On-Site Production Planner & Scheduler (9/80, 10% Travel)

VetJobs; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

Savings plan

Paid time off

Education assistance

Training and development

9/80 schedule

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in Woodland Hills, CA is seeking a Production Planner and Scheduler for a full‑time, on‑site role. The position involves collaborating with engineering, program management, supply chain, manufacturing, quality and test teams to develop and maintain execution plans that meet milestones and on‑time delivery.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree (or Master’s) with 2+ years in production planning/master scheduling, proficiency with MS Office/Excel, and experience

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience in Production Planning and/or Master Scheduling in a manufacturing environment or a Master’s degree.
• Computer Skills Including MS Office Required (particularly Excel)
• US Citizenship

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineering, program management, supply chain, manufacturing, quality and test personnel to build, communicate and maintain execution plans that meet internal milestones and customer on-time delivery dates.
• Utilize automated planning software to perform schedule analysis and reporting, including critical path analysis and assessment, schedule risk assessments, and schedule health metrics analysis.
• Gather and compile information to create summary level and detailed program/project network schedules utilizing automated planning software.
• Perform program and work center schedule risk analyses and simulations using Dynafact Master Scheduling software to determine impacts of constraints, delays and/or re-prioritizations.
• Perform capacity versus demand variance analyses for each major operational work center and communicate constraints to scheduling and operations teams.
• Collaborate with multiple departments to identify constraints impeding critical path flow of operations.
• Advise Management Team of work in progress, material availability and potential production problems to ensure personnel, equipment, materials and services are scheduled and provided as needed.
• Support and maintain daily management visual boards used to identify and mitigate risks of near-term and long-term delivery misses.

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

MS Office

Excel

ERP/MRP software

Bills of Materials

Manufacturing Orders

Routings

Job description

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in Woodland Hills, CA is seeking a Production Planner and Scheduler for a full‑time, on‑site role. The position involves collaborating with engineering, program management, supply chain, manufacturing, quality and test teams to develop and maintain execution plans that meet milestones and on‑time delivery.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree (or Master’s) with 2+ years in production planning/master scheduling, proficiency with MS Office/Excel, and experience