Production Scheduler

Production Scheduler

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

About The Job

We are looking for a Production Scheduler to join our rapidly growing Production Control team in Atlanta, GA. In this role, you will be responsible for developing a schedule, releasing work orders and prioritizing production to hit our attainment goals. Here you will work on cutting-edge technology aimed at advancing the state-of-the-possible. You will responsible for providing tactical direction to production and strategic feedback to our planning teams. If you are a detail oriented, self-starter who is interested in supporting production in a fast-paced team environment, then this role is for you.

What You'll Do

Provide tactical scheduling and strategic planning expertise to our production teams

Schedule production, operations planning, and engineering support to eliminate obstacles and deliver product on time

Organize and communicate the daily priorities to production coordinators, team leads and supervisors as required

Provide daily visibility, weekly status, and monthly reviews on schedule performance

Develop and analyze metrics that tie production to enterprise goals as required

Support the creation of scheduling tools and initiatives in support of Anduril's overall scheduling maturation

Develop a schedule for our production line derived from the integrated Master Schedule

Work with the planning teams to ensure MRP signals are reflective of actual production needs

Utilize Foundry and other applications to ensure work is scheduled and prioritized accurately and efficiently, and resources allocated appropriately

Prepare daily work schedules, track work progress, update project critical path schedules, and advise leadership of needed adjustments to daily work activities

Perform schedule baseline change control, collection and tracking performance, critical path analysis and variance analysis as required

Ensure requisite production requirements are properly scheduled to facilitate an efficient production process

Coordinate support from other internal resources such as inspection, testing, engineering, and supply chain as needed to meet program deliverables

Lead efforts to uncover root-cause and develop permanent resolution on issues found during product builds as required

Identify and support improvement opportunities for product yield, quality, safety, cost and team efficiency

Identify process automation opportunities and drive organizational efficiency improvements

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or 3 years of manufacturing scheduling experience

Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

2+ years of scheduling experience with MS Project or similar scheduling software

4+ years of practical experience with ERP/MRP systems in a production environment

Familiarity with Lean Six Sigma and Kaizen

Project management professional certification

Flexibility for supporting off shift hours, extended hours, and weekends as needed

Must be able to lift 25 lbs unassisted