Lead Production Scheduler, Spaceflight Manufacturing

Blue Origin; Florida; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Stock options

Job summary

Blue Origin in Florida is seeking a seasoned Production Scheduler to create and manage detailed manufacturing plans for multiple programs. You will coordinate with Manufacturing, Engineering, and Program Management to ensure feasible, on-time schedules while overseeing risks and change control.

You’ll mentor junior planners, leverage CPM methods in MS Project and Primavera P6, and apply digital tools including AI to streamline planning.

Qualifications

• Experience in creating and maintaining schedules with CPM in MS Project or Primavera P6.
• Able to read technical documents including blueprints and schematics.
• Digital fluency with automation or AI tools.
• Willing to travel and work overtime as needed.

Responsibilities

• Develops the production schedule and manufacturing plan based on program schedule, customer ask date, labor, and machine resource availability, and expected make/buy part availability lead time.
• Proactively identifies schedule risks and constraints, and communicates status clearly and diplomatically to leadership across all levels before issues impact program milestones.
• Maintains schedule baseline integrity and manages formal change control for schedule revisions in accordance with program requirements.
• Manages production schedules for multiple programs.
• Provides Production Control detailed information to ensure scheduled completion dates align with actual work center capacities, capabilities, and historical performance.
• Actively mentors and develops less experienced planners, elevating team-wide technical proficiency and scheduling best practices.
• Flexes to support scheduling needs on other programs beyond primary assignment as team priorities shift
• Evaluates program scope and creates tactical schedules using scheduling systems (MS Project & Primavera P6), controlling the scope of work released to Production Control for execution.
• Exercises judgment on appropriate level of schedule detail (milestone vs. task-level) in coordination with Program IMS teams, balancing control-point visibility with execution flexibility.
• When schedule recovery is necessary, identifies and analyzes solutions and bottlenecks, including forward and reverse scheduling methods.
• Works closely with production team to determine the needs and constraints of the manufacturing shop floor, technicians and schedules work accordingly.
• Coordinates interdepartmental activity with Program Management, Quality Assurance, Manufacturing, Purchasing, and Engineering to ensure production and customer specifications are accurate and production schedules are timely.
• Champions a tool-forward, digitally literate approach — actively seeking out and applying available software and automation (including AI) to eliminate repetitive manual work and maximize time spent on high-impact scheduling priorities.
• Balances rapid-response, quick-turnaround scheduling requests with sustained execution of longer-range program deliverables.
• Provides regular updates to management on upcoming production priorities.
• Updates visual management boards with current job/program status.
• Performs schedule and scope variance analysis and reviews MRP execution
• Ensures the Operations schedule, Program schedule and MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) are aligned.

Skills

Scheduling experience

Digital fluency

Leadership ability

Problem solving

Education

BA/BS Production Management or related

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

MS Excel

AI tools

Job description

Blue Origin in Florida is seeking a seasoned Production Scheduler to create and manage detailed manufacturing plans for multiple programs. You will coordinate with Manufacturing, Engineering, and Program Management to ensure feasible, on-time schedules while overseeing risks and change control.

You’ll mentor junior planners, leverage CPM methods in MS Project and Primavera P6, and apply digital tools including AI to streamline planning.