Associate Production Planner & Scheduler

Northrop Grumman • Mesa, AZ

2d • $49,400 - $74,200 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman’s Armament Systems business unit is seeking an Associate (Level 1) Production Planning and Scheduler for its facility in Mesa, Arizona. The role is onsite and follows a Monday–Thursday, four-day, 10-hour schedule. The position represents Production Control on the manufacturing floor and serves as a liaison between the warehouse, operations, and production control, working with a team across the Guns Production Range campus. The ideal candidate has strong team-building skills, leadership potential, and comprehensive verbal, written, and presentation skills.

Armament Systems manufactures medium- and large-caliber weapon platforms and integrated medium-caliber weapon systems for land, air, and sea platforms. The Mesa facility produces the Bushmaster line of automatic cannons.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and no years of experience, or a high school diploma or equivalent and four years of related production planning and scheduling experience.
• Knowledge of MRP.
• Excellent math and communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Costpoint and MES.
• Bachelor’s degree in a business field, preferably supply chain, and one year of related experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate delivery of material to the manufacturing floor in support of the MPS.
• Manage and coordinate factory material needs to support organizational goals and keep production moving.
• Support program builds by collaborating with Production Control Schedulers to resolve manufacturing order delays.
• Finalize product staging and accurately queue the production plan to support on-time starts for manufacturing orders.
• Resolve MES and Costpoint issues on behalf of the Production Control team.
• Maintain the floor’s forward stock supply of COTS material for manufacturing incidentals.
• Monitor builds through the factory and take appropriate actions or escalate issues to prevent production line-down scenarios.
• Prioritize and expedite incoming material as needed so it is inspected, accepted, and placed into inventory to meet manufacturing requirements.
• Coordinate interdepartmental activity with Quality Assurance, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Engineering, Inventory Control, Traffic, and Contract Administration.
• Schedule and expedite the movement of parts using move orders, stock transfers, and requests for shipping orders.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company-paid holidays.
• Paid time off for vacation and/or personal business.
• Depending on the position, eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level