Job Description

The Master Scheduler acts as the central analytical decision maker between Sales, engineering, shop-floor production control, operators, quality control, and purchasing. Critical to this role is the ownership, management and accountability for a fluid, dynamic shop environment of rapid job changeovers and short-run production. This hands-on position analyzes customer orders, outside processing and delivery commitments into an optimized, capacity-constrained production schedule that balances machine hours, labor, material availability, and outside processing. The core mission is to maximize machine spindle uptime and minimize setup bottlenecks, while navigating constantly shifting customer priorities, engineering revisions, and multi-step job routers.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and manage master finite and daily/weekly schedules for a precision CNC machining centers.
• Evaluate machine availability, machine utilization, labor capacity, and tooling readiness to ensure realistic run times. Sequence jobs to minimize setup and run times.
• Monitor active shop-floor jobs, track critical path operations, and adjust schedules in real time to resolve bottlenecks or hot jobs.
• High level proficiency with ERP Management to input, update, and manage job routers, lead times, and scheduling data within Epicor enterprise resource planning system.
• Dynamically re-route work across interchangeable CNC centers when machines become overloaded or experience unscheduled downtime.
• Lead or participate in daily production meetings, updating department supervisors, engineering, and sales on schedule status and delivery risks.
• Ensure specialized, job-specific tooling and custom fixtures are completely kitted and staged at the machine before releasing short-run work orders.
• Industry knowledge of AS9100 machining and processing requirements

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 3+ years in a high-mix, low-volume job shop environment (aerospace, medical device, defense preferred).
• Advanced and proactive Problem-Solving skills with high comfort level for ambiguity and a proven ability to recalculate schedules on a daily basis.
• Critical decision-making skills to interpret data, manage risk, model scenarios, evaluate tradeoffs and maintain stability amid supply chain disruptions and operational changes.
• Technical Literacy** **of CNC machining, ability to read complex blueprints and estimate realistic machine setup windows.
• Ability to challenge assumptions and the status quo.
• Experience with continuous improvement in a manufacturing process environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or related field or experience
• CSCP, CPIM. PMI -SP strongly preferred

Salary $85K to $105K based on qualifications