Master Scheduler

Aston Carter•Carson, CA

7d•$100,000 - $130,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Master Scheduler oversees integrated production scheduling across multiple product lines in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. The role builds and maintains rate-based production schedules, aligns hardware and resource allocation with customer and internal requirements, and proactively mitigates schedule risks. The Master Scheduler partners with production, supply chain, and leadership teams to support on-time delivery, efficient use of shared resources, and continuous improvement of planning processes. This is a permanent, fully onsite position based in Long Beach, California. The work takes place in a dynamic, high-growth manufacturing setting, with regular interaction around production floors and work centers and frequent use of ERP/MRP systems and modern planning tools. The listed pay range is $100,000–$130,000 per year, with individual compensation depending on qualifications and other job-related factors. Benefits include stock options, medical, dental and vision coverage through an HRA with a generous allowance, a retirement savings plan, and paid time off.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
At least 3 years of experience in manufacturing scheduling, production planning, or operations.
Hands-on experience using ERP/MRP systems in a production environment.
Strong production planning and schedule-planning capabilities, including managing multiple product lines and constraints.
Demonstrated ability to lead integrated production scheduling and coordinate cross-functional stakeholders.
Proficiency with planning tools and computer applications for managing schedules and data in a manufacturing context.
Ability to identify and analyze work-center capacity constraints and schedule risks.
Experience conducting root-cause analysis and implementing permanent corrective actions to improve schedule performance.

Nice To Haves

Experience in startup or high-growth manufacturing environments.
Ability to develop and maintain strong internal and external supplier and customer relationships in a fast-paced, evolving manufacturing environment.
Experience supporting executive leadership with operational planning, forecasting, and scenario analysis.
Technical skills in coding and computer applications such as MS Office Suite, VBA, Smartsheet, SQL, Confluence, JIRA, and Power BI.
Ability to map process requirements and design standard processes across shared resources to improve efficiency and consistency.
Strong communication and negotiation skills, including gaining stakeholder buy-in on scheduling decisions and resource allocations.
Analytical mindset and ability to use data to inform scheduling decisions and continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

Lead integrated production scheduling across product lines, defining parts need dates, projecting long-term operational requirements, and determining staffing needs based on lead times.
Create and maintain rate-based production schedules for each build, defining and tracking constraints that affect throughput and delivery.
Develop and present schedule scenarios to optimize hardware and resource allocation across product lines while balancing customer needs, internal rate goals, and readiness requirements.
Collaborate with production teams to set, track, and execute daily and weekly work-center goals, accounting for personnel and physical resource constraints.
Identify production-plan risks, communicate them, and recommend mitigation strategies to maintain schedule integrity.
Manage scheduling and prioritization of production resources shared across product lines, negotiating priorities with leadership.
Use ERP/MRP systems to identify hardware shortages for upcoming builds and lead efforts to find solutions that allow builds to progress where possible.
Conduct work-center capacity analysis to reduce near-term and future schedule risk, identifying gaps in models and communication that contribute to schedule slips.
Lead reactive and proactive initiatives to mitigate schedule risks, improve planning accuracy, and strengthen cross-team coordination.
Lead root-cause analysis of issues discovered during builds and develop permanent resolutions to eliminate blockers to on-time delivery.
Facilitate alignment on assembly-level and integration-level misalignments, ensuring schedules reflect realistic build and integration timelines.
Support executive leadership in operational planning and forecasting with data-driven insights into capacity, constraints, and schedule performance.
Map and define process requirements and help establish standardized processes across shared resources to improve consistency and efficiency.