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Principal Planner / Scheduler

BAE Systems USA and Careers
San Diego, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/28/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/27/2026
Job Description
What’s it like working for a company that delivers life-saving products and services to our nation’s military? Humbling. At BAE Systems, the work that you will do will help some of the nation's biggest defense programs streamlined and on-time. You will be at the center of a team that works together to keep all the moving pieces running and optimize outcomes.
Our Ship Repair team is looking for a Master Planner/Scheduler to join us and to help us keep the U.S. Navy fleet mission ready. We value our workforce, and that means providing our employees with competitive salary and benefit packages. You’ll have opportunities to grow your career with training and development resources, as well as from colleagues across the business. Make a difference doing work you can be proud of and be part of a team that shares a passion of helping to protect our nation.
As a Planner/Scheduler, you will:
  • Develop, maintain and analyze schedules, taking the lead to plan, track, analyze and report on project schedules of varying size and complexity, both US Government and Commercial
  • Provide key support to project and program management efforts, monitoring work flow, coordinating and tracking schedule and identifying key project delivery risks and issues
  • Develop schedules using Deltek Open Plan to meet requirements in support of DoD and/or Commercial Contracts
  • Interact daily with program management team members (Finance, Ship Superintendents, Project Managers, Program Managers, Craft Managers, Safety, and Quality Dept.), Subcontractor management team members and Government customer employees
  • Create project schedules to establish sequence and lead time of each operation to meet completion dates according to production forecasts or customer work specifications and drawing orders
  • Maintain and perform validation of project schedule configurations to meet industry standards for quality health check requirements for status and reporting
  • Organize and meet with production and subcontractors to gather status and review impact to key milestones and events
  • Provide project schedule analysis to Project Team, listing critical path activities to key milestones and events, displaying activities that are behind schedule to baseline
  • Ensure compliance with company scheduling procedures to set and maintain baseline schedules
  • Maintain continuous communication with Customer, Project Managers and Project Teams on the progress of the project and schedule
  • Prepare schedule narratives describing the status of assigned projects with weekly deliverables
  • Create “what if” scheduling scenarios based on potential new and growth work
  • Ensure that requirements of the safety handbook are properly followed and enforced

Required Education, Experience, & Skills
  • Typically 8 years with Bachelors, or 6 years with Masters. Work experience considered in lieu of degree.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Suite: Excel, Power Point, Word, and Outlook
  • Experience with Microsoft Project, Primavera P6 or Open Plan
  • Proficiency in reading and knowledge of blueprints, drawings, diagrams, and other technical references
  • Ability to read blueprints and other technical documents
  • Ability to work and communicate with a diverse group
  • Good communication, writing, presentation, and organizational skills
  • Ability to work in a fast paced, high volume production environment
  • Ability to obtain and maintain DBID

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
  • Experience using Deltek Open Plan
  • Experience in working with U.S. Navy or Merchant Marines
  • Ship Repair Experience
  • Understanding of NAVSEA Standard Items
  • PMP Certification

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $116419 - $197912

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

About BAE Systems Platforms & Services
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts – defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team—making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you’ll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.

The Platforms & Services (P&S) sector under BAE Systems, Inc does the big stuff: the armored combat vehicles, naval guns, missile launchers, and ship repair…just to name a few. Our employees take pride in the work they do and why they do it. They are on the front lines every day, building our products to protect the lives of those who serve. We may be biased, but we think P&S does some of the coolest work around, and we think you will too.

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