Strategic Master Scheduler – Defense Manufacturing

Leonardo DRS; Germantown (MD); On-site; USD 101,098 - 131,427; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance and benefits

401(k) retirement plan with employer-m

Job summary

DRS RADA Technologies in Germantown, MD, is seeking a Master Scheduler to lead the integrated master schedule across weekly to annual horizons, ensuring alignment with demand, material availability, and capacity.

You will partner with Production Operations, Supply Chain, Planning, and Program teams to drive execution, analyze backlog and forecast, and manage risks related to shortages and capacity constraints.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Engineering, or related discipline, with a minimum of 8 years of planning, scheduling, production control, or related experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining master schedules tied to backlog, forecast, material availability, and production execution.
• Successful track record working cross-functionally with Production Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Program teams.
• Experience in schedule analysis, backlog review, forecast development, and rough-cut capacity planning.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the master production schedule across weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual planning horizons.
• Analyze backlog, forecast, and demand inputs to translate business requirements into an executable production and material plan.
• Develop and maintain an integrated master schedule that reflects material availability, production readiness, labor constraints, and business priorities.
• Coordinate cross-functionally with Production Operations, Supply Chain, Planning, Program Management, and Manufacturing to align priorities and drive execution.
• Lead the review of long-term material shortages and partner with Procurement and Supply Chain to identify supply risks, long-lead constraints, and projected impacts to future production.
• Prepare and maintain a rolling forecast and perform rough-cut capacity planning to ensure the master schedule is executable based on material position, production capability, and operational constraints.
• Provide regular schedule status updates, monitor schedule adherence, and perform risk analysis to identify and mitigate shortages, schedule slips, priority conflicts, and capacity gaps.
• Support scenario planning, recovery planning, and continuous improvement of planning discipline, data accuracy, reporting, and overall scheduling performance.

Skills

Master scheduling

MS Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint)

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

MS Office

Job description

DRS RADA Technologies in Germantown, MD, is seeking a Master Scheduler to lead the integrated master schedule across weekly to annual horizons, ensuring alignment with demand, material availability, and capacity.

You will partner with Production Operations, Supply Chain, Planning, and Program teams to drive execution, analyze backlog and forecast, and manage risks related to shortages and capacity constraints.