PRODUCTION CONTROL SCHEDULER (LAUNCH HARDWARE)

Launch Hardware aims to upgrade Falcon/Dragon/Starship processing facilities, launch pads, and recovery vessels to make aircraft-like launch operations a reality. Our challenge is to execute many construction and fabrication projects in parallel at unrivaled speed. Robust pre-planning and constant change is the norm. As a Launch Hardware Scheduler, you will proactively identify blockers to progress, attack every problem enthusiastically, and remove hurdles. You are a self-starter and team player who has the hunger to venture quickly into unknown areas and solve a problem. Aerospace experience is not required to be successful here - rather, we look for inventive, motivated, collaborative people who respond rapidly to requests.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Take complete ownership of production scheduling for a given production work center, including managing tactical day-to-day tasks as well as projecting long-term needs for the department 
• Coordinate and review input from engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and business development to support and maintain Master Schedules for products using Microsoft Office or applicable software as required
• Work across all departments to understand critical work requests ahead and behind targets to mitigate schedule impact risks
• Understand MRP requirements and logic for your hardware, and lead cross-functional efforts to manage and improve MRP accuracy to create better alignment between targeted and actual schedules  (Work across all departments to ensure MRP dates align with current fabrication schedules)
• Utilize our Factory Scheduler application and other applicable tools to ensure work is scheduled and prioritized accurately and efficiently, and resources allocated appropriately
• Work with production teams to set, track, and execute daily and weekly goals for the work center
• Prepare daily work schedules, track work progress, update and communicate project critical path schedules, and advise leadership of needed adjustments to daily work activities
• Ensure fixture, tooling, and test equipment requirements are properly scheduled to facilitate an efficient production process
• Support accuracy of internal logistics movement of critical work
• Push/pull work into the shop to improve lead times, reduce stagnation, and meet schedule needs
• Build strong relationships with customers as well as internal/external suppliers and establish high accuracy means of communication for both estimated hardware needs and completion dates
• Leverage SQL Queries and Excel databases to identify hardware shortages for upcoming builds and lead the charge to pull this hardware into your production area 
• Identify and support improvement opportunities for product yield, quality, safety, cost, and team efficiency
• Drive down near-term and future schedule risk by conducting work-center level capacity analysis, identifying model and communication gaps that cause schedule slips, and leading initiatives (reactive and proactive)

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or equivalency certificate
• 2+ years of manufacturing scheduling experience

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering or other technical discipline
• Understanding of manufacturing systems, production control, and manufacturing shop floor
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel
• Experience writing queries with SQL
• PowerBi/Tableau experience creating dashboards and daily reports
• Familiarity with lean principles, Six Sigma and Kaizen, and continuous improvement concepts
• Experience with data analytics
• Experience with problem-solving and root-cause analyzes methodologies

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be able to travel - up to 25% work week travel may be required
• Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed to meet major milestones
• Ability to pass Air Force background check for Cape Canaveral