Join our Best-in-Class Production Team!

Key Technology in Walla Walla, WA is a worldwide leader in food processing technology. As a global industrial manufacturing company, our ongoing innovations provide increased control, continuous processing, sorting, automated inspection, specialized conveying, and grading and sizing, in processed fruits and vegetables, nuts, dried fruit, fresh-cut produce and more.

As a Production Control Specialist at Key, you will coordinate the flow of work within or between departments of Manufacturing to expedite production as needed to meet scheduled equipment shipment dates. You will work actively with Engineering, Purchasing and Scheduling to address part shortages to maintain production schedule.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• At all times safety is the top priority while performing any part of your job.
• Assists Manufacturing with setting priorities as need to meet shipment schedule.
• Reviews part shortages and works with Scheduling, Purchasing and Engineering to resolve them.
• Communicate with Project Managers as early in the process as possible when equipment not ship on time and provide updated shipment date based on available data
• Maintain weekly on time shipment database.
• Complete root cause analysis on late shipment of equipment.
• Create weekly Production Report by using existing reports and data from the MRP (Material Resource Planning) system.
• Lead weekly Production Meeting with Project Managers and assign actions items as required.
• Implement engineering changes as required by Note Changes and/or ECO implementation tasks
• Other duties as assigned.

Experience & Education

Associate's degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or four to six years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Expertise in (MRP) and (ERP) Enterprise Resource Planning a must.

Other Skills

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
• Working knowledge or ERP systems required, previous experience with AX a plus
• Experience interpreting Engineering drawings is highly recommended.

Employment with Key Technology is contingent upon successfully completing a pre-employment drug screen, criminal history, social security, and reference check. EOE.

Why Work at Key?

• Competitive wages
• Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Health Savings Account,
• Paid time off, paid holidays
• 401K Savings Plan with company match.
• Tuition Reimbursement, promote from within, shadowing opportunities
• Beautiful Eastern Washington location close to mountain, desert, large river (Columbia and Snake Rivers) and outdoor activities