• Manufacturing Operations Planner - FLRAA

    PDS Defense (Amarillo, TX)


    IT/Technical

    **Manufacturing Operations Planner - FLRAA** Amarillo, TX Posted: 9/10/2025

    Job Description

    Job ID#:

    212935

    Job Category:

    IT/Technical

    Position Type:

    Associate - W2

    Shift:

    1

     

    PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking a Manufacturing Operations Planner - FLRAA, in Amarillo, TX. Job ID#212935

    Job Description:

    Our Manufacturing Operations planning team breaks down the released engineering and develops the work instructions (planning), tooling requirements, and implementing changes to our existing and future products.

    Skills You Bring To this Role:

    - Skilled user in ERP software – Prefer 3DX (Dassault), PEO (SAP), and SAP;

    - Must effectively interrogate Blue Prints and Digital Product Definition (CAD, GD&T, etc.).

     

    - Must have a knowledge of manufacturing processes, tooling methodologies, and aircraft assembly MRB experience

     

    - 3-5 years of experience in areas of Production/ Manufacturing Planning, with undergraduate degree in relevant discipline highly preferred.

     

    What you'll be doing as a Manufacturing Operations Planner

     

    - Incorporate changes to Engineering using systems, Policies and Procedures, and coordinating the changes with our Change Group and Manufacturing Customers.

     

    - Utilize CAD systems to analyze the need for tooling and participate in the design and evaluation process to produce our aircraft assemblies.

     

    - Provide timely support to our factory floor to ensure timely and accurate changes to released production orders.

     

    - Reconcile Engineering Bill of Material with the Manufacturing Bill of Material to ensure BOM consumption and reconciliation of errors.

     

    - Work with Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering to ensure an efficient and repeatable build sequence for Major Assemblies

     

    - Demonstrate general understanding of assembly processes and tool index requirements.

     

    - Provide responsive liaison support to the factory floor.

     

    - Ops Specialist positions are primarily responsible for, but not limited to, providing problem solving of routine tasks impacting redline support, root cause corrective action, tooling and process improvements to the manufacturing operations.

     

    Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.

    Job Requirements

    Minimum Security Clearance:

    No Clearance

     

    Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

     

    VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled

     

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    The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

    + The California Fair Chance Act

    + Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance

    + Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers

    + San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

     

    VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled