As the Planning Manager, you will lead the planning organization and build the framework that enables accurate scheduling, capacity planning, and production execution across complex advanced-composite manufacturing programs. You will ensure plans are executable, resource-loaded, and driven by real-time engineering, material, labor, cost, and production data. Working closely with operations, engineering, program management, supply chain, and other functions, you will develop integrated schedules, identify risks early, and drive solutions that keep commitments on track.
Schedule- The work schedule follows a 4 710 configuration: Monday through Thursday, 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with every other Friday off.
Responsibilities- Leads the planning function, including program scheduling, production planning, materials planning, and capacity planning.
- Manages staffing, priorities, performance, and development of Planners and Program Schedulers.
- Establishes standardized planning processes, tools, templates, and data expectations that support operational decision-making.
- Owns the integrated planning and scheduling process using Microsoft Project and Project Server, ensuring alignment across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, inspection, and delivery.
- Maintains integrated schedules with clear logic, baselines, resource loading, progress updates, critical-path visibility, and change control.
- Develops executable manufacturing plans for advanced composite processes, incorporating materials, tooling, specialized equipment, cure cycles, inspection, and customer requirements.
- Identifies bottlenecks and develops staffing, shift, overtime, equipment-utilization, and recovery strategies to protect delivery commitments.
- Leads production, capacity, and resource planning across functions, including labor forecasting, equipment loading, and scenario development.
- Integrates ERP, product data management (PDM), bills of material (BOMs), routings, material status, and shop-floor data with enterprise scheduling tools to maintain a single source of truth.
- Communicates schedule, capacity, material, equipment, and manpower risks with clear data and actionable recommendations, supporting both internal and customer reviews.
Required Qualifications- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Project and resource-loaded scheduling.
- Experience leading planning, scheduling, production planning, project controls, or related functions in a manufacturing environment.
- Knowledge of integrated master scheduling, critical path, dependencies, baselines, resource loading, capacity planning, and forecasting.
- Experience coordinating across program management, engineering, manufacturing, operations, and supply chain.
- Ability to interpret ERP labor, cost, material, work-order, and production data.
- Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications- Associate9s or bachelor9s degree in operations, supply chain, business, engineering, manufacturing, project management, or a related field.
- CPIM or similar professional certification.
- 6 or more years of complex or engineered-to-order manufacturing experience.
- 3 or more years of ERP experience, preferably Deltek Costpoint.
- Experience with Microsoft Project Server, enterprise scheduling systems, and PDM/MRP platforms.
- Aerospace, defense, shipbuilding, submarine, or advanced composites experience.
- Experience with autoclaves, automated fiber placement (AFP), large-scale tooling, CNC/5-axis machining, nondestructive inspection (NDI), and other specialized manufacturing resources.
- Experience with finite-capacity planning, full-time equivalent (FTE) forecasting, resource-constrained scheduling, earned value management (EVM), or cost/schedule performance tracking.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and/or Power BI.
This position requires U.S. person status under U.S. export control laws, including U.S. citizens and nationals, lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees.
Benefits- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid time off
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with company contribution
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Company-paid life and AD&D insurance
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Tuition reimbursement
