Production Coordinator

Aston Carter•Commerce, CA

7d•$30 - $39•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Coordinator provides frontline support for production operations, helping the production floor run efficiently, stay on schedule, and meet performance expectations. The coordinator is the primary floor-level contact for questions, urgent concerns, and work assignments, and ensures issues are documented, routed, and followed through to resolution. The role coordinates production schedules, jobs, machines, personnel, and resources; tracks job movement and locations; maintains accurate documentation; and leads a production team of approximately 15–20 employees. The coordinator also identifies operational issues and improvement opportunities, follows established handling procedures, and escalates high-risk situations to leadership. This is a contract-to-hire position based fully onsite in a warehouse and production environment in Commerce, California. The coordinator works on the production floor using a laptop and mobile standing desk. Shifts are typically 7:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. or 1:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m., with two positions across those schedules. The stated pay range is $30.00–$38.50 per hour. The contract-to-hire arrangement may transition to a longer-term role based on performance.

Requirements

Proven experience in production scheduling and planning, including coordinating multiple jobs and resources.
Hands-on experience managing production employees, including leading teams of 10 or more in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to lead and coordinate approximately 15–20 production personnel with confidence and assertiveness.
Practical knowledge of production operations, workflows, and floor-level problem solving.
Experience using ERP systems for production planning, scheduling, and inventory tracking.
Strong organizational skills to manage work assignments, documentation, and job tracking accurately.
Effective communication skills to serve as the primary point of contact for questions, concerns, and urgent issues.
Ability to identify, document, and timely escalate high-risk situations.
Comfort using laptops and digital tools to log issues, track jobs, and manage documentation.

Nice To Haves

Experience with production scheduling and planning tools such as monday.com.
Experience in inventory management in a production or warehouse environment.
Aerospace industry experience; preferred but not required.
Bilingual Spanish language skills; a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary point of contact for floor-level requests, questions, and concerns, providing timely support to production personnel.
Accurately capture and document needs and issues, route them to the appropriate person or team, and follow through to ensure resolution.
Log problems and improvement opportunities in the input system so they can be tracked and addressed.
Prevent and resolve production-floor issues by following established procedures and the Situation Handling Guide.
Refer personnel to the appropriate team or resource when issues are outside the coordinator’s scope or authority.
Identify high-risk situations and escalate them to leadership according to the Basic Escalation Guide.
Enforce the production schedule by aligning jobs with the appropriate machines and timing.
Assign personnel and resources so team members are in the right place and working on the right tasks at the right time.
Manage work movement by scanning jobs and reconciling locations to maintain accurate area and job tracking.
Keep documentation related to jobs, assignments, and production activities complete, accurate, and up to date.
Lead a production team of approximately 15–20 employees, providing direction and assertive leadership.
Identify operational issues and improvement opportunities and communicate them through appropriate channels.

Benefits

Medical insurance, subject to eligibility.
Dental insurance, subject to eligibility.
Vision insurance, 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 employees 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 and leave, including PTO, vacation, or sick leave, subject to eligibility.