Production Scheduler

About the role

A Production Scheduler at Castelion plays a key role in driving manufacturing efficiency by building and managing rate-driven schedules, forecasting material and capacity needs, and monitoring constraints across multiple builds. This role partners closely with cross-functional teams to plan, prioritize, and deliver daily and weekly production goals in support of long-term rate commitments.

Responsibilities

• Support production scheduling for an assigned work center by determining part need dates, highlighting shortages, and forecasting long-range capacity and rate requirements.
• Develop and maintain rate-based schedules and identify constraints across at least six upcoming missions.
• Leverage established schedules to model multiple production scenarios and align stakeholders on optimal hardware allocation, balancing new versus refurbished hardware while accounting for customer requirements, mission demand, and quality standards.
• Collaborate with manufacturing teams to define, monitor, and execute daily and weekly production objectives, factoring in workforce and equipment limitations while maintaining overall throughput targets.
• Establish strong working relationships with internal suppliers and create reliable communication channels for forecasting hardware demand and delivery timelines.
• Coordinate and prioritize hardware flow through shared resources used by multiple departments, actively negotiating priorities and partnering with peers to achieve the best overall business outcomes.
• Identify, develop, and deploy automation opportunities within scheduling, manufacturing, and supply chain processes to reduce manual effort and improve schedule accuracy.
• Reduce near- and long-term schedule risk by performing capacity analysis, identifying gaps in planning models or communication, and leading initiatives to prevent or mitigate schedule delays.
• Lead root-cause investigations and drive permanent corrective actions for build issues that impact delivery, including resolving assembly and integration alignment challenges.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on yield, quality, safety, cost reduction, and overall team efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 1+ year of experience in manufacturing scheduling, planning, or operations; or 3+ years of relevant professional experience in these areas.
• Hands-on experience using ERP/MRP systems in a manufacturing environment.
• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with an emphasis on speed and precision.
• Highly self-directed, adaptable, and capable of prioritizing work in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven ability to build and maintain effective relationships with internal teams and external partners.
• Proficiency with technical tools and applications such as MS Office, VBA, Smartsheet, SQL, Confluence, JIRA, Power BI, or similar platforms.
• Demonstrated success driving continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or related methodologies.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams on complex or strategic initiatives.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent.
• Bias to Action and Creative Problem Solving.
• Desire and experience questioning assumptions in ways that lead to break through ideas