Senior Associate Production Planning

L3Harris • Huntsville, AL

6d • Onsite

About The Position

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Senior Associate, Production Scheduler to join the Production Scheduling team within the Program Performance organization at its Missile Solutions Sector Advanced Manufacturing Facility in Huntsville, Alabama. The team contributes to work from proposal through product delivery, and the position interfaces with internal and external customers across a diverse product range. The role calls for an analytical, self-motivated, and organized individual who can assess requirements and make data-driven decisions.

The position is scheduled for a 4/10 first shift: four 10-hour days per week. The successful candidate will create and communicate shop production schedules and dispatch lists, assess operational schedule risks, analyze capacity and throughput, and work with partners to balance schedules and meet customer commitments. The role also supports Sales Inventory Operation Planning (SIOP) activities and requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior manufacturing experience; alternatively, a graduate degree or equivalent with 0 to 2 years of prior manufacturing experience; or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 6 years of prior manufacturing experience.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Technical knowledge of propulsion, explosive and pyrotechnic devices, tactical weapons, missile and munitions fuzes, and strategic deterrence.
• Experience with Oracle, Delmia, or Windchill.
• Ability to use technical knowledge and experience to evaluate plans, processes, and results of the supporting team.
• Excellent communication skills, self-motivation, and strong leadership skills, including interpreting program management, engineering, and supplier demands in a continuously changing environment with minimal guidance.
• Working knowledge of project management methods within the defense acquisition environment, including program planning, integrated master scheduling, and budgeting.
• Experience with team building, leadership, and delegation to achieve project objectives.
• Experience leading, encouraging, reviewing, and critiquing supporting team members’ work to maximize program success.
• Ability to define and negotiate task objectives, scope descriptions, and completion criteria for specific and broad activities.
• Working capability with MS PowerPoint, MS Project, MS Excel, and MS Word.

Responsibilities

• Create and communicate shop production schedules and dispatch lists to prioritize hardware for work centers in accordance with schedule demands.
• Partner with the Area Manager to manage workload order and hardware execution.
• Perform comprehensive schedule assessments and identify schedule risk at the operation level.
• Analyze near- and long-term load reviews for schedule valleys or peaks using Capacity Qlik and Power BI applications, along with throughput metrics, to balance schedules and minimize or reduce bow waves and bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with the Integrated Product Team (IPT) to address issues, solve problems, and develop strategies to meet customer commitments.
• Identify and analyze discrepancies or gaps between the Program IMS and production status, articulate metric discrepancies, and drive gaps to closure.
• Support Sales Inventory Operation Planning (SIOP) activities by analyzing and preparing data.

What This Job Offers

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