Master Scheduler

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

The Role:

We are a fast-paced business with ambitious growth plans; so if you are dedicated, enthusiastic and always seeking ways to improve, you'll enjoy a career with us! Ontic, a leading licensor and manufacturer of complex engineering parts for the global aerospace and defence industries, are now recruiting for Cost Analysis II to join our Estimating/Cost Analysis team. This role will be based at our Chatsworth, CA office. Ontic is a more than just a business, we're a community of innovators who pride ourselves on fostering a culture where talent thrives, ideas flourish, and careers are built. We're committed to excellence, driving us to continuously improve and adapt, ensuring that we remain at the forefront of our industry.

Key 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 ensure alignment between demand and production.
• Perform finite capacity planning across work centers and value streams to support delivery commitments.
• Apply bottleneck management and Theory of Constraints (TOC) principles to optimize throughput and flow.
• Maintain total demand visibility and drive Clear-to-Build (CTB) status by identifying shortages and coordinating resolution with Procurement.
• Balance production demand with inventory objectives to prevent both 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.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or technical degree required; Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of Master Scheduling or 7+ years of production planning and scheduling experience or a combination of both in manufacturing; aerospace experience strongly preferred.
• Advanced experience working with ERP/MRP systems (Visual preferred).
• Strong understanding of capacity planning, demand management, and material planning.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills in high-pressure environments.
• Excellent communication across all organizational levels.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and Word.
• APICS CPIM certification a plus.

Benefits

At Ontic we care about your financial, physical, and mental wellness so we offer a range of benefits to support this, we care about what matters to you and have a valued culture of recognition and empowerment, accompanied by benefits that support work/life balance. Our benefits package highlights include:

• Up to 29 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• 10 hours paid volunteering time
• Annual goal share bonus scheme for all employees
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounts and offers from a range of retailers
• Best place to work

We were ranked #9 in Best Companies’ Q3 leaderboard for Best Manufacturing Company based on our employee feedback 72.5% of employees who took part in our 2023 employee satisfaction survey said they are proud to work at Ontic No day is the same at Ontic; we have doubled in size over the last couple of years and are still in rapid growth. We attribute our success to empowering colleagues to create the opportunity, fostering an environment of autonomy where we ask for forgiveness, not permission.

Our values

• We share a common sense - we’re a global family of specialists with a shared passion for precision.
• We have the freedom to choose - we’re challengers and innovators with the freedom to think differently and challenge the status quo.
• We create the opportunity - we’re change-makers with a clear direction and can-do spirit.

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Compensation Pay Range 90K-105K

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Ontic is a leading manufacturer to the world’s civil and military aircraft. By becoming the OEM to critical parts others originally developed, we provide continuity, availability and longevity to our customers’ fleets, supporting them for a lifetime of flight. Through our in-house manufacturing and engineering, MRO, spares, and AOG support, we ensure certified, safety-critical components remain available, compliant, and reliable across the full operational life of the aircraft we support. We use our expertise and experience to reduce supply chain risk, improve production outputs and deliver for our customers, so they can keep their aircraft flying now and in the future.