Senior Planner, Defense Programs (Aerospace)

Leonardo DRS; Germantown (MD); On-site; USD 84,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

DRS RADA Technologies, part of Leonardo DRS, is hiring a Senior Planner to join our Germantown, MD team. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of planning experience in aerospace/defense and DoD program support.

The role focuses on building and maintaining production schedules in collaboration with production, materials, and program offices. Responsibilities include managing the Master Production Schedule, maintaining MPS files, tracking changes, interfacing with contracts, and ensuring on-time

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years demonstrated planning experience.
• Experience in aerospace/defense industry and supporting DoD programs.
• Strong background in production planning and project material management.
• Extensive experience in production planning and MRP systems.

Responsibilities

• Create the Master Production Schedule (MPS) based on production capacity, materials availability and contractual requirements.
• Obtain agreement from production, materials and program office before execution of the MPS.
• Maintain the MPS files.
• Ensure closeout of old programs/jobs and disposition of requisitions, purchase orders and residual inventory.
• Monitor shipping performance to MPS and contract and create tracking reports.
• Track and report changes to each MPS.
• Interface with contracts, planning, master scheduling and production to create and maintain the Internal Operating Plan (IOP).
• Ensure product moves from production to packaging to shipping.
• Create reports showing actual shipments against projections.
• Work with manufacturing to establish and evolve a stable manufacturing schedule.
• Improve current systems, functions, and daily operations to meet goals.
• Reschedule daily delivery requirements to meet internal needs and contractual obligations.
• Consolidate demand for purchase requisitions.
• Support and defend the mission, values and culture of the company.

Skills

Project planning

MRP knowledge

Microsoft Excel

SharePoint

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Excel

Excel Pivot Tables

PowerPoint

Word

SharePoint

MRP systems

Job description

DRS RADA Technologies, part of Leonardo DRS, is hiring a Senior Planner to join our Germantown, MD team. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of planning experience in aerospace/defense and DoD program support.

The role focuses on building and maintaining production schedules in collaboration with production, materials, and program offices. Responsibilities include managing the Master Production Schedule, maintaining MPS files, tracking changes, interfacing with contracts, and ensuring on-time