Sr. Manufacturing Line Coordinator - Boise, ID, United States
Originally posted 9 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves independently managing production priorities, manufacturing workflow, and operational escalations to meet customer delivery commitments and improve cycle time, throughput, and site performance.
What you'll do
- Independently monitor and manage work-in-progress (WIP), adjusting daily priorities to balance customer commitments, engineering requirements, operational constraints, and business needs.
- Coordinate priority, qualification, expedited, and customer-critical material through bottleneck operations and constrained resources.
- Analyze capacity and workflow constraints, drive priority material through completion, and coordinate actions to reduce aging WIP and improve cycle time.
- Serve as the primary Production Control coordinator during assigned shifts, lead production passdowns, and guide Manufacturing Line Coordinator I and II personnel.
- Own operational escalations from identification through resolution, leading cross-functional recovery from manufacturing constraints, engineering issues, equipment downtime, material shortages, and workflow disruptions.
- Recommend and participate in improvements to cycle time, throughput, inventory management, communication, and customer delivery performance.
What you'll need
- Advanced knowledge of manufacturing operations, production flow, inventory management, and production control principles.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to assess plate production status and technical issues, explain risks and schedule impacts, and communicate concerns and next steps.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word, and experience using ERP, MES, production tracking, or manufacturing information systems.
- Ability to analyze operational data and identify production risks and workflow constraints.
- 8+ years of experience in manufacturing, production control, supply chain, inventory management, scheduling, logistics, or operations coordination.
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
Skills: production control, WIP management, cycle time, MES, operational improvement
This role has been open 6 days — well below the 52-day median for Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering roles.
Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
2505
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Median days open
52 d
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Median salary
$96k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Photronics | All employers we track in this specialty (2505 roles · 79 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 4 | 2505 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 13 | 9907 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 76 d | 52 d (+24 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $96k |
Skills observed across this category: production control, WIP management, cycle time, MES, operational improvement
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 398 open roles · median 77 d
- Applied Materials · 256 open roles · median 37 d
- Entegris · 227 open roles · median 36 d
- Lam Research · 109 open roles · median 58 d
- Infineon Technologies · 91 open roles · median 57 d
- STMicroelectronics · 70 open roles · median 51 d
How we counted: 2505 open Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 79 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 16 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.