Production Scheduler — Advanced Machining & Assembly

Divergent; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Discretionary results-based incentive

Paid vacation

Sick time

Company holidays

Parental leave

Health benefits (HMO/PPO)

Life insurance

Short- and long-term disability

Learning & development reimbursement

Job summary

Divergent is seeking a Production Scheduler to support our advanced manufacturing team. This role focuses on tactical scheduling and long-range planning for machining, inspection, and assembly operations to ensure on-time delivery of machined hardware.

You will align inputs from Demand with Program and Planning Teams, host daily standups, and drive continuous improvements in scheduling accuracy, capacity planning, and workflow with cross-functional partners.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production planning or scheduling experience in aerospace or high-complexity manufacturing environments.
• Strong knowledge of ERP/MRP and MES systems.
• Expertise in production planning, forecasting, and schedule optimization.
• High proficiency with Microsoft Excel, project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet), JIRA, and Confluence.
• Ability to navigate and influence in cross-functional teams (engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, production, quality).
• Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide scheduling expertise for machining, inspection, and assembly work centers to support forecasted build plans and production readiness.
• Aid in developing and maintaining work center schedules specifically for machined parts, in-process inspection, assembly, & final inspection operations.
• Help prepare and update daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules for these critical work centers, ensuring alignment with Program and Planning Teams.
• Actively host daily production standups and cross-functional readiness meetings to communicate status, resolve blockers, and adjust work center priorities.
• Proactively push/pull jobs within machining, inspection, assembly, and shipping phases to reduce WIP stagnation and to meet build targets.
• Validate that Material Requirements Planning (MRP) dates reflect actual shop floor conditions, making corrections with Planning Team to avoid misalignment in downstream workcenters.
• Help Investigate part shortages and labor constraints impacting these work centers; coordinate with planning and manufacturing engineering to resolve gaps.
• Provide schedule visibility and performance updates to shop leads and senior leadership, highlighting risks and opportunities within assigned work centers.
• Support the development and implementation of tools to improve real-time tracking, capacity planning, and resource forecasting in machining, inspection, and assembly.
• Identify and implement initiatives to improve product quality, throughput, and efficiency within the focused work centers.
• Identify and execute flow improvements across machining and assembly areas to streamline operations and reduce WIP.
• Clearly communicate daily execution priorities to machine shop, inspectors, and assembly supervisors to maintain alignment with production goals.

Skills

MRP/MES systems

ERP/MRP systems

Microsoft Excel

MS Project

Smartsheet

JIRA

Confluence

Scheduling

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Tools

Siemens NX PLM

Job description

Divergent is seeking a Production Scheduler to support our advanced manufacturing team. This role focuses on tactical scheduling and long-range planning for machining, inspection, and assembly operations to ensure on-time delivery of machined hardware.

You will align inputs from Demand with Program and Planning Teams, host daily standups, and drive continuous improvements in scheduling accuracy, capacity planning, and workflow with cross-functional partners.