Senior Planning Manager — Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing

Karman Space and Defense; Gulfport (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Health Savings Account (HSA) with公司贡献

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Company-paid life and AD&D insurance

Short- and long-term disability

Job summary

Karman Space and Defense in Gulfport, MS is seeking a Planning Manager to lead the planning organization for complex advanced‑composite manufacturing programs, ensuring executable, resource‑loaded plans driven by real‑time data from engineering, material, labor, cost, and production.

You will collaborate with operations, engineering, program management, and supply chain to build integrated schedules, identify risks early, and drive solutions that protect delivery commitments.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project and resource-loaded scheduling.
• Experience leading planning, scheduling, production planning, project controls, or related functions in a manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of integrated master scheduling, critical path, dependencies, baselines, resource loading, capacity planning, and forecasting.
• Experience coordinating across program management, engineering, manufacturing, operations, and supply chain.
• Ability to interpret ERP labor, cost, material, work-order, and production data.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Leads the planning function, including program scheduling, production planning, materials planning, and capacity planning.
• Manages staffing, priorities, performance, and development of Planners and Program Schedulers.
• Establishes standardized planning processes, tools, templates, and data expectations that support operational decision-making.
• Owns the integrated planning and scheduling process using Microsoft Project and Project Server, ensuring alignment across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, inspection, and delivery.
• Maintains integrated schedules with clear logic, baselines, resource loading, progress updates, critical-path visibility, and change control.
• Develops executable manufacturing plans for advanced composite processes, incorporating materials, tooling, specialized equipment, cure cycles, inspection, and customer requirements.
• Identifies bottlenecks and develops staffing, shift, overtime, equipment-utilization, and recovery strategies to protect delivery commitments.
• Leads production, capacity, and resource planning across functions, including labor forecasting, equipment loading, and scenario development.
• Integrates ERP, product data management (PDM), bills of material (BOMs), routings, material status, and shop-floor data with enterprise scheduling tools to maintain a single source of truth.
• Communicates schedule, capacity, material, equipment, and manpower risks with clear data and actionable recommendations, supporting both internal and customer reviews.

Skills

Scheduling experience

Cross-functional coordination

Data interpretation

Analytical skills

MS Project expertise

Education

High school diploma

Bachelor's degree in operations/engineering

CPIM certification

Tools

Microsoft Project

Project Server

ERP / PDM / MRP platforms

Job description

Karman Space and Defense in Gulfport, MS is seeking a Planning Manager to lead the planning organization for complex advanced‑composite manufacturing programs, ensuring executable, resource‑loaded plans driven by real‑time data from engineering, material, labor, cost, and production.

You will collaborate with operations, engineering, program management, and supply chain to build integrated schedules, identify risks early, and drive solutions that protect delivery commitments.