Production Control Specialist

Job Description

PROD PLNG AND SCHEDULER 1 | HII

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding, located in Newport News, VA. HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division is the largest industrial employer in Virginia, serving as the sole designer, builder, and refueler of U.S. Navy nuclear aircraft carriers and one of two providers of U.S. Navy nuclear submarines. This role is crucial for ensuring the controlled flow of approved materials and efficient production schedules, directly supporting the construction and delivery of essential naval vessels.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-Time
• Location: In-person, Newport News, VA

• Team: X63 COLUMBIA CLASS PRODUCTION CONTROL
• Mission: This person plans, prepares, issues, and controls production schedules and coordinates material requirements to ensure a controlled flow of approved materials timed to meet production needs.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Production Planning: Plan, prepare, issue, and control production schedules.
• Material Coordination: Coordinate with material requirements to ensure a controlled flow of approved materials timed to meet production needs.
• Status Reporting: Advise management of the status of work in progress, material availability, and potential production problems to ensure personnel, equipment, materials, and services are provided.
• Resource Scheduling: Schedule equipment and personnel, confirm material supply and demands, and prepare work orders or purchase requests based on the master production schedule, shop load, and inventory requirements.
• Interdepartmental Liaison: Coordinate interdepartmental activity with quality assurance, manufacturing, purchasing, engineering, inventory control, and traffic.
• Part Expediting: Schedule and expedite the movement of parts using move orders, stock transfers, and requests for shipping orders.

The Must-Haves
• Background: An entry-level professional with a Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field.
• Experience: 0 years of relevant exempt experience. Equivalents include an NNS Apprentice School graduate, Navy Nuclear Power School (NNPS) graduate, an Associate’s Degree with 2 years of relevant exempt experience or 4 years of relevant non-exempt experience, Military Paygrade E-5 or above military experience, or a High School/GED with 4 years combined of Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military experience, or other relevant exempt experience.
• Skills: Production schedule planning and control, material requirement coordination, advising management on work status and potential problems, resource scheduling, and interdepartmental coordination.
• Bonus: Exposure to network scheduling techniques is highly preferred.