Aerospace Master Scheduler: Drive Throughput & Delivery

Ontic Engineering & Manufacturing Inc; California; On-site; USD 90,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 29 days annual leave plus Bank/H

10 hours paid volunteering time

Annual goal share bonus scheme for all

24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Discounts and offers from retailers

Best place to work

Job summary

Ontic Engineering & Manufacturing Inc. is seeking a Cost Analysis II to join our Estimating/Cost Analysis team in Chatsworth, CA. The role supports production planning, scheduling, and cost analysis across aerospace manufacturing.

You will work with ERP/MRP systems, manage master schedules, coordinate with engineering, quality, and procurement, and contribute to continuous improvement and delivery reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or technical degree required or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years Master Scheduling or 7+ years production planning/scheduling in manufacturing; aerospace experience preferred.
• ERP/MRP systems experience; Visual preferred.
• Strong understanding of capacity planning, demand management, and material planning.
• Excellent communication across all levels; able to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Develop, publish, and maintain the Master Production Schedule (MPS) using Visual ERP based on contract demand, forecasts, and inventory strategies.
• Analyze order feasibility based on capacity, material availability, engineering readiness, and quality status.
• Integrate sales orders into Visual to drive accurate scheduling and align demand with production.
• Perform finite capacity planning across work centers and value streams to support delivery commitments.
• Apply bottleneck management and Theory of Constraints (TOC) to optimize throughput and flow.
• Maintain total demand visibility and drive CTB status with Procurement.
• Balance production demand with inventory objectives to prevent shortages and excess.
• Collaborate with engineering and quality to prevent material holds, delays, or configuration errors.
• Control ECN/ECO effectivity dates to avoid disruption to active orders.
• Participate in customer meetings on delivery status and recovery planning.
• Support Sales and Customer Service with lead times and promise dates.
• Forecast demand with Value Stream leadership and Sales; perform monthly maintenance.
• Identify scheduling gaps and drive continuous improvement for efficiency and reliability.
• Determine production priorities when labor/capacity/materials are constrained.

Skills

Capacity planning

Demand management

Material planning

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree or technical degree

High school diploma or technical degree required

Tools

Visual ERP

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Job description

Ontic Engineering & Manufacturing Inc. is seeking a Cost Analysis II to join our Estimating/Cost Analysis team in Chatsworth, CA. The role supports production planning, scheduling, and cost analysis across aerospace manufacturing.

You will work with ERP/MRP systems, manage master schedules, coordinate with engineering, quality, and procurement, and contribute to continuous improvement and delivery reliability.