Production Scheduler, Roadrunner

ABOUT THE SITE

Anduril, a leader in autonomous systems and weapons manufacturing, is building Arsenal-1, its first hyperscale manufacturing facility, just south of Columbus, Ohio in Pickaway County. Arsenal-1 is redefining the scale and speed that autonomous systems and weapons can be produced for the United States and its allies and partners. This is a monumental and essential step toward rebuilding America’s defense industrial base, strengthening America’s warfighting capabilities, and enhancing deterrence amid rising international threats.

ABOUT THE PRODUCT

The future of defense is being built right now, and Anduril’s Roadrunner product is at its leading edge. Roadrunner is a cutting-edge VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) counter-UAS interceptor, designed for autonomous air defense operations. It rapidly detects, tracks, and neutralizes hostile unmanned aircraft systems to protect critical assets and personnel.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Roadrunner Team (RLT) will set the standard for building the future at Arsenal-1, our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Ashville, OH. This team will have the opportunity to train under our world-class manufacturing team at Anduril HQ in Costa Mesa, CA for 3 months before bringing that standard of excellence back to Ohio.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are seeking a Production Scheduler to join our manufacturing team at Anduril who will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and managing the flow of products through the production process. Here you will work on cutting-edge technology aimed at advancing the state-of-the-possible. The Production Scheduler is responsible for provide tactical scheduling and strategic long range planning expertise to our production teams and more! If you are someone who is a highly motivated team player who is willing to support a fast paced team environment and detail oriented self starter with minimal oversight then this role is for you.

**This role requires candidates to relocate to Costa Mesa for a 3-month training program. Housing, transportation, etc. will be provided during your stay.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Provide tactical scheduling and strategic long range planning expertise to our production teams
• Coordinate, review, plan and schedule inputs from the business and planning to create an integrated master schedule
• Works with the planning teams to ensure MRP is reflective of production
• 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
• Schedule production, operations planning, and engineering support to eliminate obstacles and deliver product on time
• 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
• 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
• Lead the creation of scheduling tools and initiatives in support of Anduril’s overall scheduling maturation

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree or 3 years of manufacturing scheduling experience
• U.S. Citizen Required

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
• Must be available for all shifts, extended hours, and weekends as needed
• Must be able to lift 25 lbs unassisted