Production Planner Level 1/2

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Iuka, MS +1 · Manufacturing and Production

The Production Planner will plan the sequence of fabrication, assembly, installation, and other manufacturing operations for aircraft manufacturing. This role involves preparing shop work orders, coordinating with schedulers, and maintaining progress reports. It requires experience with aerospace specifications and drawings, and the ability to obtain a Secret Clearance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Plans sequence of fabrication, assembly, installation, and other manufacturing operations relating to specific portion of the product for guidance of production workers
  2. Plans detail operations from blueprints, engineering orders, change notices, and other engineering releases.
  3. Determines the need for tooling and makes recommendations for the design and planning of required tools.
  4. Prepares shop work orders for materials and product processing and coordinates with schedulers to ensure that items are being processed according to specifications and time requirements.
  5. Maintains progress reports, schedules, and other related records.

Skills

Required

  • High School diploma or equivalent
  • 0 years of experience (for Level 1)
  • 2 years additional education and/or experience in Manufacturing, Production, Planning, Aerospace or Aeronautics (for Level 2)
  • Experience in working with aerospace specifications and drawings
  • Experience with Microsoft Office applications
  • Ability to obtain and maintain Active U.S. Government Secrete Clearance
  • Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR) Clearance

Nice to have

  • Active U.S. Government Clearance
  • Active Special Program Access
  • Experience authoring manufacturing procedures
  • Pursuing Bachelors STEM Degree
  • Experience working in an aerospace manufacturing environment
  • Experience creating and maintaining MBOMs
  • Experience in the areas of composite hand layup, bonding, cure, fastened assembly, subsystems installation, metallic hardware or machining experience
  • Functional knowledge of production control systems (SAP/Visual Mfg/etc)
  • Preference will be given to individuals already accessed to Special Access Programs
  • Experience in the use of CAD software

What the JD emphasized

  • Ability to obtain and maintain Active U.S. Government Secrete Clearance
  • Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR) Clearance