Aerospace Production Control Scheduler Lead

Firefly Aerospace; Briggs (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace seeks a Production Control Scheduler to own the integrated schedule for ETL Briggs test stands and related labs. You will coordinate manufacturing, test, inspection, and program requirements to create executable work center schedules, ensuring on-time delivery and efficient use of labor and equipment across Cedar Park and Briggs.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in production control or scheduling within aerospace or engineering environments, strong Excel and data-analysis

Qualifications

• Three or more years of professional experience in production control, scheduling, manufacturing planning, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain capacity constrained schedules for ETL Briggs test stands and internal inspection work centers.
• Translate program milestones and customer need dates into daily, weekly and longer-range schedules.
• Establish activity sequences, dependencies, resource requirements, constraints and critical paths.
• Manage flow of parts and test articles through testing, inspection, disposition, and release to next operation.
• Evaluate demand against labor, equipment, capability, test stand availability, and maintenance.
• Confirm hardware readiness before assigning test or inspection capacity.
• Maintain visibility of ready/blocked work, queue aging and forecast completion dates.
• Develop recovery options for test setbacks and changing priorities.
• Coordinate priorities when multiple programs compete for resources.
• Maintain schedule baselines and perform critical path and variance analyses.
• Provide updates during reviews and escalate issues affecting commitments.
• Use performance data to improve planning accuracy and throughput.

Skills

Scheduling fundamentals

Microsoft Project

Primavera P6

Deltek Open Plan

Odoo ERP

Excel

Data analysis

Cross-functional communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in operations management / related field

Tools

Odoo ERP

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Firefly Aerospace seeks a Production Control Scheduler to own the integrated schedule for ETL Briggs test stands and related labs. You will coordinate manufacturing, test, inspection, and program requirements to create executable work center schedules, ensuring on-time delivery and efficient use of labor and equipment across Cedar Park and Briggs.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in production control or scheduling within aerospace or engineering environments, strong Excel and data-analysis