Senior Production Planning & Scheduling Lead (Maritime)

Engg; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is standing up cutting edge maritime production and you will own the integrated master schedule for this state-of-the-art facility. You’ll lead the schedule across engineering, manufacturing, and quality, ensuring on-time delivery and efficient throughput.

The role requires deep experience in production planning for defense or heavy manufacturing, strong skills with P6/MS Project/Open Plan, and the ability to operate on the factory floor with hands-on leadership.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in production planning, scheduling in shipbuilding, aerospace, or heavy manufacturing.
• Ability to build and manage integrated schedules for complex manufacturing programs.
• Maintains an integrated schedule against a real build and preserves the critical path.
• Familiarity with defense/aerospace or similar controlled environments.
• Fluency with scheduling tools (P6, MS Project, Open Plan, Aurora) and ERP/MES systems.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated master schedule for module production across engineering, material, manufacturing, and quality.
• Identify and resolve critical path conflicts and communicate changes to the program.
• Manage shop load, dispatch, and material availability with labor and nonconformances in mind.
• Track schedule adherence and earned value, feeding variance back into the plan.
• Re-baselining with risk analysis when program changes occur.
• Work onsite with floor teams (welders, machinists, planners) at 3100 Harbor.
• Stand up production control: cadence, artifacts, metrics, interface to supply chain and quality.
• Define the data model for the scheduling system (LOKI).
• Mentor planners and schedulers as the team grows.

Skills

Production planning

Program planning

Integrated scheduling

Controlled environments

Scheduling tools

ERP/MES systems

Security clearance

Shipbuilding experience

EV management

PM certification

New production line

Tools

P6

MS Project

Open Plan

Aurora

Forge

Odoo

SAP

Solumina

Oracle

Job description

Anduril Industries is standing up cutting edge maritime production and you will own the integrated master schedule for this state-of-the-art facility. You’ll lead the schedule across engineering, manufacturing, and quality, ensuring on-time delivery and efficient throughput.

The role requires deep experience in production planning for defense or heavy manufacturing, strong skills with P6/MS Project/Open Plan, and the ability to operate on the factory floor with hands-on leadership.