Master Scheduler

Master Scheduler

Job Location s: US-CT-South Windsor

Element Materials Technology Hartford is seeking a highly organized and proactive Master Scheduler to lead planning and scheduling activities across our NDT operations, including Ultrasonic Testing (UT), Etch, Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection (FPI), Magnetic Particle Inspection (MPI).

This role is critical to ensuring customer commitments are translated into executable production schedules that optimize asset utilization, meet aerospace compliance requirements, and drive on-time delivery.

Salary: $85,000.00/yr DOE

Master Planning & Scheduling:

• Develop and maintain the master production schedule across UT, Etch, FPI, and MPI departments.
• Translate customer demand and contractual requirements into executable schedules.
• Align work orders with approved tank assets and customer-specific approvals.
• Manage scheduling for 18+3 UT tank assets (with 3 additional assets coming online in April).
• Optimize capacity planning to maximize throughput and on-time delivery performance.
• Proactively identify bottlenecks and reallocate resources as needed.

Operational Coordination:

• Partner with Operations Manager, department supervisors, and quality to prioritize work based on customer urgency.
• Balance conflicting priorities while maintaining compliance and safety standards.
• Communicate schedule changes clearly to leadership and hourly personnel.
• Monitor daily production performance and adjust schedules in real time.

Continuous Improvement:

• Analyze utilization trends and recommend improvements to workflow and asset deployment.
• Support ERP/system accuracy related to routing, capacity, and labor planning.
• Drive cross-functional problem solving to reduce turnaround times.

• 5+ years of scheduling, production planning, or operations coordination experience.
• Experience in aerospace, manufacturing, or NDT environments strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of capacity planning, asset utilization, and workflow sequencing.
• Proven ability to manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Active problem solver with strong analytical skills.
• Excellent communication skills; ability to work effectively with both leadership and hourly teams.
• ERP/MRP system experience required.
• Proficiency in Excel and production reporting tools.

Key

Competencies:

• Strategic thinking with hands‑on execution
• High attention to detail
• Strong decision‑making under pressure
• Collaborative leadership style
• Accountability and ownership mindset

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to 'Make tomorrow safer than today'.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming "the world's most trusted testing partner".

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