
Senior Planner
Fitchburg, MAJobSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 1w ago
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The Senior Planner develops and maintains the Master Production Schedule and Internal Operating Plan, coordinating production capacity, material availability, and contractual requirements with internal teams. The role monitors schedule changes and shipment performance, coordinates replanning to meet delivery commitments, and improves planning processes to support consistent execution.
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Job ID: 115841
The Leonardo DRS Naval Power Systems business is a trusted provider of innovative naval gas and hybrid power systems, control technology and support solutions for the U.S. Navy and navies around the world.
Job Summary
The Senior Planner develops and maintains the Master Production Schedule (MPS) and Internal Operating Plan (IOP), aligning production capacity, material availability, and contractual requirements through close coordination with Production, Materials, Contracts, and the Program Office. This role monitors schedule changes and shipment performance, coordinates replanning to meet delivery commitments, and improves planning processes to support consistent execution.
Job Responsibilities
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Create the Master Production Schedule (MPS) based on production capacity, materials availability and contractual requirements
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Obtain agreement from production, materials and program office before execution of the MPS
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Maintain the MPS files
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Ensure closeout of old programs/jobs to include the disposition of all requisition, purchase orders and residual inventory
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Monitor shipping performance to MPS and contract and create tracking reports
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Track and report the number of changes to each MPS
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Interfacing with contracts, planning, master scheduling and production to create and maintain the Internal Operating Plan (IOP)
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Ensure product is moving from production to packaging to shipping
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Create reports that show actual shipments against projections
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Work closely with manufacturing to establish and evolve a stable manufacturing schedule
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Improve current system, functions, and daily operations to more effectively meet goals
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Responsible for rescheduling daily delivery requirements if problems require a re-plan to meet internal needs and contractual obligations
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Consolidate demand for purchase requisitions
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Support, communicate and defend the mission, values and culture of the company
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years demonstrated experience
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Solid understanding of business processes and functional inter-relationships
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Strong background in project material management
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Extensive experience in production planning
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Skilled in the use of Excel, Excel Pivot Tables, Power Point, Word, as well as Sharepoint
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Excellent understanding of MRP systems
U.S. Citizenship required.
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
Leonardo DRS, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
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How this job compares
Set against the 434 open Production Planning jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$80–119K/yr216 salary ranges
- US median$25–33/hr33 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 10 open Production Planning jobs in Massachusetts and 434 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- L3Harris25 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Production Planning postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (315 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 111 of the 434 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 10, 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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