Strategic Production Scheduler – Aerospace & High-Tech

Socket.dev; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity plan

Discretionary bonus

Paid vacation

Job summary

Divergent seeks a Production Scheduler (Advanced Manufacturing Operations Specialist) to provide tactical scheduling and long-range planning for our advanced manufacturing team. You will align inputs from the Demand team to ensure on-time delivery of machined hardware through Machining, Assembly and Final inspection.

The ideal candidate brings deep MRP/MES experience, strong cross-functional collaboration skills, and thrives in a dynamic, high-volume production environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in production planning or scheduling in aerospace or high‑complexity manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of ERP/MRP and MES.
• Excellent Excel and project management tools proficiency.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide scheduling expertise for machining, inspection, and assembly work centers to support forecasted build plans and production readiness.
• Aid in developing and maintaining work center schedules for machined parts, in-process inspection, assembly, & final inspection operations.
• Help prepare and update daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules for these critical work centers, ensuring alignment with Program and Planning Teams.
• Actively host daily production standups and cross-functional readiness meetings to communicate status, resolve blockers, and adjust work center priorities.
• Proactively push/pull jobs within machining, inspection, assembly, and shipping phases to reduce WIP stagnation and meet build targets.
• Validate that MRP dates reflect actual shop floor conditions, making corrections with Planning Team to avoid misalignment in downstream workcenters.
• Help investigate part shortages and labor constraints impacting these work centers; coordinate with planning and manufacturing engineering to resolve gaps.
• Provide schedule visibility and performance updates to shop leads and senior leadership, highlighting risks and opportunities within assigned work centers.
• Support the development and implementation of tools to improve real-time tracking, capacity planning, and resource forecasting in machining, inspection, and assembly.
• Identify and implement initiatives to improve product quality, throughput, and efficiency within the focused work centers.
• Identify and execute flow improvements across machining and assembly areas to streamline operations and reduce WIP.
• Clearly communicate daily execution priorities to machine shop, inspectors, and assembly supervisors to maintain alignment with production goals.

Skills

ERP/MRP systems

MES systems

Schedule optimization

Excel

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

MS Project

Smartsheet

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Divergent seeks a Production Scheduler (Advanced Manufacturing Operations Specialist) to provide tactical scheduling and long-range planning for our advanced manufacturing team. You will align inputs from the Demand team to ensure on-time delivery of machined hardware through Machining, Assembly and Final inspection.

The ideal candidate brings deep MRP/MES experience, strong cross-functional collaboration skills, and thrives in a dynamic, high-volume production environment.