Aerospace Production Scheduler - Cross-Functional Lead

Firefly Aerospace; Briggs (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental plan

Vision plan

Parental leave

Educational reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Short-term disability

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace in Texas is seeking a Production Control Scheduler to own the integrated schedule for ETL, Briggs test stands, CMM lab, and related inspection operations. The role requires coordinating with Manufacturing, Test Operations, Engineering, Quality, Metrology, Supply Chain, and Program Operations.

Candidates should have solid scheduling fundamentals, experience with MS Project/Primavera P6/Open Plan, and ERP/MRP/MES familiarity.

Qualifications

• Three or more years of professional experience in production control, test scheduling, production scheduling, manufacturing planning, or a related field.
• Demonstrated understanding of scheduling fundamentals, including activity sequencing, logic and precedence, dependencies, constraints, critical-path analysis, schedule baselines, resource loading, and variance analysis.
• Professional experience developing and maintaining integrated schedules using scheduling software (MS Project, Primavera P6, Deltek Open Plan) and ERP/MRP/MES systems.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain capacity-constrained schedules for ETL, Briggs test stands, CMM lab, and internal inspection and testing 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 part and test-article flow through testing, dimensional inspection, internal checks, data review, disposition, and release to the next operation.
• Evaluate work-center demand against available labor, equipment capability, test-stand availability, historical performance, and planned maintenance.
• Maintain visibility of ready work, blocked work, work in process, queue aging, forecast completion dates, and downstream schedule impacts.

Skills

Scheduling fundamentals

MS Project

Primavera P6

Deltek Open Plan

Odoo ERP

Excel & data analysis

Reading drawings

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Power BI

Power Query

SQL

Job description

Firefly Aerospace in Texas is seeking a Production Control Scheduler to own the integrated schedule for ETL, Briggs test stands, CMM lab, and related inspection operations. The role requires coordinating with Manufacturing, Test Operations, Engineering, Quality, Metrology, Supply Chain, and Program Operations.

Candidates should have solid scheduling fundamentals, experience with MS Project/Primavera P6/Open Plan, and ERP/MRP/MES familiarity.