Production Control Specialist

Location: Tigard, OR

Job Type: Full-Time; Non-exempt (hourly) 

Schedule: Day shift

Pay Range: $30.00-$37.50/hour

Job Summary

In this role, you won't be trapped in a back office keying in stacks of end-of-day paperwork, and you won't be managing floor personnel schedules. Instead, you'll empower our Leads and Machine Operators to log their own completed production steps and material usage in real time while you watch the whole board. You will monitor Work-in-Progress (WIP) movement, jump in to untangle tricky inventory exceptions, audit yields and waste against our Bills of Materials (BOMs) down to the gram, keep our ERP and METRC numbers in lockstep, and use that clean, real-time data to build a reliable Master Production Schedule.

What You'll Do

1. Production Step "Air Traffic Control" & System Entry Auditing (40%)

• Monitor real-time WIP movement across all facility production steps (intake, grind/sift, pre-roll machines, kiefing, injecting, dipping, filling, sorting, and packing) to eliminate data lags and inventory blackholes.

• Audit standard inventory transactions entered by Leads and Machine Operators at the end of each batch to verify accuracy against physical counts.

• Step in as the go-to problem solver when non-standard issues pop up on the floor-such as split batches, rework loops, negative inventory blocks, or unusual yield variances.

• Partner daily with the Production Supervisor to ensure floor crews are logging their completed steps in real time rather than batching them at the end of a shift.

2. Master Production Scheduling & Material Readiness (25%)

• Build and maintain the weekly and daily Master Production Schedule based on sales demand, real-time WIP availability, and raw/packaging material stock (flower, trim, oil, kief, cones, tubes, labels, and master cases).

• Coordinate with the Production Supervisor and Production Director to align the master schedule with daily floor labor capacity and machine availability.

• Flag potential material shortages or workflow bottlenecks early so leadership can pivot before a line goes down.

3. BOM Maintenance, Yield Analysis & Continuous Improvement (20%)

• Own and update Bills of Materials (BOMs) and production routings in the ERP system so standard consumption rates reflect reality on the floor.

• Track and analyze scrap, waste, and yield variances across high-value steps-especially grind/sift loss, machine waste, and oil/kief infusion weights.

• Create simple, visual how-to guides (SOPs) and train Leads and Machine Operators on how to execute clean system transactions at their stations.

4. Oregon Compliance & ERP Reconciliation (15%)

• Ensure 100% alignment between internal ERP inventory transactions and Oregon state compliance tracking (METRC).

• Lead weekly WIP cycle counts and monthly physical inventory reconciliations alongside the Production Supervisor, investigating and documenting the root cause of any discrepancies.

• Maintain audit-ready batch records to protect our OLCC license.

How You Partner with the Team

• With the Production Supervisor: You own the system and the schedule; the Supervisor owns the crew and the floor pace. You tell the Supervisor what needs to run based on material readiness, and they assign the team to make it happen.

• With Leads & Machine Operators: You are their system coach and safety net. They handle standard point-of-use data entry; you train them, audit their entries, and fix the complicated stuff when the system pushes back.

• With the Production Director: You provide the real-time WIP visibility, yield trends, and scheduling insights needed to drive big-picture operational efficiency.

What You Bring to the TableMust-Haves:

• 2–4+ years of experience in production control, inventory control, production planning, or ERP administration within a manufacturing environment (cannabis, food & beverage, CPG, or light assembly).

• Deep comfort with ERP/MRP systems & inventory tracking: You understand how multi-level BOMs, routings, WIP tracking steps, and automated inventory deduction work under the hood.

• Spreadsheet Wizardry: Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills (comfortable with pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, and variance tracking).

• Floor Presence: You aren't afraid to put on a lab coat or hairnet, walk out to a noisy pre-roll or infusing line, and troubleshoot a weight discrepancy face-to-face with an operator.

• Ability to obtain OLCC Marijuana Worker Permit prior to starting, and at least 21 years of age per state law.

Nice-to-Haves:

• METRC & OLCC Fluency: Hands-on experience reconciling physical cannabis inventory and production batches in METRC (we are happy to train a strong manufacturing systems pro on METRC!).

• Direct experience with cannabis pre-roll manufacturing processes and the specific weight/yield variables that come with them.

• Experience rolling out new ERP tracking steps or training production floor teams on barcode scanning/terminal entry.

• APICS/ASCM certification (CPIM) or Lean/Six Sigma exposure.

Work Environment & Physical Requirements

• Split Environment: Roughly 50% at a desk/workstation working in the ERP and spreadsheets, and 50% on the manufacturing floor auditing production entries and coaching operators.

• Physical Demands: Ability to stand and walk the production floor for extended periods, read scales and terminal screens, and occasionally lift or move bins/totes weighing up to 35 lbs during inventory audits.