Assembly Master Scheduler

Kratos Industries, LLC; Arvada (CO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kratos Industries, LLC is seeking a Production Planner / Scheduler to own execution-level planning inside the Assembly department. You will convert the central master schedule into per-job milestone plans, sequence daily work, and surface slips as they occur, ensuring timely deliveries for an engineered-to-order environment.

The role collaborates with Supply Chain and Fabrication, maintains daily visual boards, and leads weekly reviews to improve on-time milestones and reduce lead times.

Qualifications

• Three to five years in production planning, scheduling or production control in a manufacturing environment.
• Direct experience with low-volume / high-mix, engineered-to-order or project-based manufacturing.
• Demonstrated experience running milestone tracking and shortage management processes.
• Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems and strong spreadsheet skills.
• A clear communicator, able to run structured meetings with managers and supervisors.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain per-job milestone plans within assembly derived from the central master schedule.
• Run weekly schedule review with Production Managers and daily shortage huddle with Supply Chain counterpart.
• Run weekly fabrication-to-assembly handoff review covering upcoming deliveries and known issues.
• Define and operate red-flag escalation rules so that at-risk milestones are surfaced the same day to the Director and managers.
• Maintain visual schedule boards on the floor for daily updates.
• Build and maintain capacity-versus-load view for assembly to test proposed commitments.
• Report weekly on-time milestone performance and lead-time trends for the department scorecard.
• Support Sales and Operations Planning inputs as the planning process matures.

Skills

Production planning

Scheduling

ERP/MRP

Excel

Communication

Tools

Excel

Job description

Kratos Industries, LLC is seeking a Production Planner / Scheduler to own execution-level planning inside the Assembly department. You will convert the central master schedule into per-job milestone plans, sequence daily work, and surface slips as they occur, ensuring timely deliveries for an engineered-to-order environment.

The role collaborates with Supply Chain and Fabrication, maintains daily visual boards, and leads weekly reviews to improve on-time milestones and reduce lead times.