Director Production Control

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Leidos Defense Manufacturing Sector is seeking a Director Production Control to join our manufacturing support team located in Huntsville, Alabama. 

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Production Control leader to manage site PC Managers and drive tactical, standardization of material requisitioning and production planning across our growing, nine manufacturing sites.

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Leidos Defense Manufacturing Sector provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions. To explore and learn more, click here!

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Primary Responsibilities

This position will lead the teams that oversee all manufacturing production control activities, which include:

Preparing / executing MRP, level-loading capacity across production work centers, firming purchase requisitions and manufacturing orders, establishing correct order policies based on Make-Buy and commodity types, and maintaining accurate lead times in the ERP part master table.  This requires coordination with configuration management, manufacturing engineering mBOM releases, and production scheduling. 

This is a key position in the growing defense sector that includes several types of manufacturing processes:

Machining, welding, PCBA, cable assembly, clean rooms, painting, final assembly integration and testing.  As a leader across several production sites, it’s critical to develop standard processes, consistent KPI’s, daily / weekly / monthly battle rhythms, and network connections to share best practices at all levels of the enterprise. 

Basic Qualifications

Must have a Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business administration, or a related field from an accredited university and have at least 12 years of production control experience.Must have experience with the Costpoint ERP system, as well as PLM, MES and capacity planning software programs.Candidate must be proficient with Microsoft Office Products, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Visio and Teams.Experience leading others and working in a collaborative work environment across multiple sites and with multiple organizational levels.Excellent communication and leadership skills.Strong analytic and problem-solving abilities.Proven track record developing and driving adherence to standardized, tactical execution processes.Experience working in multiple phases of the product life cycle to include prototyping, design and development, and full release to production.Candidate must be a resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville - North Alabama, AL area.Must be a US Citizen and possess (and be able to maintain) a Final Secret Clearance OR meet the eligibility to obtain (and maintain) a Secret Clearance. 

Preferred Qualifications

MBA or MS degree.Solumina MES experience to go along with required Costpoint ERP experience.Dynafact Manufacturing System (DMS) capacity planning experience.Lean manufacturing experience with Six Sigma certification.Proven track record of process mapping and policy creation to drive standards that increase throughput, engages the workforce in adopting change, reduces waste, and improves quality.CPIM, CSCP or CPM Certification preferred.Experience with SCADA software and/or MS Power BI dashboards with the ability to write queries using data from external database sources. 

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Original Posting:October 26, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:Pay Range $139,100.00 - $251,450.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.