Master Scheduler

Job Summary

DRS RADA Technologies in Germantown, MD, is hiring a Master Scheduler.  This position is full time and on-site.

As a subsidiary of Leonardo DRS, DRS RADA Technologies delivers proprietary radar solutions and supports legacy avionics systems for defense customers around the world. The company is a recognized pioneer in AESA tactical radar technology, supporting missions such as active military protection, counter-drone operations, critical infrastructure security, and border surveillance.

The Master Scheduler is responsible for developing, maintaining, and driving the integrated master schedule for the business with a strong emphasis on long-term material shortage visibility, backlog review, forecast development, and rough-cut capacity planning. This role works closely with Production Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Program teams to ensure the organization has an executable weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual master schedule aligned to customer demand, material availability, and operational capacity.

Job Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the master production schedule across weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual planning horizons.
• Analyze backlog, forecast, and demand inputs to translate business requirements into an executable production and material plan.
• Develop and maintain an integrated master schedule that reflects material availability, production readiness, labor constraints, and business priorities.
• Coordinate cross-functionally with Production Operations, Supply Chain, Planning, Program Management, and Manufacturing to align priorities and drive execution.
• Lead the review of long-term material shortages and partner with Procurement and Supply Chain to identify supply risks, long-lead constraints, and projected impacts to future production.
• Prepare and maintain a rolling forecast and perform rough-cut capacity planning to ensure the master schedule is executable based on material position, production capability, and operational constraints.
• Provide regular schedule status updates, monitor schedule adherence, and perform risk analysis to identify and mitigate shortages, schedule slips, priority conflicts, and capacity gaps.
• Support scenario planning, recovery planning, and continuous improvement of planning discipline, data accuracy, reporting, and overall scheduling performance. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Engineering, or related discipline, with a minimum of 8 years of planning, scheduling, production control, or related experience in a manufacturing environment. Equivalent experience may be considered.

• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining master schedules tied to backlog, forecast, material availability, and production execution.

• Successful track record working cross-functionally with Production Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Program teams.

• Experience identifying and managing long-term material shortages and supply-driven schedule constraints

• Experience in schedule analysis, backlog review, forecast development, and rough-cut capacity planning.

• Experience in schedule analysis, backlog review, forecast development, and rough-cut capacity planning.

• Experience in schedule analysis, backlog review, forecast development, and rough-cut capacity planning.

• Demonstrated experience in using MS Office suite products (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Strong oral and written communications skills
• Preferred: Experience in an aerospace or defense environment
• Preferred: Experience supporting systems integration planning