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Laborup is seeking an experienced Master Scheduler to lead production planning and scheduling for a growing, high-precision CNC manufacturing operation in San Jose, CA. This position plays a critical role in coordinating production across multiple machining departments, ensuring manufacturing capacity, material availability, and customer delivery commitments remain aligned.
You will develop, maintain, and manage production schedules across CNC milling, turning, and other manufacturing departments to meet customer delivery requirements. Key responsibilities include evaluating machine availability, labor capacity, and material readiness to develop realistic and achievable manufacturing schedules. You will utilize ERP/MRP systems to manage work orders, production schedules, material requirements, inventory, and manufacturing demand.
This is a hands-on, high-visibility position requiring close collaboration with manufacturing leadership, engineering, purchasing, quality, and program management. You will work directly with manufacturing supervisors, programmers, and engineering teams to coordinate workflow and ensure production stays on schedule. You will identify material shortages, purchasing constraints, and inventory issues that could impact production timelines, monitor work-in-process (WIP), track job progress, identify bottlenecks, and adjust schedules to maintain efficient production flow.
Additional responsibilities include tracking customer commitments, communicating potential delays, developing recovery plans to improve on-time delivery, and leading regular scheduling and production status meetings to review priorities, capacity constraints, and upcoming deliveries. You will take ownership of the production schedule, anticipate constraints, and keep work moving efficiently through the shop.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 10+ years of experience in production planning, master scheduling, or production control within a manufacturing environment
- Strong experience working with ERP/MRP systems, production scheduling, work orders, BOMs, and material requirements planning
- Experience scheduling production across multiple manufacturing departments, machines, or work centers
- CNC machining or precision manufacturing experience strongly preferred, particularly in high-mix, low-volume environments
- Strong understanding of manufacturing capacity planning, inventory management, WIP tracking, and production workflow
- Ability to coordinate with purchasing, manufacturing, engineering, and program management to meet customer delivery commitments
- Experience identifying production bottlenecks, managing material shortages, and adjusting schedules based on changing priorities
- Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills
- Experience with new product introduction (NPI), engineering change orders (ECOs), and prototype-to-production transitions is a plus
