Join a team shaping life-saving medical technologies while accelerating your career in a high-growth global environment. At Viant, you'll help bring innovative healthcare solutions to patients worldwide while growing in a collaborative, people-first culture. Guided by our promise, We're In It For Life, we invest in your development, well-being, and ability to make a meaningful impact every day.
About the CompanyViant is a global medical device partner providing design, development, manufacturing, and assembly services through capabilities in materials, plastics, metals, extrusion, and automation. With nearly 6,000 employees across 24 locations worldwide, it delivers high-quality, life-enhancing products with the scale and expertise to bring devices to market efficiently.
Learn more at Viant Medical's website or on LinkedIn.
About the SiteLocated in Brimfield, Massachusetts, our facility specializes in precision manufacturing for the medical device industry. Team members work in a collaborative environment focused on quality, innovation, and continuous improvement. The site offers opportunities to work closely with manufacturing, engineering, quality, and supply chain teams to deliver products that improve patient lives worldwide.
About the RoleViant Medical is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Master Scheduler to drive production planning activities that ensure on-time delivery and operational efficiency. In this role, you will develop and manage production schedules, coordinate material availability, and collaborate with manufacturing, procurement, and external suppliers to meet customer commitments.
This position offers the opportunity to make a direct impact on customer satisfaction, inventory performance, and manufacturing excellence while expanding your expertise in supply chain planning within a growing medical device organization.
Job Responsibilities- Develop and maintain production schedules using master scheduling and MRP systems to meet customer delivery commitments.
- Coordinate material flow throughout the facility and with external suppliers performing outside processing.
- Schedule machines and work centers to create achievable production plans while maximizing capacity utilization.
- Verify the availability of materials, labor, and capacity to support production requirements.
- Analyze schedules and proactively resolve constraints, delays, and shortages that could impact customer delivery dates.
- Monitor inventory levels for raw materials, purchased components, and manufactured products to support production continuity.
- Issue and authorize manufacturing orders and maintain accurate production documentation.
- Lead production planning meetings and communicate schedule changes, priorities, and risks to cross-functional teams.
- Generate reports and planning metrics that support operational performance and continuous improvement efforts.
- Partner with customer service, operations, and suppliers to support changing customer requirements and expedite critical orders when necessary.
Education
- High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent experience.
Experience
- 1-3 years of production planning, scheduling, purchasing, supply chain, or related manufacturing experience, or equivalent experience.
- Experience working with manufacturing planning and scheduling systems.
- Experience using Microsoft Office applications.
Knowledge & Skills
- Strong organizational skills with excellent attention to detail.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across departments.
- Ability to prioritize work and adapt in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Ability to analyze production capacity, material availability, and scheduling requirements.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills. [
- Associate's or bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, Engineering, or a related field.
- APICS/CPIM, CSCP, or related supply chain certification.
- Experience in a machining, manufacturing, and medical device environment.
- Knowledge of MRP/ERP systems and inventory control practices.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to stand, walk, bend, twist, and sit for extended periods as needed.
- Must be able to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE), including steel-toed footwear, when required.
- Ability to work safely around manufacturing equipment, machining fluids, lubricants, solvents, and other industrial materials.
Benefits effective day one of hire!
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- 401(k) Plan with Company Match
- Generous paid time off and paid holidays
- Low-cost nutrition and mental health visits
- Tuition reimbursement and career development programs
- Company-paid life insurance
- Access to individualized financial planning
- Voluntary Universal Life and Long-Term Care Insurance
- Voluntary Legal Plan
- Up to $150 off your gym membership annually
- Employee discount programs
- Pet Insurance
- Home Ownership Program
We offer market competitive compensation. Potential salary range for this role is $70,000 - $95,000 annually. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.
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Skills Required
- High school diploma, GED, or equivalent experience
- 1-3 years of production planning, scheduling, purchasing, supply chain, or related manufacturing experience, or equivalent experience
- Experience working with manufacturing planning and scheduling systems
- Experience using Microsoft Office applications
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to collaborate across departments
- Ability to prioritize work and adapt in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
- Ability to analyze production capacity, material availability, and scheduling requirements
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Associate's or bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, Engineering, or a related field
- APICS, CPIM, CSCP, or related supply chain certification
- Experience in machining, manufacturing, and medical device environments
- Knowledge of MRP or ERP systems and inventory control practices
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
- Ability to stand, walk, bend, twist, and sit for extended periods
- Ability to wear required personal protective equipment, including steel-toed footwear
- Ability to work safely around manufacturing equipment, machining fluids, lubricants, solvents, and other industrial materials
What We Do
Viant (formerly MedPlast) is a global medical-device design and contract-manufacturing partner serving original-equipment manufacturers (OEMs). It provides end-to-end engineering and development, precision manufacturing, and device assembly, drawing on expertise in plastics, metals, extrusion, and automation. Its capabilities also include packaging and sterilization. Through vertically integrated services, the company helps bring diagnostic, orthopedic, surgical, and other medical technology products to market for customers worldwide.
