1. A system for managing mobile workers, comprising: a plurality of clients, each corresponding to a mobile worker to be managed, each client including a communications device for receiving messages detailing work schedules for tasks to be performed as jobs on target objects in a job environment; a server in communication with each of said plurality of clients, said server including a database having a plurality of target objects that are classified corresponding to facilities assets to be worked on by a mobile worker, and attributes of each target object, including any tasks to be performed on target objects, said server including a rule engine operative with a scheduling algorithm to map from a problem space for partitioned jobs and mobile workers to a solution to schedule jobs and mobile workers in selected different regions, wherein a selected policy for a job environment determines how mobile workers, jobs and work schedules are partitioned, said server further comprising a plurality of system agents that automate supervision including work planning, scheduling, dispatching, stores management, job state management and end-of-shift management, and wherein the rule engine is operative to control the scheduling algorithm using heuristics comprising at least one of a tabu search, iterated local search, guided local search and variable neighborhood search to focus a search space to regions for moving to schedules of high utility; and a communications device operative with said server for communicating any determined work schedules and jobs as messages to said clients.