Production Master Scheduler

San Francisco, United StatesOn-site

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain detailed resource-loaded schedules for multiple simultaneous satellite production and launch programs, including flight hardware, R&D hardware, tooling, and test equipment.
Derive and communicate clear targets and priorities for every piece of hardware to the relevant production workcenters, and work with production managers to ensure appropriate allocation of resources, schedule accuracy and on-time delivery.
Steer a team of production coordinators in an indirect reporting/matrix org structure to ensure correct prioritization on a daily basis and ensure on-time material movement through the factory.
Identify and report on the critical path schedule issues, and work with company leadership and internal partners to drive actions and decisions to enable continued progress.
Perform quick “what if” schedule modeling and analyses on multiple possible outcomes to help make decisions on emergent risks.
Create, maintain, and use scheduling processes and tools to identify, analyze, and act on potential constraints on a daily/weekly basis.

A Production Master Scheduler is the creator and owner of the Astranis production schedule across all programs, and the leader of the Production Control function.
The ideal candidate must be able to filter a complex schedule of thousands of lines into simple targets that people can understand, navigate under-constrained problems with large data sets and converge on a path forward, stay aware of the status of many things and spot problems before they occur, and possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or similar technical discipline, or 5+ years of professional work in the aerospace industry.
Experience with Smartsheet or MS Project scheduling software.
Proficiency in SQL query writing, and ability to create custom dashboards in Grafana/Tableau/PowerBI/etc.
Understanding of the aerospace engineering lifecycle.