Master Scheduler

Job Description

Job Description

At Tesco Controls (a UFT company), our culture is grounded in the idea that the how we achieve results is just as important as the results themselves. Our winning behaviors guide the way we work, collaborate, and grow—both as individual employees and as a team. Our core winning behaviors are to Build Relationships, have a Relentless Drive for Results, to Communicate with Integrity and Focus, and to Be a Mentor, Teacher, Learner. These behaviors are more than words—they are the foundation of our success and continued growth. 

Here, you’ll join a stable, growing company where your work directly supports cleaner water, stronger communities, and critical infrastructure across the country. If you want meaningful work, real growth opportunities, and a team that takes pride in doing the right thing—you’ll find it here. Apply today and help power the systems that keep our world running.

We are seeking a strategic and detail-oriented Master Scheduler to own and manage the Master Production Schedule (MPS), serving as the critical connection between customer demand and production capacity. In this role, you will develop and maintain production plans that balance customer commitments, operational efficiency, inventory levels, and resource availability. You will work closely with Sales, Operations, Engineering, Procurement, Logistics, and Finance to ensure successful execution of production and delivery objectives.

• Develop, publish, and maintain the Master Production Schedule across short- and long-term planning horizons.
• Attend project kickoff meetings to understand customer requirements, project milestones, and delivery expectations.
• Create and manage TRP schedules aligned with project schedules, contract milestones, and cash flow objectives.
• Lead Rough-Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP) to ensure labor, equipment, and material resources support production requirements.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for delivery commitments, managing customer promise dates and schedule exceptions.
• Own and administer schedule change-control processes to maintain schedule stability and operational efficiency.
• Partner with operations scheduling teams to transition plans into execution and address scheduling variances.
• Lead bi-weekly Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) meetings, driving alignment across demand, supply, inventory, and capacity planning.
• Collaborate with Purchasing and Materials teams to identify shortages, mitigate risks, and ensure material availability.
• Monitor and report key performance metrics including schedule attainment, on-time delivery, inventory levels, backlog, and capacity utilization.
• Maintain planning parameters within TRP/MRP systems, ensuring data accuracy and integrity.
• Review production estimates, work orders, costs, and completion projections to support operational and financial performance.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on scheduling accuracy, planning processes, and resource utilization.

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, Operations Management, Business, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent professional experience may be considered.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in production planning, master scheduling, supply chain planning, or a related manufacturing environment
• Expertise in production planning, master scheduling, and supply chain operations.
• Strong understanding of MRP/TRP systems, planning logic, time fences, available-to-promise methodologies, and capacity planning.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel capabilities, including pivot tables, lookups, data analysis, and scenario modeling.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to turn data into actionable business decisions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across multiple departments and organizational levels.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders and maintain schedule discipline in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience facilitating cross-functional meetings and driving alignment among competing priorities.
• Strong project management and continuous improvement mindset.
• Ability to identify risks proactively and develop practical recovery plans.
• Demonstrated leadership without direct authority and a commitment to operational excellence.
• Manufacturing and production planning principles.
• Capacity planning and resource allocation methodologies.
• Inventory management and supply chain best practices.
• Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) processes.
• Scheduling change-control and schedule governance practices.
• Production performance metrics, including schedule attainment and on-time delivery.
• Data analysis, forecasting, and demand planning concepts.
• ERP, MRP, and TRP systems administration and optimization.
• Continuous improvement methodologies and process standardization.
• Financial impacts of production scheduling, project milestones, and operational performance.

Pay offered will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, and geographic location. We may pay more or less than the range based on the person’s qualifications. In good faith we believe the range is what we will pay for this role at the time of the posting and may change in the future.

Join our team to innovate the future of water and wastewater. You’ll collaborate with coworkers who are the best and the brightest, challenge yourself on exciting work, and help build the best water and wastewater platform company in the U.S. 

Tesco Controls is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. TESCO provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, or genetic information. (Compliant with the new VEVRAA and Section 503 rules)

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