Standard Job DescriptionJoin Lockheed Martin's Production Scheduling Team as a Level 2 Production Scheduler. You will own and drive production schedules for multiple programs within the Sunnyvale Product Centers, partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver on cost, timing, and quality goals. This role also supports long-range capacity planning and strategic demand discussions, providing the visibility and risk mitigation needed to keep projects on track in a fast-paced, team-centric environment.
Key Responsibilities:
• Build detailed master production schedules (MPS) based on project scope, capacity, and material availability.
• Continuously update schedules to reflect changes in demand, resource constraints, or engineering revisions.
• Align project schedules with supply chain, tooling, and workforce plans.
• Work closely with Manufacturing Project Managers to gather status updates, milestone completions, and change requests.
• Facilitate regular schedule review meetings (e.g., weekly "schedule syncs") with cross functional teams.
• Provide clear, concise schedule reports and dashboards to senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to streamline scheduling processes, tools, and data flows.
Basic QualificationsBasic Qualifications:• Experienced using Microsoft Project or other scheduling tools
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal
• Understanding of Product Structure and scheduling or production planning experience in an manufacturing environment (aerospace, defense, automotive, or similar)Desired Skills• 2+ years of scheduling or production planning experience in a manufacturing environment (aerospace, defense, automotive, or similar)
• Experience with SAP
• Experience with resource planning and leveling of overallocated resources
• Experience tracking metrics for adherence to schedule
Interview QuestionsAccuracy and Attention to Detail: What process do you use to make sure you don't miss any details before a project is completed?
Analytical Ability: Give me a specific example of a time when you used good judgment and logic in solving a problem. What steps did you take?
Analytical Thinking: Tell me about a project that would best describe your analytical thinking ability.
Be accountable: Sooner or later, everyone comes under some pressure to sacrifice quality in order to get work done on time. Tell me about a time when this happened to you.
What are your short-term career aspirations? Consider the next 1 to 3 years.
Technical - General: Tell us about one of the technical problems you had to solve recently
Pay InformationFull-Time Salary Range: $74900.00 - $139100.00
The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
- For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
