Senior Production Planner & Capacity Lead

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 94,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding is seeking a experienced Production Scheduler Lead to plan, prepare, and control production schedules to meet shipyard production requirements.

This role coordinates with materials and various departments to ensure on-time delivery of components for complex naval vessels. The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and significant exempt experience (or equivalent combinations) in manufacturing or shipbuilding, with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 10 years of relevant exempt experience; Master’s Degree and 8 year of relevant professional experience (equivalencies listed below).
• Equivalents accepted: Associate's Degree with 2 years exempt experience or 4 years non-exempt experience; Military Paygrade E-5 or above; High School/GED with 4 years combined experience in Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military or other exempt experience; High School/GED with 8 years combined experience in Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military or other non-exempt experience.

Responsibilities

• Plans, prepares, issues and controls production schedules and coordinates with material requirements to ensure a controlled flow of approved materials timed to meet production requirements.
• Advises management of the status of work in progress, material availability, and potential production problems to ensure that personnel, equipment, materials and services are provided as needed.
• Schedules equipment and personnel, confirms material supply and demands, prepares work orders or purchase requests based on a master production schedule, shop load and inventory requirements.
• Coordinates interdepartmental activity with quality assurance, manufacturing, purchasing, engineering, inventory control, traffic, etc.; schedules and expedites the movement of parts by move orders, stock transfers and shipping requests.
• This position will serve as VCS assembly footprint and capacity planning lead.

Skills

Scheduling techniques

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Associate's Degree or other formal 2 year program and 2 years of relevant exempt experience

Military Paygrade E-5 or above military experience

High School/GED and 4 years combined of Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military experience or other relevant exempt experience

High School/GED and 8 years combined of Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military experience or other relevant non-exempt experience

Job description

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding is seeking a experienced Production Scheduler Lead to plan, prepare, and control production schedules to meet shipyard production requirements.

This role coordinates with materials and various departments to ensure on-time delivery of components for complex naval vessels. The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and significant exempt experience (or equivalent combinations) in manufacturing or shipbuilding, with