Scheduling Clerk - LAKE CABLE, LLC

What would you say to a career that helps keep the world working? One where you take an active role in an industry that literally makes daily life possible for people and businesses alike? Where the rewards and opportunities for growth are as great as your ambition? ThenLake Cable is looking for you.

For more than a quarter century, Lake Cable has been a leading manufacturer of low voltage, industrial power, utility, custom OEM and broadcast-quality cables, all 100% produced in the United States. Thanks to a shared passion and commitment to our customers, we deliver the finest quality products, engineered to exacting specifications. BETTER. SMARTER. FASTER.

Headquartered in Bensenville, IL with over 450 employees and five facilities in the Midwest, Lake Cable is a privately-owned family business. That spirit of family inspires a culture where the success of every team member is a top priority, with competitive benefits and paths to advancement. Our richly diverse team is also committed to sustainability, community involvement, and ethical business practices. Because we believe it’s the only way to do business.

If you’re ready for a leap forward, we should talk. Lake Cable. When Delivery Matters…

Position Summary:

The Scheduling Clerk will be required to support the manufacturing scheduling system by gathering and entering data and when required assemble and deliver reports.

Essential Functions:

• Creates and maintains scheduling documents
• Works with Scheduler and performs routing of orders in the plant.
• Maintains a clean and organized work area.
• Follows safety methods while handling either product or equipment to avoid injury to yourself or others.
• Reviewing and distributing production, work, and shipment schedules
• Conferring with department supervisors to determine progress of work and completion dates
• Compiling reports on progress of work, inventory levels, costs, and production problems.
• Performs other duties, not necessarily outlined above, as assigned.
• Coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials within or between departments according to the production schedule.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Computer skills, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel a must.
• Ability to create and maintain documents pertaining to scheduling and material availability.
• Must be able to communicate any variances and have the ability to resolve them.
• Ability to work well with Scheduling, Designers, and Operators.
• Ability to do simple mathematics.
• Must be organized, detail-orientated, and able to work on a flexible schedule.
• Maintain a calendar of full production days as well as partial or non-production days.
• Ability to work with little to no supervision.
• Ability to communicate effectively (read/write/speak) in English

Education:

• High School diploma or GED
• Some Technical training and/ or higher education preferred
• Basic math skills.

Work Environment:

While performing the job's essential functions, the employee operates within an office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment such as a computer, telephone, printer, photocopier, fax machine, and files paperwork. On occasion, the employee may have to work within a warehouse environment and be exposed to vibration and continuous noise from some manufacturing equipment and forklifts.

Physical Demands:

While performing the essential functions of the job, the employee is required to stand or walk, grasp, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms and may occasionally be required to stoop, kneel, bend, twist, push/pull, and lift up to 40 pounds, and infrequently lift up to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee is frequently required to listen and speak and use his/her hands to operate office equipment, process paperwork, and file.

Benefits

• Paid time off
• 401(k) match
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance (company paid)
• Voluntary Life/AD&D
• Voluntary Life/AD&D (child)
• Short-term disability (company paid)
• Long-term disability (company paid)
• Accident Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Tuition reimbursement
• Referral program
• Production bonus
• Competitive pay