Manufacturing Program Scheduler

About This Role

The Weapon Systems business is seeking a Manufacturing Program Scheduler for the Wilmington, MA location. The Manufacturing Program Scheduler will be responsible for creating, maintaining, and analyzing integrated manufacturing schedules to ensure program milestones, production commitments, and delivery requirements are achieved.

This role requires excellent organization, teamwork, and communication skills to ensure program execution meets mission objectives. A successful candidate in this role will be self-driven, action-oriented, have strong written and verbal communication, and exhibit a team mentality. This position will report to the Manufacturing Program Manager within the Operations team.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and analyze detailed manufacturing schedules in support of all program phases, from development through full-rate production.
• Integrate production schedules with material availability, work center capacity, labor planning, and engineering release plans.
• Track progress against baseline schedules and identify risks, deviations, and potential impacts to key program milestones.
• Coordinate with functional teams to gather inputs, resolve conflicts, and improve schedule accuracy and predictability.
• Support manufacturing readiness activities, including build sequencing, lead-time management, and production change planning.
• Participate in risk and opportunity assessments related to schedule performance.
• Ensure compliance with contractual and internal schedule management requirements.
• Utilize tools such as MS Project, Primavera, or enterprise planning systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) to manage data and generate deliverables.

Qualifications - External

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, Supply Chain, or similar discipline required.
• 3+ years of experience in program scheduling, production scheduling, or manufacturing planning.
• Demonstrated proficiency with integrated master schedules (IMS) and critical path methodology.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate schedule impacts clearly to multi-disciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated ability to work across organizational boundaries.
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• This position requires that the candidate be a US citizen with or capable of receiving a Secret level security clearance. Qualified applicants will be subject to a security investigation and must meet minimum qualifications for a Secret clearance.

Desired Skills:

• Working knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM) principles.
• Familiarity with manufacturing build plans, BOM structures, and configuration management.
• Experience with advanced scheduling tools, digital manufacturing systems, or capacity modeling.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced environment and manage multiple priorities.
• Manufacturing experience in the defense industry a plus.
• Prior US military or defense / aerospace industry experience.