Specialist, Production Planning

L3Harris•Ashburn, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

L3Harris is seeking a Production Planning Specialist to plan, schedule, coordinate, and monitor products through the production cycle to meet production requirements. The role uses engineering plans and production specifications to ensure materials are available according to schedule, advises management on work in progress, and coordinates with operations, quality, and supply chain while interfacing with engineering, program management, and external customers. The Specialist helps ensure materials and labor are available to meet production requirements and delivery commitments, and anticipates and resolves shortages, backlogs, and other schedule interruptions. Work is performed with general oversight. The role may manage large projects or processes inside and outside the immediate job area and typically provides guidance, coaching, and training to other employees. The position is onsite in Ashburn, Virginia, on a 9/80 schedule: employees work 9 out of every 14 days for 80 hours and have every other Friday off. Frequent movement of material and assemblies weighing up to 50 pounds is required. The ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance is required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and at least 4 years of prior relevant experience; or a graduate degree and at least 2 years of prior related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, at least 8 years of prior related experience.
Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
Strong analytical skills and the ability to quickly identify efficient solutions to problems.

Nice To Haves

Experience with ERP/MRP systems.
Familiarity with the aerospace and defense industry.
Knowledge of bills of material in a straight-line or indented structure.
Familiarity with control of Government Furnished Materials (GFM).
Experience with lean manufacturing or similar continuous improvement tools, such as Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, or Green Belt training.

Responsibilities

Develop, status, and maintain production schedules in coordination with internal stakeholders, including operations and supply chain.
Provide daily and weekly work priorities to operations and supply chain teams and track performance metrics for management reporting.
Support root cause analysis of missed metrics or process escapes and provide input on corrective and preventive actions for schedule recovery.
Support development of process standards and standard work times to improve operational consistency and labor efficiency using lean principles.
Expedite the flow of materials, parts, and assemblies within or between departments according to production and shipping schedules.
Coordinate with operations, quality, supply chain, engineering, program management, and external customers.
Anticipate and resolve labor and material shortages, backlogs, and other potential schedule interruptions.
Provide guidance, coaching, and training to other employees.
Move materials and assemblies weighing up to 50 pounds across production and stockroom areas.