Master Scheduler

Critical Loop

22d • $50,000 - $75,000

About The Position

Critical Loop is building integrated energy-management and battery-control systems that connect distributed energy resources to the grid. The Production Master Scheduler drives efficient production across product lines by developing rate-based schedules, identifying parts and staffing shortages, projecting long-term resource needs, and tracking build constraints. The role collaborates with production and leadership teams to establish and execute daily and weekly goals aligned with customer delivery milestones and overall rate targets.

The scheduler uses production schedules and ERP/MRP systems to plan hardware and resource allocations, identify shortages, assess capacity and schedule risk, and coordinate solutions that keep builds progressing. The role also leads root-cause investigations and initiatives to resolve production blockers and improve alignment between assembly and integration.

Critical Loop offers stock options, health coverage through an HRA with a generous allowance, a retirement savings plan, and unlimited paid time off. The company does not provide visa sponsorship for this role.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Operations Management, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of manufacturing scheduling, planning, or operations experience.
• Experience using ERP/MRP systems in a production environment.
• Applicants must not require immigration support now or in the future; Critical Loop does not provide visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in startup or high-growth manufacturing environments.
• Ability to build and maintain strong internal and external supplier and customer relationships in a fast-paced, evolving manufacturing environment.
• Experience supporting executive leadership with operational planning and forecasting.
• Technical knowledge or skills in coding and computer applications such as MS Office Suite, VBA, Smartsheet, SQL, Confluence, JIRA, or Power BI.
• Ability to map and determine process requirements and build standard processes across shared resources.

Responsibilities

• Lead integrated production scheduling across product lines, including identifying part need dates and projecting long-term operational and staffing requirements based on demand and lead times.
• Create rate-based schedules and define and track constraints across builds.
• Develop production scenarios and stakeholder buy-in to determine hardware and resource allocations across product lines, accounting for customer needs, rate goals, and readiness requirements.
• Work with production teams to establish, track, and execute daily and weekly work-center goals while accounting for personnel and physical resource constraints and identifying risks to the plan.
• Manage scheduling and prioritization of shared production resources and negotiate priorities with the leadership team.
• Use ERP/MRP systems to identify hardware shortages for upcoming builds and lead efforts to find solutions that enable builds to progress where possible.
• Conduct work-center capacity analysis, identify modeling and communication gaps that cause schedule slips, and lead initiatives to mitigate near-term and future schedule risks.
• Lead root-cause investigations and develop permanent resolutions to issues found during product builds, eliminating internal and external blockers to on-time delivery.
• Drive conversations to resolve assembly-level and integration misalignment.

Benefits

• Equity ownership through stock options.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage through an HRA with a generous allowance.
• Retirement savings plan.
• Unlimited paid time off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level