Divergent

Production Project Planner (Manufacturing)

In short

This role builds and maintains integrated production schedules for multi-material, multi-factory manufacturing programs, from proposal through part release and delivery. It's an on-site position at a manufacturing company serving automotive, aerospace, and defense customers, requiring coordination across sites on capacity, tooling, material constraints, and inter-factory logistics including customs and transit. Candidates need progressive planning, operations, or supply-chain experience, schedule-building skills, and strong Microsoft Office proficiency; ERP/MRP, Excel, and multi-site manufacturing experience are pluses.

Location
On-site in Long Beach or Torrance, California, United States, with periodic travel to other company sites and supplier or logistics partner locations.
Salary
$94,610–$150,210 USD annually.
Company
Divergent develops integrated engineering and manufacturing solutions for automotive, aerospace, and defense customers.
What you will do
•Develop and maintain integrated program schedules from proposal through part release and delivery.
•Track progress, identify schedule variances, and coordinate corrective actions with engineering and program teams.
•Build multi-material plans that account for lead times, qualification paths, process maturity, and material constraints.
•Develop planning processes for multi-factory programs, including capacity, tooling, material allocation, and synchronized schedules.
•Plan inter-factory logistics, including material and sub-assembly movement, transit and customs lead times, packaging, buffers, and inventory placement.
•Define cross-site hand-off data requirements and develop reporting tools for program status across materials, sites, and logistics lanes.
Requirements
•Must be able to lawfully access information and technology subject to US export controls.
•Progressive experience in planning, operations, manufacturing, supply chain management, or consulting.
•Experience creating and maintaining integrated schedules with milestones, dependencies, and critical paths.
•Experience coordinating work across multiple production sites, processes, or material systems, including material movement.
•Proficiency with Microsoft Office and strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
•Must work on-site in the facility and use personal protective equipment on the manufacturing floor.
Nice to have
•Experience with multi-site or multi-factory manufacturing programs and inter-site logistics.
•Knowledge of multiple manufacturing process families, such as additive, casting, machining, composites, extrusion, or joining.
•Experience creating and implementing planning or supply-chain processes and work instructions.
•Familiarity with ERP/MRP systems and Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or Primavera.
•Advanced Excel skills and experience with SQL, Power BI, or Tableau.
Culture & Benefits
•Fast-paced, collaborative, cross-functional manufacturing environment.
•Paid vacation, sick time, company holidays, and year-end shutdown.
•Paid parental leave and HMO or Premium PPO health coverage.
•Company-sponsored life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage.
•Equity plan, discretionary incentive bonuses, and learning and development reimbursement.

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