In a manufacturing production-control office, you handle the clerical coordination work behind production-control operations — supporting schedulers and expediters with paperwork, data entry, and the operational coordination that production-control generates.
PC-coordinating-clerk work runs across paperwork support, data-entry work, and operational coordination — processing production-control paperwork, maintaining the data records that schedulers and expediters need, supporting communication between production-control and shop-floor operations, fielding routine questions from supervisors. Records accuracy and operational-coordination effectiveness anchor the operating measures.
The harder part is often the volume-of-small-details dimension — production-control work involves many transactions (work orders, schedule changes, expediting status, completion reporting), and clerks carry the discipline to keep records accurate across the volume. Variance across employers shapes the role: large manufacturers run PC-coordinating clerks within structured production-control teams; smaller operations run clerks with broader scope; specialty manufacturing (aerospace, automotive, food processing) runs within sector-specific frameworks.
It fits people organized with administrative detail, reliable through repetitive data work, and warm with shop-floor and office staff. CPIM and APICS credentials anchor advancement on the supply-chain track. The trade-off is the modest pay and limited visibility — coordinating-clerk work operates behind the production-control function, and advancement typically requires moving into planning, scheduling, or expediting roles.
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View all Admin & Office roles →In a manufacturing production-control office, you handle the clerical coordination work behind production-control operations — supporting schedulers and expediters with paperwork, data entry, and the operational coordination that production-control generates.
Median pay for a Production Control Coordinating Clerk (PC Coordinating Clerk) is about $58K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $39K to $85K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Active Listening, Time Management, and Critical Thinking.
Most people in this role hold a high school diploma.
Employment in this field is projected to decline about 1.8% through 2034, with roughly 385,000 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Project Manager, Human Resources Project Manager (HR Project Manager), and Technical Project Manager (Technical PM).
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