Aerospace Planner
About The Position
The Aerospace Planner plans and supports new manufacturing jobs throughout the production planning process, from initial review through release to the shop floor. The role creates, reviews, and maintains manufacturing plans, travelers, and related documentation, coordinating with internal teams and maintaining accurate information in ERP/MRP systems to help production run efficiently and on schedule. The planner updates plans to reflect current manufacturing methods, routing, engineering revisions, customer changes, and evolving production needs. The role also troubleshoots planning and manufacturing issues, prioritizes incoming work, manages multiple active jobs, supports planning-process improvements, and provides detailed plans that contribute to future machine scheduling, capacity planning, and resource allocation. This is a contract-to-hire position based onsite in Auburn, Washington. The position operates primarily in an office or planning area, with regular interaction on the shop floor and close collaboration with production, engineering, and quality teams. JobBOSS and other ERP/MRP systems are used daily for job setup, routing, and documentation management.
Requirements
- Manufacturing planning or closely related manufacturing experience, with a strong focus on production planning and job routing.
- Good understanding of manufacturing and production processes, including how jobs flow through operations.
- Strong computer skills and demonstrated experience using ERP/MRP systems, including JobBOSS or similar platforms.
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple jobs, priorities, and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong problem-solving ability and a structured approach to troubleshooting planning and manufacturing issues.
- Ability to work effectively with changing or incomplete information, make sound decisions, and update plans as new data becomes available.
- Attention to detail and commitment to accurate documentation and system records.
- Ability to work with cross-functional teams, including engineering, production, and quality.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of CNC, machining, or precision manufacturing processes.
- Experience in aerospace manufacturing.
Responsibilities
- Plan and support new manufacturing jobs from initial review through release to the shop floor.
- Review, update, and refine manufacturing plans and travelers to reflect current methods, routing, and production requirements.
- Maintain planning documentation based on engineering revisions, customer changes, and evolving production needs.
- Coordinate with engineering, production, and quality to gather information and complete or optimize manufacturing plans.
- Troubleshoot planning and manufacturing issues, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
- Prioritize and process incoming work to help reduce the backlog of new jobs awaiting planning.
- Maintain accurate planning information and job setup in JobBOSS and other ERP/MRP systems.
- Manage multiple active jobs and priorities, balancing urgent needs with long-term planning requirements.
- Support planning-process improvements, including more efficient workflows and tools.
- Provide clear, detailed plans to support future machine scheduling, capacity planning, and resource allocation.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage, subject to eligibility.
- Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital coverage, subject to eligibility.
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available, subject to eligibility.
- Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance for the employee and dependents, subject to eligibility.
- Short- and long-term disability coverage, subject to eligibility.
- Health Spending Account (HSA), subject to eligibility.
- Transportation benefits, subject to eligibility.
- Employee Assistance Program, subject to eligibility.
- Time off/leave, including PTO, vacation, or sick leave, subject to eligibility.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
