What are the responsibilities and job description for the Planner position at Leonardo DRS?
Job ID: 114340
Location: Melbourne FL
Schedule: 9/80
The Electro Optical Infrared Systems (EOIS) line of business within DRS has locations in Dallas and Austin, TX, Melbourne, FL, and Cypress, CA. EOIS develops, manufactures, and supports infrared and electro-optical solutions for soldiers, ground vehicles and airborne platforms. We offer an exciting and challenging work environment, a competitive salary and benefits package, and a business culture that rewards performance.
Employing the world’s brightest. Supporting the world’s bravest.
Job Summary
Join the team as a Production Planner / Materials Planner, driving MPS-based scheduling by selecting and sequencing jobs across workstations while keeping daily build plans on track. You’ll ensure materials and outside services are ready when needed, consolidate demand into purchase requisitions, and proactively flag critical parts and risks that could impact execution. This role partners closely with Contracts, Project Management, Project Accounting, and Planning to align Material EACs and execution charts, leveraging MRP and strong Excel skills to continuously improve planning operations.
Job Responsibilities
Taking care of our people is a top priority at Leonardo DRS. We are proud to offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a company contribution to a health savings account, telemedicine, life and disability insurance, legal insurance, and a 401(k) savings plan. We champion wellness programs that focus on physical, emotional, and financial well-being. We develop our talent by offering programs and activities to support career-growth, professional development, and skill enhancement. And we understand there is more to life than work, and the importance of offering flexible work schedules with our 9/80 program, competitive vacation, health/emergency leave, paid parental leave, and community service hours.
Location: Melbourne FL
Schedule: 9/80
The Electro Optical Infrared Systems (EOIS) line of business within DRS has locations in Dallas and Austin, TX, Melbourne, FL, and Cypress, CA. EOIS develops, manufactures, and supports infrared and electro-optical solutions for soldiers, ground vehicles and airborne platforms. We offer an exciting and challenging work environment, a competitive salary and benefits package, and a business culture that rewards performance.
Employing the world’s brightest. Supporting the world’s bravest.
Job Summary
Join the team as a Production Planner / Materials Planner, driving MPS-based scheduling by selecting and sequencing jobs across workstations while keeping daily build plans on track. You’ll ensure materials and outside services are ready when needed, consolidate demand into purchase requisitions, and proactively flag critical parts and risks that could impact execution. This role partners closely with Contracts, Project Management, Project Accounting, and Planning to align Material EACs and execution charts, leveraging MRP and strong Excel skills to continuously improve planning operations.
Job Responsibilities
- Based on the MPS driven demand, select and sequence available jobs to be run at specific workstations or machines
- Meet weekly with Contracts to review all pending and recently received demands and assign planner responsibility to the appropriate individual
- Manage overall workload and align resources as needed to maintain balance
- Drive consistent communications between planning, project accounting, and project management for consistent project Material EAC’s and Execution Charts
- Improve current system, functions, and daily operations to more effectively meet goals
- Maintain manufacturing build plans on a daily basis
- Maintain the run and set up times associated with each job / product / part
- Create and maintain the expected completion of each scheduled job
- Review the schedule and ensure the raw materials are available when needed to run according to the schedule
- Create a forward-looking plan to create purchase requisitions and monitor material deliveries to support the run schedules
- Ensure all outside services are planned and monitored
- Consolidate demand for purchase requisitions
- Highlight critical parts and any issue, which may keep operations from meeting the MPS
- Support, communicate and defend the mission, values and culture of the company
- Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 3 years demonstrated experience
- Solid understanding of business processes and functional inter-relationships
- Strong background in project material management
- Extensive experience in production planning
- Skilled in the use of Excel, Excel Pivot Tables, Power Point, Word, as well as Sharepoint
- Strong understanding of MRP systems
Taking care of our people is a top priority at Leonardo DRS. We are proud to offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a company contribution to a health savings account, telemedicine, life and disability insurance, legal insurance, and a 401(k) savings plan. We champion wellness programs that focus on physical, emotional, and financial well-being. We develop our talent by offering programs and activities to support career-growth, professional development, and skill enhancement. And we understand there is more to life than work, and the importance of offering flexible work schedules with our 9/80 program, competitive vacation, health/emergency leave, paid parental leave, and community service hours.
- Some employees are eligible for limited benefits only