Production Planner and Scheduler - Woodland Hills CA

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2d•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a Production Planner and Scheduler for its Woodland Hills, California office. This full-time, in-office role supports production planning and scheduling in a manufacturing environment. The planner works with engineering, program management, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, and test teams to develop and maintain plans that support internal milestones and customer delivery dates. The role uses automated planning software, including Dynafact Master Scheduling software, to analyze schedules, risks, capacity, demand, and constraints. The position requires U.S. citizenship and includes travel up to 10% of the time. No relocation assistance is available.

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 or 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 effects of constraints, delays, and reprioritizations.
Analyze capacity versus demand variances for major operational work centers and communicate constraints to scheduling and operations teams.
Work across departments to identify constraints impeding critical-path flow of operations.
Advise management about work in progress, material availability, and potential production problems to help ensure personnel, equipment, materials, and services are scheduled and provided as needed.
Support and maintain daily management visual boards used to identify and mitigate near-term and long-term delivery risks.