Master Scheduler

SPACE SYSTEMS 

This is a rare opportunity to play a key role in Rocket Lab’s evolution into an end-to-end space company that delivers launch, spacecraft, and on-orbit operations. The Space Systems Division is shaping Rocket Lab’s future with Photon, our brand of high-performance satellites, enabling innovative missions in low Earth orbit and beyond including missions for NASA to LEO, the Moon, and Mars and commercial customers, including leading the design and manufacture of 17 high-power telecommunication spacecraft buses for Globalstar. 

Rocket Lab is also growing our spacecraft components business, anchored on the acquisition of Sinclair Interplanetary manufacturing reaction wheels and star trackers in Toronto, SolAero Technologies manufacturing solar power and primary structure solutions in Albuquerque, Planetary Systems Corporation manufacturing launch separation systems in Silver Spring, and Advanced Solutions, Inc., provider of flight and ground software as a service in Denver. Our components business is key to vertically integrating our spacecraft solutions and enabling constellations for customers.  

MASTER SCHEDULER 

Based at Rocket Lab's new headquarters in Long Beach, the Master Scheduler is the centerpiece of all of Schedule related activities in support of Space Systems development and manufacturing. You’ll be counted on to identify missing pieces and opportunities in current Rocket Lab day to day, create and implement process improvements, and drive new scheduling norms across the Space Systems group. Our ideal candidate is an assertive creative thinker who loves building best practices and improving processes in a technically focused environment. 

WHAT YOU’LL GET TO DO: 

• Day to day coordination, maintenance, communication and overall management of Rocket Lab schedules and schedule driven programs 
• Be the key stakeholder in building Scheduling best practices and establishing company-wide norms
• Proactively schedule coordination across Rocket Lab teams to ensure that rollout schedules mirror reality, identify symbiotic relationships and that critical deliverables are on time
• Create, build, maintain, and improve scheduling tools and processes that expose likely constraints on a regular basis
• Assess and compare Rocket Labs’s schedule to Earned Value Management practices and internal policies
• Will be responsible for Rocket Lab’s integrated master schedules per the requirements of the design, integration and program standards
• Will oversee production processes and workflows to assure on-time delivery
• Create and deliver timely program reports to managers to facilitate any updates/changes 

YOU’LL BRING THESE QUALIFICATIONS: 

• 4+ years of experience as a Scheduler in a New Space, Aerospace, or other technical industry
• Proven success in creating Scheduling processes and best practices 
• High-level working knowledge of both MS Project and SmartSheet 

THESE QUALIFICATIONS WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE: 

• Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing engineering or related discipline 
• MPS (Master Planning and Scheduling) Certification 
• MS Project Certification 
• Relevant project management experience 
• A curiosity and willingness to work across multiple teams to build great processes 
• The ability to work independently and take ownership of projects