Senior Manufacturing Planning Specialist

Imagine a world-class engineering environment. Now add a team of exceptional talent along with technologies that are so advanced they’re often classified. That’s what you’ll find at General Dynamics Mission Systems. Here you’ll lead amazing engineers as you invent the technologies, products and services that help our service members, intelligence analysts and first responders keep our nation safe.

About the role

As a Senior Manufacturing Planning Specialist, you’ll utilize your skills and talents to represent the production and material planning function on concurrent engineering teams. You’ll compile and monitor monthly production schedules, create complex material structures in the material planning tool, and identify process flow improvements to implement. You’ll also prepare labor and material forecasts as requested and interface periodically with supply chain or suppliers on delivery issues and problem resolution.

• Technologies that aren’t just top-notch, they’re often top-secret
• A team of bold thinkers committed to exploring what’s next
• Opportunities to gain new knowledge - as it’s discovered

Responsibilities

• Compile and monitor monthly production schedules
• Create complex material structures in the material planning tool
• Identify process flow improvements and implement them
• Prepare labor and material forecasts as requested
• Interface periodically with supply chain or suppliers on delivery issues and problem resolution

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience (minimum 2 years); or Master's degree
• Exceptional understanding of bill of material concepts and methodologies
• Solid understanding of the proposal process for both material and labor estimating
• Extremely proficient with material planning tools

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: Applicants selected may be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• Ability to mentor and help grow junior team members
• Understanding of earned value management and/or product costing
• Outstanding communication skills
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Identifies opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation

Pay

Target salary range: USD $74,268.00/Yr. - USD $82,391.00/Yr. This estimate represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors (e.g., geographic location). Actual pay may vary.

Benefits

We offer highly competitive benefits and pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose. You will also enjoy a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded.

General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of 12,000+ top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency.