Production Control II

About the role

The Production Control II role is responsible for ensuring efficient management of production schedules, addressing material shortages, supporting interdepartmental collaboration, and overseeing external service processes. This position requires strong organizational skills, the ability to manage production-related issues, and continuous communication with various departments to ensure that production flows smoothly and that any challenges are resolved in a timely and effective manner.

Responsibilities

• Production Problem Resolution: Confer with production personnel to identify and resolve production challenges, act as a liaison between departments to quickly resolve issues, and report production or project issues to the Production Control Supervisor.
• Manage Part Shortages: Monitor and track material shortages, report shortages to the Production Control Supervisor and key stakeholders, and develop contingency plans to resolve issues quickly.
• ERP Schedule Coordination: Collaborate with the planning department to ensure the ERP system generates an accurate production schedule, monitor schedules, and resolve discrepancies or systemic issues.
• MIR Operations Accuracy: Work with planning and quality departments to ensure MIR operations are accurate and compliant with standards, ensure data is correctly captured and communicated, and report discrepancies to the Production Control Supervisor.
• Lean Product Flow Improvement: Identify and implement opportunities for lean product flow improvement, work with team members to streamline processes, and report obstacles to the Production Control Supervisor.
• Manage OSP Requests And Improvements: Oversee and track OSP requests, ensure timely execution and documentation, and evaluate and suggest improvements to OSP processes.
• Engineering Collaboration For Design And Drawing Releases: Collaborate with engineering to ensure timely drawing releases and integration of design improvements, ensure design changes are properly communicated to the production team, and help identify and resolve issues caused by design or drawing discrepancies.
• Cross Departmental Communication: Maintain open lines of communication with logistics, quality, program management, and other departments to keep stakeholders informed of project details, progress, and potential issues.
• Other Duties As Assigned: Perform any other duties as assigned by the Production Control Supervisor, in alignment with departmental goals.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum of two years’ relevant experience in an aerospace production environment.
• Vocational and technical schooling preferred.
• Ability to communicate well with others, both verbally and in written format.
• Mathematical knowledge and ability to apply towards problem solving.
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task effectively, and work under pressure.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Works under minimal supervision.
• Ability to travel.
• Ability to work outside of core business hours, as required.

Physical Requirements

• Able to climb and work on step stools and/or ladders.
• Able to lift and/or move up to 35 pounds without assistance and ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds with assistance.
• Able to reach overhead.
• Able to work in a non-dust-free environment.
• Normal or corrected vision (required to perform exacting tasks).
• Full range of motion with both hands.

Skills

• Adaptability: Adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands, accepts constructive criticism/feedback and changes approach or method to best fit the situation.
• Communications: Expresses ideas and thoughts effectively in verbal and written form, exhibits good listening and comprehension, keeps others informed and uses appropriate communication methods.
• Dependability: Responds to requests for service and assistance, follows instruction and responds to management direction, takes responsibility for own actions and doing the best job possible, keeps commitments, and maintains reliable attendance.
• Initiative: Sets and achieves challenging goals, demonstrates persistence, and overcomes obstacles, measures self against standard of excellence, recognizes and acts on opportunities, and takes calculated risks to accomplish goals.
• Teamwork: Balances team and individual responsibilities, exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views, gives and welcomes feedback, contributes to building a positive team spirit, and puts success of team above own interests.
• Work Quality: Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness, displays commitment to excellence, looks for ways to improve and promote quality, applies feedback to improve performance, and monitors own work to ensure quality.