Scheduler jobs in Kirkland, WA

Company Information

PACCAR, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company established in 1905 and is recognized as a global leader in the commercial vehicle, financial, and customer service fields.

PACCAR is a global technology leader in the design, manufacture, and customer support of high-quality light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks under its internationally recognized brands Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF nameplates.

PACCAR designs and manufactures advanced diesel engines and provides customized financial services, information technology and truck parts related to its principal business.

Your next career move is waiting at PACCAR whether you want to design the transportation technology of tomorrow, support the staff functions of a dynamic, international leader, or build our excellent products and services.

Join the PACCAR team today!

Division Information

PACCAR's Information Technology Division (ITD), located in Renton, WA utilizes cutting-edge technology to provide systems development, consulting, voice and data communications services to the entire Corporation, which has high visibility in the technology sector.

The Role / Team

Automated job schedules support mission critical manufacturing, materials management, purchasing, logistics, and financial processes throughout PACCAR's North and South American information processing landscape orchestrated and integrated with Open Systems and IBM platforms.

The Schedulers work closely with Application Developers to add, modify and archive job schedules, all of which have a direct impact on batch and system processing.

An Enterprise Scheduler will work in a team environment to architect and engineer automation solutions using Enterprise Batch Scheduling software.

Enterprise Schedules are part of Data Center Operations, within the Enterprise Command Center (ECC) family and report to the Manager responsible for Operational Services Support.

This position is located in Renton, WA. This position reports to the ECC / OSS Manager.

Job Functions / Responsibilities

• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience using BMC Control-M (Application and data workflow orchestration platform).
• Alternately, strong knowledge and experience with analogous job scheduling platform (CA ESP, Tidal, Etc.).
• Strong knowledge for development of Cross-Platform Job Schedules for WinTel, Unix, Linux, and IBM zOS and iSeries.
• Experience with the architecture, design, installation, and maintenance of automated scheduling systems for production job and online batch processing schedules.
• Monitor automated schedules to ensure processing efficiency, within service level and without resource impact, and collaborate with the application teams responsible for the schedules to diagnosis issues and define corrective action as required.
• Maintain Mainframe and AS400 Job Recovery documentation within the Scheduling system as directed by the Job Owners.
• Work closely with ECC Recovery Analysts to facilitate resolution of issues involving production job processing and recovery.
• Interact and assist customers with schedule related questions, special job requests, and scheduling changes.
• Follow Change Management processes for all modifications to schedules.
• Investigate, analyze, and recommend technique improvements for schedules and the scheduling systems.
• Requires ability to work a flexible shift, outside normal hours and on-call 24x7.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of professional work experience and BMC Control-M experience.
• CA Technologies ESP - Workload Automation Enterprise Scheduling Platform.
• Familiar with CICS, IMS, DB2, DBRC, SMS, DBCTRL, IBM Utilities, TSO CLIST, OPSMVS, REXX, JCL, RACF, FDRABR, ADRDSSU, and VTCS, CONNECT DIRECT, SAR / VIEW, EDI, IMS UTILITIES, EZTRIEVE, SYNCSORT, OMEGAMON, DFHSM, and DADS.
• Acute attention to detail.
• Able to communicate effectively with employees at all levels of the company.
• Strong problem and troubleshooting skills.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently with little direct supervision.
• Ability to work in an integrated team environment.

Education / Training

• Undergraduate degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field desired.
• Familiaritywith Database platforms, specifically IMS, DB2, SQL and Oracle desired.

Physical Demands

• Sitting and standing for prolonged periods of time.
• Occasional pushing, pulling, bending, stooping; possible crawling, and reaching.

PACCAR Benefits

As a U.S. PACCAR employee, you have a full range of benefit options including :

• 401k with up to a 5% company match
• Fully funded pension plan that provides monthly benefits after retirement
• Comprehensive paid time off - minimum of 10 paid vacation days (additional days are provided with additional seniority / years of service), 12 paid holidays, and sick time
• Tuition reimbursement for continued education
• Medical, dental, and vision plans for you and your family
• Flexible spending accounts (FSA) and health savings account (HSA)
• Paid short-and long-term disability programs
• Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• EAP services including wellness plans, estate planning, financial counseling and more

Diversity & Inclusion

PACCAR is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veteran / Disability corporation. Having a diverse and inclusive work environment ensures PACCAR has the talent needed to conduct business today and in the future by leveraging different backgrounds, skills, and viewpoints.

We believe diversity in the workplace increases innovation, results in better decisions, and increases employee engagement.

PACCAR's IT Division promotes Diversity and Inclusion through mentorship, events, celebrations, and affinity groups. The IT Division has an active Diversity Council and supports initiatives and activities for all.

PACCAR supports women through the PACCAR Women's Association (PWA), Women in Trucking, and Women in Technology International (WITI).

Educational awareness programs such as Unconscious Bias, Male Allyship and Inclusive Leadership are just a few of many trainings offered.

PACCAR is a supporter of PRIDE and celebrates many different multi-cultural events.

Additional Job Board Information

PACCAR is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veteran / Disability. At PACCAR, we value talent and promote growth and development.

We carefully consider numerous compensation factors, including your education, training, or experience. The salary range for the Enterprise Scheduler is $84,000 - $131,700 annually.

Additionally, this role is eligible for a full range of benefit options listed above. Additionally, this role is eligible for a full range of benefit options listed above.

This position is also eligible for a holiday gift.

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Last updated : 2024-06-10