Production Planner and Scheduler - Woodland Hills CA

VetJobs•Los Angeles, CA

21h•$69,000 - $103,400•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is hiring a full-time Production Planner and Scheduler to work in the office in Woodland Hills, California. The role supports production planning and scheduling for mission-enabling systems and technologies. The planner collaborates across engineering, program management, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, and test teams to develop and maintain execution plans that meet internal milestones and customer delivery dates. The position uses automated planning software to build and analyze schedules, assess risks and capacity constraints, and support on-time delivery.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years of relevant experience in production planning and/or master scheduling in a manufacturing environment, or a master’s degree.
Six years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a bachelor’s degree.
Computer skills, including Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
Experience with ERP/MRP software, including bills of materials, manufacturing orders, and routings.
U.S. citizenship.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with engineering, program management, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, and test personnel to build, communicate, and maintain execution plans that meet internal milestones and customer on-time delivery dates.
Use automated planning software for schedule analysis and reporting, including critical path analysis, schedule risk assessments, and schedule health metrics analysis.
Gather and compile information to create summary-level and detailed program/project network schedules using automated planning software.
Perform program and work-center schedule risk analyses and simulations using Dynafact Master Scheduling software to determine the impacts of constraints, delays, and reprioritizations.
Perform capacity-versus-demand variance analyses for major operational work centers and communicate constraints to scheduling and operations teams.
Collaborate across departments to identify constraints impeding critical-path operational flow.
Advise the Management Team about work in progress, material availability, and potential production problems to ensure personnel, equipment, materials, and services are scheduled and provided as needed.
Support and maintain daily management visual boards used to identify and mitigate risks of near-term and long-term delivery misses.