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.