Senior Manufacturing Planning Specialist at Mission Systems – Taunton, Massachusetts

Senior Manufacturing Planning Specialist

ID: 2026-71502
US-MA-Taunton
Required Clearance: Secret
Posted Date: 3/16/2026
Category: Planning/Material Control
Employment Type: Full Time
Hiring Company: General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc.
Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant work is required plus a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience; or
• Master's degree.

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Department of Defense Secret security clearance is preferred at time of hire. Candidates must be able to obtain a Secret clearance within a reasonable amount of time from date of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities for this Position

Imagine a world-class engineering environment. Now add a team of exceptional talent along with technologies that are so advanced they’re often classified. That’s what you’ll find at General Dynamics Mission Systems. Here you’ll lead amazing engineers as they invent the technologies, products and services that help our service members, intelligence analysts and first responders keep our nation safe. If you want the chance to lead, it’s time to bring your talent to General Dynamics Mission Systems.

We apply advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, AR/VR, Cloud Native and Quantum Physics to solve our customers’ missions in cyber, RF, undersea, interstellar and everything in between.

As a Senior Manufacturing Planning Specialist, you’ll utilize your skills and talents to represent the production and material planning function on concurrent engineering teams. Essentially, you’ll compile and monitor monthly production schedules, create complex material structures in the material planning tool and identify process flow improvements and implement. You’ll also prepare labor and material forecasts as requested and interface periodically with supply chain or suppliers on delivery issues and problem resolution.

Overview:

the Manufacturing Planning specialist will be responsible for the planning of production builds across multiple programs, both on-site and supporting activities at non-Manufacturing sites the department supports. This position will develop and maintain material status, work-in-progress status, delivery status and present the data to the cross-functional teams. The Manufacturing Planning Specialist will be embedded with the Deputy Program Manager of Operations, Material Procurement Specialist and Manufacturing directly on a daily basis, working to release assemblies to the production floor to meet program needs. Additionally, this role will have interact directly with Engineering, Quality, Logistics and the Program Office.

Key Responsibilities:

- Maintain and fully understand Supply and Demand relationships in MRP System for each program (IFS)

- Maintain and fully understand BOM (Bill of Material) for each program within the MRP System (IFS)

- Maintaining the parent/child and make/buy relationship for each BOM component within IFS

- Release purchase requisitions to the SCM buying team on time, taking into account material lead times and assembly need dates

- Prepare material status based on indented BOM to understand material clear dates for each level of assembly

- Present status weekly to Deputy Program Manager of Operations and Program Office

- Work closely with Material Procurement Specialist to develop need dates for assembly activities

- Release shop orders to manufacturing to maintain the MPS (Master Production Schedule)

- Identify material issues early to allow time to resolve

- Maintain and track all material changes for both Make and Buy components and flow down changes to procurement and manufacturing

- Work with Deputy Program Manager of Operations to identify opportunities to build early

- Maintain NHA (Next Higher Assembly) and WIP (Work In Progress) status

- Routinely maintain shop orders, purchase requisitions and BOM's within IFS

- Work with Manufacturing Engineering to develop shop order operations for each assembly

- Work with Quality Engineering on quality flow downs to suppliers and the manufacturing floor

- Assist Material Procurement Specialist with material coordination

- Coordinate with Manufacturing Operations on capacity and build schedules

- Work to identify material opportunities; transferring vs procuring

- Resolve discrepant material occurrences with Material Procurement Specialist and Deputy Program Manager of Operations

What you’ll experience:

• Technologies that aren’t just top-notch, they’re often top-secret
• A team of bold thinkers committed to exploring what’s next
• Opportunities to gain new knowledge - as it’s discovered

What you bring to the table:

• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent plus a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree
• An exceptional understanding of bill of material concepts and methodologies
• Solid understanding of the proposal process for both material and labor estimating
• Extremely proficient with material planning tools

What sets you apart:

• Ability to mentor and help grow junior team members
• Understanding of earned value management and/or product costing
• Outstanding communication skills
• Commitment to ongoing professional development

Salary Note

This estimate represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors (geographic location, etc.). Actual pay may vary. This job posting will remain open until the position is filled.

Combined Salary Range

USD $70,731.00 - USD $76,534.00 /Yr.

Company Overview

General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of 12,000+ top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We offer highly competitive benefits and pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose. You will also enjoy a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high-performance team!

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

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