Comfort Systems USA

Senior Scheduler

Comfort Systems USA$85K — $110K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in production scheduling or capacity planning required.
  • Proven experience with customer-facing delivery updates.
  • Strong background in strategic and near-term scheduling.
  • Knowledge of ERP and MRP systems, especially in multi-site environments.
  • Preferred certifications include APICS, CPIM, PMP, or CSCP.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain an enterprise-level master schedule for 12-24 months.
  • Provide customer-facing capability feedback within 48 hours.
  • Collaborate with project management to confirm customer promise dates.
  • Drive monthly SIOP and weekly scheduling ensure operational readiness.
  • Track schedule adherence and production efficiency metrics.
  • Identify scheduling constraints and implement corrective actions.
  • Mentor junior schedulers in best practices and scheduling standards.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment fostering cross-functional partnerships.
  • Opportunity to shape enterprise-level scheduling strategies.
  • Mentoring role to develop junior talent in the scheduling field.
  • Exposure to advanced scheduling tools and methodologies.
  • Dynamic work in a high-paced industrial manufacturing setting.
Full Job Description
POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Senior Scheduler owns the enterprise level integrated master schedule and drives alignment across demand, capacity, materials, and production execution. This role supports and partners with the Master Scheduler to ensure end to end coordination between long range planning, weekly scheduling cycles, and shop floor execution. The Sr Scheduler also provides customer-faced schedule feedback and capability assessments within 48 hours of notice.

These individual leads cross functional planning cycles, identifies constraints, models scenarios, and drives corrective actions that stabilize production performance. The role serves as a subject matter expert in ERP, MRP, capacity planning, and advanced scheduling methods.

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Build and maintain a rolling 12-to-24-month enterprise master schedule that aligns backlog, forecast, capacity, and material readiness.
  • Provide customer facing capability and delivery feedback within 48 hours of request.
  • Collaborate with and support the Master Scheduler to align long range and short term schedules.
  • Partner with project management and sales to validate demand and confirm customer promise dates.
  • Drive monthly SIOP and weekly scheduling cycles to ensure operational readiness.
  • Track schedule adherence, capacity utilization, and production throughput.
  • Collaborate with procurement, warehouse, and planning teams to validate material availability and support sequencing decisions.
  • Identify constraints and implement corrective actions to recover schedule performance.
  • Manage planning parameters, routings, and job structures within the ERP to ensure accurate MRP outputs.
  • Leverage Primavera P6, MS Project, Smart Sheets, and ERP scheduling tools for load leveling and risk analysis.
  • Provide escalation, recovery plans, and risk mitigation for schedule impacting issues.
  • Mentor schedulers and planners on best practices, data discipline, and scheduling standards.
  • All other duties as assigned by TAS


JOB SKILLS:
  • Strong command of advanced production scheduling, material planning, and capacity modeling.
  • Ability to support both strategic master scheduling and near-term production scheduling.
  • Proficient in ERP and MRP systems with experience in multi-site resource planning.
  • Skilled in cross functional communication and influencing department level decisions.
  • Ability to provide timely and accurate customer-facing capability feedback.
  • Experience leading integrated planning cycles such as SIOP.
  • Strong analytical and communication skills.


EDUCATION & TRAINING:
  • BA or BS in Supply Chain, Operations, Business Administration, or related field.
  • Equivalent experience may substitute for degree.


MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
  • 7 or more years in production scheduling, master scheduling, or capacity planning.
  • Experience providing customer-facing delivery and capability updates.
  • Proven experience supporting long range and short-range schedules.


PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:
  • APICS, CPIM, PMP, or CSCP strongly preferred.
  • 10 years prior experience as a Sr Scheduler or Senior Scheduler
  • Experience in high-paced industrial manufacturing environments.
  • Knowledge of lean flow and constraint-based scheduling.


PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Position is at least 80% to 95% at a desk working with computer. Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Performs other physical activities including use of fingers, sitting, stooping, bending, crouching, talking, hearing, and performing repetitive motions. Visual acuity requirements include color, depth perception and field of vision necessary to prepare and analyze data and figures, operate a computer terminal, and conduct extensive reading. The incumbent will be subject to inside environmental conditions.

The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.

Applications and resumes will be kept on file for a limited time and the Company is under no duty or obligation to contact applicants if they are not selected for the job applied for or if other jobs become available in the future. Applicants that desire to apply for a job that becomes available at the Company in the future, should submit a new employment application or resume.

About Comfort Systems USA

Comfort Systems USA is a leading provider of commercial, industrial, and institutional heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) services. The company's services include design, installation, maintenance, and repair of HVAC systems, as well as energy management and building automation services. Comfort Systems USA has a national presence, with over 120 locations across the United States, and a workforce of over 12,000 employees. The company is committed to sustainability and has implemented a number of initiatives to reduce its environmental impact, including reducing waste and energy consumption. Comfort Systems USA is also committed to safety and has implemented a number of programs to promote a safe and healthy workplace.
Learn more about Comfort Systems USA
Size
13,200 employees
Market Cap
$4.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$150.1 million
Founded
1997
5 Year Trend
+13.5%
Revenue
$2.8 billion
NASDAQ

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