Senior Defense Project Planner – Manufacturing & Scheduling

Aether Aerospace; Hollywood (MD); On-site; USD 127,282,000 - 196,911,000; Full time

Job summary

Aether Aerospace in Hollywood, MD is seeking a Senior Project Planner to develop, maintain, and communicate schedules across manufacturing. You will coordinate with Engineering, Production, Quality, Material Control, and Logistics to ensure resources, materials, and documentation are available when needed.

The Junior Project Planner monitors progress but this role is for Senior Project Planner with Secret clearance eligibility.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in project planning, production control, manufacturing, logistics, or a related position.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field required.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Teams, Outlook, and Planner.
• Ability to read and understand production schedules, bills of material, drawings, and manufacturing documentation.

Responsibilities

• Maintain project schedules, production plans, milestones, and delivery dates.
• Track projects from initial release through manufacturing, inspection, shipping, and final delivery.
• Coordinate priorities and schedules across Engineering, CNC Machining, Fabrication, Welding, Electrical, Finishing, Quality, Material Control, and Logistics.
• Review drawings, bills of material, travelers, purchase requirements, and other project documentation for planning purposes.
• Verify that materials, hardware, drawings, tooling, and outside services are available when required.
• Monitor production progress and regularly update project status in Microsoft Planner, Teams, Excel, ERP systems, or other tracking tools.
• Lead or participate in production and project-status meetings.
• Communicate schedule changes, material shortages, capacity concerns, and other risks to leadership and Project Management.
• Work with department leads to establish realistic completion dates and resolve scheduling conflicts.
• Track long-lead materials, subcontracted processes, customer-furnished materials, and outside services.
• Coordinate with Logistics to support packaging, shipping, delivery, and customer deadlines.
• Identify potential delays and develop recovery plans with the appropriate departments.
• Assist with workload forecasting and resource-capacity planning.
• Ensure project information is handled in accordance with company security, quality, and CUI requirements.
• Perform other project-planning and coordination duties as assigned.

Skills

Strong organizational skills

Effective written and verbal comms

Attention to detail

Ability to read manufacturing docs

MS Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

ERP

MRP

Microsoft Project

SharePoint

Planner

Job description

Aether Aerospace in Hollywood, MD is seeking a Senior Project Planner to develop, maintain, and communicate schedules across manufacturing. You will coordinate with Engineering, Production, Quality, Material Control, and Logistics to ensure resources, materials, and documentation are available when needed.

The Junior Project Planner monitors progress but this role is for Senior Project Planner with Secret clearance eligibility.