Master Scheduler-Onsite-Must have 8 years of scheduling experience in an aerospace or defense company (Germantown)
Master Scheduler-Must have 8 years of experience in the aerospace or defense industry Location: Germantown, MD, US, 20876 Job ID: 114972 The salary range for this position is $101,098.00-$131,427.00. U.S. Citizenship required. DRS RADA Technologies, a subsidiary of Leonardo DRS, is focused on proprietary radar solutions and legacy avionics systems supporting the defense industry globally. The company is a global pioneer of AESA tactical radars for active military protection, counter-drone applications, critical infrastructure protection, and border surveillance. Job Summary The Master Schedule r is responsible for developing, maintaining, and driving the integrated master schedule for the business with a strong emphasis on long-term material shortage visibility, backlog review, forecast development, and rough-cut capacity planning. This role works closely with Production Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Program teams to ensure the organization has an executable weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual master schedule aligned to customer demand, material availability, and operational capacity. Job Responsibilities Own and maintain the master production schedule across weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual planning horizons. Analyze backlog, forecast, and demand inputs to translate business requirements into an executable production and material plan. Develop and maintain an integrated master schedule that reflects material availability, production readiness, labor constraints, and business priorities. Coordinate cross-functionally with Production Operations, Supply Chain, Planning, Program Management, and Manufacturing to align priorities and drive execution. Lead the review of long-term material shortages and partner with Procurement and Supply Chain to identify supply risks, long-lead constraints, and projected impacts to future production. Prepare and maintain a rolling forecast and perform rough-cut capacity planning to ensure the master schedule is executable based on material position, production capability, and operational constraints. Provide regular schedule status updates, monitor schedule adherence, and perform risk analysis to identify and mitigate shortages, schedule slips, priority conflicts, and capacity gaps . Support scenario planning, recovery planning, and continuous improvement of planning discipline, data accuracy, reporting, and overall scheduling performance . Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Engineering, or related discipline, with a minimum of 8 years of planning, scheduling, production control, or related experience in a manufacturing environment. Equivalent experience may be considered. Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining master schedules tied to backlog, forecast, material availability, and production execution. Successful track record working cross-functionally with Production Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Program teams. Experience identifying and managing long-term material shortages and supply-driven schedule constraints Experience in schedule analysis, backlog review, forecast development, and rough-cut capacity planning. Experience in schedule analysis, backlog review, forecast development, and rough-cut capacity planning. Experience in schedule analysis, backlog review, forecast development, and rough-cut capacity planning. Demonstrated experience in using MS Office suite products (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) Strong oral and written communications skills Preferred: Experience in an aerospace or defense environment Preferred: Experience supporting systems integration planning
