Master Scheduler

Position Summary:

Schedules, plans, and coordinates flow of work within or between departments to expedite production by performing the following duties:

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Reviews master production schedule and job orders. Updates status as needed.
• Oversee, manage, and support front end and back-end planners to coordinate status and update status in ERP (Syteline) system.
• Generates metrics for production.
• Coordinates all outside vendor requirements, including obtaining prices, writing purchase orders, follow up and final receipt of parts. Maintains performance metrics and updates cost sheets.
• Maintains Kan ban for consignment jobs.
• Assists with Sales requests for milestone plans and follow up on expedite items.
• Generates and analyses various status reports to ensure work is proceeding according to plan.
• Follow up on MRR actions including submittals with customers.
• Updates ship plan and lead daily meetings.
• All other duties as assigned.

Required Skills:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of supervisors and employees of the organization.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Experience & Education

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university.
• 3-5 years related experience training in master scheduling for an aerospace manufacturing environment.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience accepted in lieu of degree.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and vibration.  The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock.  The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability – not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.