Senior Scheduling & Materials Availability Lead

Prattwhitney; Andover (MA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

401(k) match

Flexible spending accounts

Flexible work schedules

Employee assistance program

Employee Scholar Program

Parental leave

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Raytheon in Andover, MA is seeking a Principal Specialist, Scheduling for an onsite role. The position requires security clearance and focuses on material availability analysis, kit readiness, and sequencing production orders in MRP systems.

Responsibilities include coordinating cross-functional teams, optimizing flow, addressing production bottlenecks, and ensuring timely delivery of components to the shop floor.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years experience.
• Experience to include planning, scheduling, production control, supply chain, Logistics, Manufacturing, or other production driven environments.
• Experience with MRP/ERP systems.
• Experience utilizing lean manufacturing concepts with a proven track record of lean or six sigma project implementations.
• Experience with Special program access.
• Experience with Wave track and in Material and Inventory Control-type systems such as Kanban, SMI, Continuous Flow Manufacturing.
• Experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook).

Responsibilities

• Material Availability Analysis, Tracking, and Reporting.
• Manage Kit Readiness including working with cross-functional team in BOM, Material Master, Process Engineering, Operations, and Document Control.
• Releasing production orders in MRP system and confirming in shop floor system.
• Evaluate and coordinate training needs to better utilize metrics and system accuracy.
• Improve process flows regarding the assemblies that are in progress, material availability, and potential production problems.
• Solves any potential production problems to ensure that personnel, equipment, materials, and services are provided as needed.
• Coordinating the kitting process with multiple stores and consolidation areas.
• Provide production floor support including replacement part management, shop floor material staging, Work in Progress (WIP) movement through shared resource areas, completion of units in shop floor and MRP system, delivery to next step (inventory or shipment), and meeting MRP schedule.
• Controlling the physical disposition of nonconforming or specially handled material including Return to Vendor, purged material, WIP STOP per contractual restrictions, and configuration of components/sub-assemblies as required.
• Maintaining integrity of the shop floor, MRP, and inventory systems through key performance metrics.
• Processing piece part movement to support internal build requirements through subcontractors, internal shared resources, and other Raytheon Technologies facilities.

Skills

Scheduling

MRP/ERP

Lean/Six Sigma

MS Office

Special program access

Wave tracking

Kanban/SMI/CFM

Education

University degree or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Raytheon in Andover, MA is seeking a Principal Specialist, Scheduling for an onsite role. The position requires security clearance and focuses on material availability analysis, kit readiness, and sequencing production orders in MRP systems.

Responsibilities include coordinating cross-functional teams, optimizing flow, addressing production bottlenecks, and ensuring timely delivery of components to the shop floor.