How to hire a production control assistant

How to hire a production control assistant, step by step

Here's a step-by-step production control assistant hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a production control assistant job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new production control assistant
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   First, determine the employments status of the production control assistant you need to hire. Certain production control assistant roles might require a full-time employee, whereas others can be done by part-time workers or contractors.

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   Is the person you're thinking of hiring a US citizen or green card holder?

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   Hiring the perfect production control assistant also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   Here's a comparison of production control assistant salaries for various roles:

   Type of Production Control Assistant	Description	Hourly rate
   Production Control Assistant	Material recording clerks track product information in order to keep businesses and supply chains on schedule. They ensure proper scheduling, recordkeeping, and inventory control.	$12-28
   Expeditor	The role of expeditors is to ensure the timely and efficient preparation and delivery of food. To accomplish this task, they also perform other duties, including managing inventory levels, managing supply requisition, and coordinating with subcontractors... Show more	$13-25
   Planning Supervisor	Planning supervisors are professionals who are responsible for coordinating the health and safety aspects of project design and the initial planning. These supervisors are required to ensure that designers cooperate and comply with their duties, especially in avoiding and reducing risks... Show more	$30-51

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Shop Floor
   • Production Schedules
   • Production Orders
   • Purchase Orders
   • WIP
   • Cycle Counts
   • MRP
   • Inventory Control
   • Audio Board
   • Master Control
   • RAN
   • EDI
   • Production Planning
   • Customer Orders

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage warehouse and shipping departments, responsible for outsourcing secondary machining of materials, purchasing MRO supplies and logistics.
   • Upgrade use of MRP software which reduce production delays and enhance inventory control and accuracy.
   • Review material usages for detail parts to update MRP part masters and job cards for correct job costing data.
   • Maintain inventory accuracy from inventory level and WIP locations.
   • Prepare and schedule international and flatb logistics, including documentation.
   • Perform multiple logistics administrative functions in support of operations including databases, spreadsheets, and power point presentations.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your production control assistant job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. A production control assistant can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, production control assistants' average salary in wyoming is 49% less than in new york.
   • Seniority. Entry-level production control assistants 58% less than senior-level production control assistants.
   • Certifications. A production control assistant with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in a production control assistant's salary.

   Average production control assistant salary

   $39,385yearly

   $18.94 hourly rate

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   Entry-level production control assistant salary

   $25,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 30, 2026

4. Writing a production control assistant job description

   A good production control assistant job description should include a few things:

   • Summary of the role
   • List of responsibilities
   • Required skills and experience

   Including a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager is also appreciated by candidates. Here's an example of a production control assistant job description:

   Production control assistant job description example

   COVID\-19 continues to significantly impact our employees, families and communities\. With employee health and safety as our top priority, and as a federal contractor, Lockheed Martin is taking action to address the increased risk and uncertainty COVID\-19 variants pose in the workplace and ensuring we meet our commitments to national security\.
   
   To uphold safety for all employees, we will continue to request vaccination status for all Lockheed Martin employees including new hires\. All current and newly hired employees are required to follow onsite safety measures based upon the COVID\-19 Community Level at the specific work location\.
   
   **Description:** The Production Control Asst Spec position supports the manufacturing floor with production control tasks\. Uses SAP and Flexnet daily to put parts to stock, complete remove and replace tasks on rework, and release production orders\. Uses Microsoft Excel to maintain records of stock, needed release dates, and position to program need on WIP\. Works with Manufacturing Supervisor, Manufacturing Engineer, Quality Engineer, Program Manager, etc\. to prevent issues and resolve problems that may arise\. Attends stock purge meeting and pulls reports as needed\. Helps to keep Kanban inventory accurate and assists with Kanban cycle counts as needed\. Supports team in Performance Management Teams and process improvements\. Fills out weekly Kit Release Plan to keep correct amount of WIP on the floor\.
   **Basic Qualifications:**
   
   Familiarity with Microsoft Excel
   
   Strong communication skills
   
   Ability to multi\-task and handle large volume of work
   
   Self\-starter
   
   Ability to determine priorities without frequent supervisory input
   
   Experience in manufacturing environment
   
   Ability to obtain a secret security clearance, and must be able to obtain an interim secret clearance prior to start so therefore all candidates must be a US Citizen\.
   
   **Desired Skills:**
   
   SAP experience
   
   Experience with Kanban system
   
   Experience handling electronic components
   
   **BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:**
   
   job\.Qualifications
   
   **Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer\. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status\.**
   
   Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours\. Our customers tackle the hardest missions\. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision\. They're dangerous\. Critical\. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives\. Those are the missions we care about\.
   
   As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin's vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers' toughest challenges\. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U\.S\., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories\.
   
   **EXPERIENCE LEVEL:**
   
   Hourly/Non\-Exempt

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5. Post your job

   To find production control assistants for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any production control assistants they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level production control assistants with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your production control assistant job on Zippia to find and recruit production control assistant candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Recruiting production control assistants requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   Remember to include a few questions that allow candidates to expand on their strengths in their own words. Asking about their unique skills might reveal things you'd miss otherwise. At this point, good candidates can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new production control assistant

   Once you've found the production control assistant candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   It's also good etiquette to follow up with applicants who don't get the job by sending them an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   Once that's done, you can draft an onboarding schedule for the new production control assistant. Human Resources should complete Employee Action Forms and ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc. They should also ensure that new employee files are created for internal recordkeeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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