Aerospace Master Scheduler: Optimize Production & Delivery

Ontic; West Chatsworth (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical insurance

Competitive PTO and holidays

401K with up to 4% match

Annual bonus program

Flexible working arrangements

Volunteer opportunities

Mental health champions across sites

Commitment to development

Employee referral program

Job summary

Ontic Chatsworth seeks a Senior Master Scheduler to lead the Master Production Schedule (MPS) in a regulated aerospace manufacturing environment. This senior individual contributor will align production with material readiness, capacity, engineering releases, and delivery commitments, leveraging Visual ERP and strong planning skills.

The role requires ERP proficiency, TOC knowledge, and collaboration with engineering, procurement, and production teams to optimize throughput and on-time delivery.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or technical degree required; bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of Master Scheduling or 7+ years of production planning/scheduling in manufacturing; aerospace experience preferred.
• Advanced experience with ERP/MRP systems (Visual preferred).
• Strong understanding of capacity planning, demand management, and material planning.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision; strong communication skills.

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 by identifying shortages and coordinating resolution with Procurement.
• Balance production demand with inventory objectives to prevent shortages and excess.
• Collaborate with engineering and quality to prevent material holds, disposition delays, or configuration errors.
• Control and execute effectivity dates for ECNs and ECOs to avoid disruption to active production orders.
• Participate in customer meetings related to delivery status, schedule risk, and recovery planning.
• Support Sales and Customer Service by maintaining accurate lead times and promise dates.
• Work with Value Stream leadership and Sales to develop and validate forecast demand requirements.
• Conduct monthly forecast maintenance, analysis, and revisions.
• Identify scheduling process gaps and recommend continuous improvement initiatives to improve efficiency and delivery reliability.
• Determine production priorities when labor, capacity, or materials are constrained.

Skills

ERP planning

Capacity planning

Problem solving

Communication

Excel

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

High school diploma or technical degree required

Tools

Visual ERP

Job description

Ontic Chatsworth seeks a Senior Master Scheduler to lead the Master Production Schedule (MPS) in a regulated aerospace manufacturing environment. This senior individual contributor will align production with material readiness, capacity, engineering releases, and delivery commitments, leveraging Visual ERP and strong planning skills.

The role requires ERP proficiency, TOC knowledge, and collaboration with engineering, procurement, and production teams to optimize throughput and on-time delivery.