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Associate Production Planner & Scheduler (2nd shift)

Northrop Grumman

Mesa, AZFull-time$49–74K/yrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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Compensation
$49–74K/yr
Location
Mesa, AZ
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Northrop Grumman seeks an Associate Production Planner and Scheduler for its Mesa facility, supporting second shift on an onsite Monday–Thursday 4x10 schedule. The role represents Production Control on the manufacturing floor and coordinates material delivery, production plans, and issue resolution across warehouse, operations, and production control. The ideal candidate has strong teambuilding skills, leadership potential, and verbal and written communication/presentation skills.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Team Building, nice to haveLeadership, nice to haveVerbal Communication, nice to haveWritten Communication, nice to havePresentation Skills, nice to haveMRP, requiredCostpoint, nice to haveMES, nice to haveMathematics, requiredMicrosoft Office, requiredExcel, requiredWord, requiredPowerPoint, requiredVisio, required

Qualifications

Bachelor's or 4 Years Related Experience With High School Diploma, required1 Year Related Experience, nice to haveBachelor's in Business or Related Field, nice to haveBachelor's in Supply Chain, nice to have

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: No

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman’s business unit Armament Systems is seeking an Associate (Level 1) Production Planning and Scheduler for our facility in Mesa, AZ . This role will be onsite, Monday-Thursday 4x10 schedule, and supporting our 2nd shift (2:30PM-1:00AM)

Northrop Grumman Armament Systems Division is a leading innovator and producer of advanced weapons that provide the warfighter superior battlefield capabilities. The Business Unit specializes in manufacturing medium and large caliber weapon platforms. Armament Systems also creates systems that protect soldiers on the battlefield and reduce collateral damage.

The business unit is a leading supplier of integrated medium-caliber weapon systems for land, air and sea platforms through its world-renowned Bushmaster® line of automatic cannons produced at its Mesa, Arizona facility. Through its management of America’s largest, privately owned proving grounds, Armament Systems Division allows NGDS and its customers the ability to rapidly test weapons and demilitarize them when necessary

The Associate Production Planner and Scheduler is responsible for Production Control representation on the manufacturing floor & will act as a liaison between the warehouse, operations and production control. This position will work within a team environment across the entire Guns Production Range campus. The ideal candidate will have strong teambuilding skills, exhibit strong leadership potential, and possess comprehensive verbal and written communication/presentation skills.

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for planning and coordinating material delivery to the floor in support of the MPS.

  • Supports the organization’s goals by managing and coordinating material needs in the factory to keep production moving.

  • Responsible for supporting all program builds by collaborating with each program Production Control Scheduler to resolve manufacturing order delays.

  • Finalize product staging & accurately queue the production plan to drive on-time-to-start manufacturing orders.

  • Resolve MES and Costpoint issues on behalf of the Production Control team

  • Responsible for maintaining COTS material forward stock supply on the floor to cover manufacturing incidentals

  • Monitor build through the factory and ensure appropriate actions/escalations are taken to prevent production line-down scenarios

  • Help to prioritize and expedite incoming material as necessary to ensure the material is inspected and accepted and placed into inventory necessary to fulfill manufacturing requirements.

  • Coordinate interdepartmental activity with Quality Assurance, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Engineering, Inventory Control, Traffic, and Contract Administration; schedule and expedite the movement of parts by means of move orders, stock transfers, and request for shipping orders.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelors degree & 0 years of experience, OR 4 years of related experience in production planning and scheduling and a high school diploma or equivalent.

  • Knowledge of MRP required.

  • Experience in Costpoint and MES a plus.

  • Excellent math and communication skills.

  • Must be proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power point, Visio).

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelors degree in a business field preferably supply chain & 1 year of related experience

Primary Level Salary Range: $49,400.00 - $74,200.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Job Category: Manufacturing and Production

How this job compares

Set against the 428 open Production Planning jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$49–74K/yr
  • US median$80–118K/yr217 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $62K, is 38% below the US median midpoint ($100K) — in the lowest quarter of Production Planning salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 428 open Production Planning jobs across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for no prior experience — less than three in four Production Planning postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 311 postings).
Education
111 of the 428 open Production Planning jobs (26%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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