Production Planning Expediter Aerospace

THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC•Seattle, WA

4d•$32 - $38•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Planning Expediter is responsible for ensuring that materials and documentation are ready to support a stable, constraint-aware production schedule. This role drives flow by prioritizing and coordinating raw material, internal work-center priorities, and outside processing to ensure goods are manufactured efficiently and on time. They are a key link between customers, production, quality, and suppliers to prevent shortages and resolve delays.

Requirements

College degree preferred. May substitute 2+ years of aerospace equivalent experience in expediting, planning, scheduling, or supply chain.
Strong understanding of ERP/MRP systems.
Ability to interpret bills-of-materials, routings, engineering drawings, and material certifications.
Familiarity with outside processing (heat treat, finish, machining).
Knowledge of AS9100 and ISO 9001 standards and manufacturing best practices.
Proficient in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, lookups, exception logic).
Strong problem-solving, prioritization, communication, and organizational skills.
Effective communication across customers, production, quality, and suppliers.
Comfortable working in a high-mix, fast-paced aerospace manufacturing environment.
Ability to work schedule as assigned.

Responsibilities

Serve as point of contact for assigned aerospace customers regarding delivery requests, schedules, and material status.
Maintain customer delivery portals/excel spreadsheets. Provide accurate and timely updates.
Monitor ERP/MRP exceptions, including shortages, late operations, and material discrepancies.
Develop reporting tools to streamline customer inquiries and internal visibility.
Track jobs through manufacturing to ensure on-time completion.
Partners with supervisors to prioritize work based on customer demand, expedite needs, hot requirements, and constraints.
Identify delays, shortages, and manufacturing bottlenecks. Work with cross functional groups to resolve obstacles before they impact customer delivery. Escalate issues to supervisor.
Create and manage purchase orders for outside processing (heat treat, finish, machining) and track delivery commitments.
Monitor outside supplier on-time delivery, escalate risks, and drive recovery plans for late or at-risk purchase orders.
Assist in creating/releasing work orders to manufacturing based on material availability, capacity, and priority rules.
Support internal daily standup meetings with status updates, risks, and next actions.
Maintain a daily “Top Issues” list with owners, due dates, and recovery plans.
Contribute to lean initiatives and scheduling improvements.