Manufacturing Program Scheduler

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and analyze detailed manufacturing schedules in support of all program phases, from development through full-rate production.
• Integrate production schedules with material availability, work center capacity, labor planning, and engineering release plans.
• Track progress against baseline schedules and identify risks, deviations, and potential impacts to key program milestones.
• Cook up with functional teams to gather inputs, resolve conflicts, and improve schedule accuracy and predictability.
• Support manufacturing readiness activities, including build sequencing, lead-time management, and production change planning.
• Participate in risk and opportunity assessments related to schedule performance.
• Ensure compliance with contractual and internal schedule management requirements.
• Utilize tools such as MS Project, Primavera, or enterprise planning systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) to manage data and generate deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, Supply Chain, or similar discipline required.
• 3+ years of experience in program scheduling, production scheduling, or manufacturing planning.
• Demonstrated proficiency with integrated master schedules (IMS) and critical path methodology.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate schedule impacts clearly to multi-disciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated ability to work across organizational boundaries.
• Proficiency in MS Office.