisors are expected to actively engage their employees to support talent management through Weatherford’s performance management process, including but not limited to talent assessments, succession planning & regular coaching opportunities
- Supervisors should collaborate with Human Resources & Training Development to drive strategies for the recruitment & retention of key personal & to foster an environment that supports the attraction & retention of a high performing talented workforce
- Demonstrates leadership, ethical behaviour and adherence to Weatherford standards at all times
- Identify process problems and concerns and make recommendations for innovative solutions and corrective actions to achieve desirable results, help the company better manage cost on supplies and supplier services.
- University Degree/Diploma & 4+ years related experience
- Legally authorized to work
- Minimum 2 years of experience in shop floor manufacturing planning
- Ability to interact in English and potentially other language relevant in local hub
- Intermediate Excel user and proficient in MS Office suite
- Experience in ERP systems
- Bachelors degree in Supply Chain, Certified Purchasing Professional (CPP) or Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), Sourcing Certificate
- 6+ years of experience in a scheduling, supply chain position
- This role may require domestic and potentially international travel of up to: