Hands-On Production Planner (9/80 Schedule)

Leonardo DRS

Cypress (CA)

On-site

USD 69,000 - 99,000

Full time

18 hours ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance
401(k) retirement plan
Paid time off
Parental leave benefits
Tuition reimbursement
Professional development support
Life and disability insurance

Job summary

Leonardo DRS in Cypress, CA is seeking a Planner II to own digital work order release, routing creation and maintenance, and day-to-day scheduling in a dynamic manufacturing environment. You will coordinate across manufacturing, engineering, materials, quality, and programs to ensure timely release and aligned priorities on multiple programs.

This hands-on planner will engage with shop floor and support functions, tracking progress, addressing constraints, and maintaining material flow to keep

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
  • Experience in production planning, manufacturing coordination, scheduling or operations support within a manufacturing environment.
  • Strong communication and coordination skills with the ability to work effectively across multiple functions and organizational levels.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and operate effectively in a dynamic environment that requires manual coordination and follow-through.
  • Experience creating, maintaining, or supporting production routings, job travelers, work instructions or digital work order systems.
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to track multiple workstreams and drive action to closure.
  • Experience supporting material tracking, movement and/or shipping activities in a production environment.
  • Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint and SharePoint.

Responsibilities

  • Own the release of digital work orders to support production execution across multiple programs.
  • Create, maintain, and update production routings and related work order data to ensure work is accurately defined and executable.
  • Drive day-to-day scheduling discipline by coordinating priorities, monitoring work progression, and helping align production activity with site needs.
  • Manually coordinate between programs and functions to balance priorities, resolve conflicts, and support schedule adherence in the absence of full MRP-based planning visibility.
  • Work closely with manufacturing, engineering, materials, quality, and program teams to communicate status, clarify priorities and resolve issues that impact execution.
  • Track work order progress and follow up on open actions, missing materials, routing issues and other constraints that may delay production.
  • Support material tracking to ensure parts, kits and supporting items are available and positioned appropriately to meet production needs.
  • Assist with material movement and shipping coordination to help maintain efficient flow of work and product through the site.
  • Maintain planning tools, trackers and reports needed to support execution in a fast-paced environment where manual coordination is required.
  • Communicate schedule changes, production risks and execution issues clearly and proactively to affected stakeholders.
  • Help improve and standardize processes related to digital work order release, routing accuracy, scheduling discipline and material flow.
  • Support, communicate, reinforce, and defend the mission, values and culture of the organization.

Skills

Communication
Coordination
Attention to detail
Teamwork
Hands-on

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Excel
Word
PowerPoint
SharePoint
ERP/MRP tools

Job description

Leonardo DRS in Cypress, CA is seeking a Planner II to own digital work order release, routing creation and maintenance, and day-to-day scheduling in a dynamic manufacturing environment. You will coordinate across manufacturing, engineering, materials, quality, and programs to ensure timely release and aligned priorities on multiple programs.

This hands-on planner will engage with shop floor and support functions, tracking progress, addressing constraints, and maintaining material flow to keep

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