Senior Production Scheduler - Aerospace & Test Ops

Firefly Aerospace; Bertram (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision plans

Parental leave

Relocation benefits

Educational reimbursement

Short term disability

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace seeks a seasoned Production Control Scheduler to own and optimize the integrated schedule for ETL, test stands, CMM lab, and related inspection work centers. You will align program milestones with daily and weekly schedules, define sequences, dependencies, and resource needs, and drive on-time delivery across manufacturing and test operations.

The role requires strong scheduling fundamentals, experience with MS Project or Primavera, and ERP/MRP/MES systems.

Qualifications

• Ten or more years in production control or scheduling.
• Strong scheduling fundamentals, including logic and precedence, dependencies, constraints and critical-path analysis.
• Experience with Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Deltek Open Plan, or comparable scheduling software.
• Experience with Odoo or another ERP, MRP, or MES system used to manage work orders and status.
• Experience scheduling work in aerospace, defense, automotive, or engineering test environments.
• Strong Microsoft Excel and data-analysis skills.
• Ability to read manufacturing documentation, routings, drawings, inspection requirements, and test procedures.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills with cross-functional collaboration.
• On-site work between Cedar Park and Briggs; regular travel.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain capacity-constrained schedules for the ETL, Briggs test stands, CMM lab, and internal inspection and testing work centers.
• Translate program milestones and customer need dates into daily, weekly, and longer-range schedules.
• Establish activity sequences, dependencies, resource requirements, constraints, and critical paths.
• Manage part and test-article flow through testing, inspection, and release to the next operation.
• Identify schedule conflicts, part shortages, capacity constraints, and risks before they affect commitments.
• Develop recovery options following test failures, nonconformances, downtime, or changing priorities.
• Coordinate priorities when multiple programs compete for the same resources.
• Maintain schedule baselines and perform critical-path, capacity, schedule-variance analyses.

Skills

Scheduling

MS Project

Primavera P6

Deltek Open Plan

Odoo ERP

Excel

Data analysis

Cross-functional

Communication

On-site travel

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Power BI

Power Query

SQL

Job description

Firefly Aerospace seeks a seasoned Production Control Scheduler to own and optimize the integrated schedule for ETL, test stands, CMM lab, and related inspection work centers. You will align program milestones with daily and weekly schedules, define sequences, dependencies, and resource needs, and drive on-time delivery across manufacturing and test operations.

The role requires strong scheduling fundamentals, experience with MS Project or Primavera, and ERP/MRP/MES systems.