Production Control Scheduler (Starship Launch Hardware)

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Take complete ownership of production scheduling for a given production work center, including managing both tactical day-to-day tasks as well as projecting long-term high-level rate needs for the department.
• Create a rate-based schedule for your hardware, and define/track constraints across your build for the next missions.
• Use an established schedule to create and generate stakeholder buy-in on various scenarios to determine optimal hardware allocation between new/refurbished hardware that considers customer needs, current mission…
• Work with production teams to set, track, and execute daily and weekly goals for the work center that consider personnel and equipment constraints but support overall rate targets.
• 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.
• 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.
• Manage the scheduling and prioritization of your hardware at shared resources that are common to multiple departments at SpaceX.
• 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.

Job requirements

• High school diploma or equivalency certificate.
• Bachelor’s degree and 1+ years of experience in manufacturing scheduling, planning or operations OR 3+ years of professional experience in manufacturing scheduling, planning or operations in lieu of a degree.
• 1+ years of experience using ERP/MRP systems in a production environment.
• Remarkable problem-solving skills with a bias for speed and accuracy.
• Self-motivated, quick learner, and ability to prioritize efforts to meet customer and company goals.
• Ability to develop and maintain strong internal and external supplier/customer relationships in a fast-moving and ever-changing environment.
• Technical knowledge and skills in coding and computer applications (e.g. MS Office Suite, VBA, Smartsheet, SQL, Confluence, JIRA, Power BI, etc.)
• Strong track record of implementing continuous improvement efforts, ideally using problem solving frameworks including lean principles, six sigma, or Kaizen concepts.