Production Control Planner

Please review the job details below.

Maxar Space is currently seeking a Production Control Planner to join our team in San Jose, CA.

Life with Us

Your Project: In this role, you will be part of a team that supports subsystem manufacturing operations and will perform day-to-day production control activities to ensure products are built on time to support company schedules. You will act as an expeditor responsible for moving subassemblies from area-to-area in order to support the entire build of the spacecraft.

Your Career: We are very serious about professional development and continuing education at Maxar. We offer our team members with the opportunity to define their own career trajectory. Our group has amazing resources to support learning and development. You will work with your manager, or a mentor, to set goals and design a development plan to advance your career.

What We Offer: Time for dedicated professional development, conference attendance, corporate partner and industry training, peer group collaboration, hackathons, as well as paid certifications, education reimbursement and student loan forgiveness.
 

What you'll do day-to-day (with your colleagues):

• Prepare shop orders for materials and product processing
• Coordinate and expedite the flow of materials, parts, and assemblies between departments according to manufacturing schedules or priorities
• Attend production meetings and provides status on material shortage commitment dates
• Investigate and drive resolution of production issues and problems relating to shortages, variances, or other impediments to smooth material flow through the factory
• Coordinate logistics of product movement between manufacturing work centers and manufacturing facilities
• Work closely with manufacturing engineering to maintain revision control for all shop orders
• Ensure shop orders and rework shop orders are closed in a timely manner

Minimum requirements for this position:

• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
• High school diploma
• Minimum of two years of material handling in a production control-related manufacturing and operations environment
• Ability to understand how to work with a manufacturing bill of materials
• Ability to work on-site daily in or Palo Alto manufacturing location 

These skills would be amazing:

• Aerospace industry experience
• Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems; preferably SAP or IFS
• Experience working with government contracting or subcontracting programs
• Proficient with applying Microsoft Office tools
• Active team player who works well in a fast-paced environment
• Organized, detail-oriented individual with ability to multi-task and maintain data accuracy

● The base pay for this position within Colorado is: $59,000.00 - $99,000.00 annually.

● The base pay for this position within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is: $65,000.00 - $109,000.00 annually.

● The base pay for this position within California is: $68,000.00 - $114,000.00 annually.

For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.maxar.com/careers/benefits

The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.  If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. 

The date of posting can be found on Maxar’s Career page at the top of each job posting.

To apply, submit your application via Maxar’s Career page.

Maxar Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.