Heavy Maintenance Center Planner/Scheduler

U.S. citizenship is required due to program/contract access requirements. Background check and drug screening required.

About the role

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture, and service of aircraft engines and auxiliary power systems, revolutionizing modern flight for over 100 years. The Pratt & Whitney Oklahoma City Heavy Maintenance Center (HMC) Planner/Scheduler (PS) will provide comprehensive planning, scheduling, and workscope integration support to enable the effective disassembly, repair, and assembly of gas-turbine engines at the maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facility. This role ensures alignment between customer requirements, production plans, configuration control, and daily shop-floor execution to meet delivery goals.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily short-/long-term (30/60/90-day) planning and scheduling of engines and modules, ensuring alignment with production schedules and customer requirements.
• Load customer engine data into SAP and maintain configuration accuracy.
• Plan inductions, manage work-in-process (WIP) levels, and update all relevant production status boards and communication tools.
• Monitor gated metrics, identify schedule risks, and communicate impacts to operations, materials, and quality.
• Request, load, and track customer funding for maintenance activities.
• Facilitate cross-functional communication at the shop-floor level and with partner schedulers to ensure priorities are clearly understood and effectively executed.
• Work with fleet management, engine managers, configuration management, and customer representatives to validate maintenance levels, modifications, and configuration control.
• Actively participate in continuous improvement initiatives; maintain and apply robust standard work and desktop procedures.
• Attend daily production meetings and ensure schedule requirements are communicated across the public/private partnership.
• Perform any other related functions or support other MRO production lines as required by management to ensure enterprise success.

Requirements

• Master’s degree, OR Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years of relevant experience, OR Associate’s degree with 4+ years of relevant experience/training may be considered.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, Project, PowerPoint, Visio).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work 1st shift (0700–1600) and additional hours (early/late overtime, weekends) as necessary; may be required to respond to inquiries during off-hours.
• Demonstrated commitment to Environmental, Health, and Safety regulations and best practices.
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams with limited supervision.
• Ability to maintain data integrity while using databases or other data systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise resource planning systems such as SAP.
• Operational experience within an MRO engine facility.
• Process or manufacturing experience on gas-turbine engines.
• Knowledge and experience with configuration control.

Pay

The salary range for this role is 68,900 USD - 131,100 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Benefits

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to:

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability.
• 401(k) match.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Employee assistance program.
• Employee Scholar Program.
• Parental leave.
• Paid time off and holidays.

Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

Schedule

• 1st shift (0700–1600).
• Additional hours (early/late overtime, weekends) as necessary.
• May be required to respond to inquiries during off-hours.