Planning and Production Control Specialist - Tewksbury, MA (On-site)

Date Posted:

2025-03-31

Country:

United States of America

Location:

MA803: Marlborough, MA Building 3 1001 Boston Post Road Building 3, Marlborough, MA, 01752 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.  

The Mechanical Engineering department leads in the mechanical hardware design, development, and production of weapons systems. We use state-of-the-art tools, processes, and technology, with capabilities encompassing a broad range of technical disciplines, including product engineering, manufacturing, technical services, materials engineering, analysis and test, rapid hardware development/builds and configuration and data management documentation.

The Rapid Hardware Solutions department is a quick turn organization that performs design and build of prototype hardware, test equipment, trainers, and hydraulics assemblies within the Mechanical Engineering team. 

This role is for a Planning and Production Control Specialist to execute materials management tasking across the lifecycle of the programs that the department supports.

This position is in Tewksbury, MA. (On-site position)

The Senior Planning and Production Control Specialist is responsible for planning, preparing, issuing, and controlling production schedules and changes.  It includes evaluating and coordinating program requirements to ensure a controlled flow of materials and services to meet customer requirements. As such, this role is responsible for providing production control leadership through all phases of the program and product life cycle.  

What You Will Do

• Responsible for Material Planning and Production Control functions on high mix / low volume Production and Development programs.

• Executes the program to meet the customer’s requirements and the delivery of product to the contract schedule.

• Oversees / manages the supply chain process from proposal activities through contract closure.

• Assesses supply resources, aggregates, and prioritizes demand requirements, plans inventory, kitting requirements, production, material, and rough-cut capacity for all products.

• Analyzes and aggregates purchase material supply / demand position using Material Requirements Planning (MRP) tools.

• Plans inventory levels based on dependent and independent Bill of Material (BOM) requirements.

• Participates in build schedule generation to ensure proper scheduling of program requirements. 

• Generates purchase requisitions and purchase order placement through supply chain.

• Analyzes the inventory position against the material requirements and determines the critical part of procured materials and subassemblies.

• Controls and coordinates disposition of subassemblies and materials affected by Engineering Change Notices.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations or equivalent experience and minimum 0-2 years professional relevant experience

• Experience with MRP systems and/or similar systems.

• Experience with SAP, PRISM and/or related tools.

• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience using Rapid Response and VBS

• Ability to analyze demands and coordinate multiple groups to work to a schedule.

• Ability to communicate in meetings that require presentations and review of complex data.

• Exceptional organizational skills to manage, plan, and coordinate multiple projects within schedule deadlines.

• Attention to detail when creating documents (to include shipping documentation) and when performing data entry using business system tools.

What We Offer

• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.

• Relocation Eligible

• Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for this role.

• Onsite: Empl