Manufacturing Program Scheduler

About This Role

The Weapon Systems business is seeking a Manufacturing Program Scheduler for the Wilmington, MA location. The Manufacturing Program Scheduler will be responsible for creating, maintaining, and analyzing integrated manufacturing schedules to ensure program milestones, production commitments, and delivery requirements are achieved.

This role requires excellent organization, teamwork, and communication skills to ensure program execution meets mission objectives. A successful candidate will be self‑driven, action‑oriented, possess strong written and verbal communication, and exhibit a team mentality. The position reports to the Manufacturing Program Manager within the Operations team.

• Develop, maintain, and analyze detailed manufacturing schedules in support of all program phases, from development through full‑rate production.
• Integrate production schedules with material availability, work center capacity, labor planning, and engineering release plans.
• Track progress against baseline schedules and identify risks, deviations, and potential impacts to key program milestones.
• Coordinate with functional teams to gather inputs, resolve conflicts, and improve schedule accuracy and predictability.
• Support manufacturing readiness activities, including build sequencing, lead‑time management, and production change planning.
• Participate in risk and opportunity assessments related to schedule performance.
• Ensure compliance with contractual and internal schedule management requirements.
• Utilize tools such as MS Project, Primavera, or enterprise planning systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) to manage data and generate deliverables.

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related discipline.
• 3+ years of experience in program scheduling, production scheduling, or manufacturing planning.
• Demonstrated proficiency with integrated master schedules (IMS) and critical path methodology.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate schedule impacts clearly to multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated ability to work across organizational boundaries.
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Candidate must be a U.S. citizen or be capable of receiving a Secret level security clearance (subject to investigation and minimum qualifications for clearance).

Desired Skills

• Working knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM) principles.
• Familiarity with manufacturing build plans, BOM structures, and configuration management.
• Experience with advanced scheduling tools, digital manufacturing systems, or capacity modeling.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced environment and manage multiple priorities.
• Manufacturing experience in the defense industry is a plus.
• Prior U.S. military or defense/aerospace industry experience.

Textron’s compensation package includes competitive base pay and provides eligible employees with benefit programs.

Benefits may include health insurance and prescription plan coverage, dental insurance, family building benefits, vision insurance, mental health resources, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and programs that provide employees time away from work.

The pay range is a general guide only; compensation is based on candidate experience and qualifications as well as market and business considerations.

Textron is committed to providing equal opportunity in employment to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, disability, sex (including pregnancy and sexual orientation), genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.