Avion Technologies Inc. is seeking a Project Planner / Scheduler to join our team.

Avion is a provider of contract manufacturing services of precision parts. We are a leading supplier of high-quality gears, components, and sub-assemblies to the aerospace community in southern Ontario.

- Develop, update, and maintain comprehensive project and production schedules using approved scheduling tools and ERP/MRP systems.
- Coordinate with operations, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and PM to align all project milestones and delivery objectives.
- Analyze capacity, resource availability, and leadtimes to ensure production schedules are achievable and optimized.
- Track and report progress against established schedules; identify risks or delays and implement mitigation plans
- support WBS and milestone planning for recent and existing programs.
- Maintain accurate and current schedule data within the company systems and communicate updates to key stakeholders.
- Prepare and present schedule performance reports and metrics (e.g., OTD, schedule adherence) to management.
- Participate in daily and weekly production meetings to ensure coordination of priorities and resolution of schedule conflicts.
- Collaborate with Quality and Engineering team to assess schedule impact from nonconformances, reworks or process changes.
- Plan and schedule all production activities by jobs and work centers.
- Communicate job expectations, schedules, productions expectation including due dates to ensure jobs and tasks are completed on time.
- Ensure materials and manufacturing documentation are ready at the production cells before they are needed.




- Keep machine and production cell schedules and capacity plans up to date and provide regular reports to internal and external customers.
- Co-ordinate and report on manufacturing operations, bottlenecks, performance measures, etc. communicate weekly, monthly, quarterly targets for production and work with the team members to achieve these targets across two shifts.
- Collaborating with all departments (customer service, sales, purchasing, production, and shipping) to meet promised delivery dates.
- Generates weekly and monthly reports in relation to schedules, shipments, overtime, volume vs forecast, unplanned absences, etc.

Qualifications and Requirements:

- Diploma or Bachelors' degree in Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Business or related discipline.
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in production planning, scheduling, or project coordination, preferably in aerospace machining environment.
- Strong understanding of machining processes (CNC milling, turning)) and associated special processes (anodize, heat treatment, CAD, NDT. etc.,)
- Proficient in Microsoft Project, Excel
- AS9100 Familiarity
- Excellent Org., communication, with ability to manage multiple programs under tight deadline.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in Capacity Planning and resource forecasting
- Exposure to Lean Manufacturing or Continuous Improvement practices
- Experience interfacing with OEM or Tier-1 aerospace clients

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent Pay: $22.00-$25.00 per hour

Benefits

- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Vision care

Ability to commute/relocate:
- Mississauga, ON L5S 1M9: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:
- CNC Machine scheduling: 2 years (required)
- Manufacturing: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person

📌 Project Planner/Scheduler (Mississauga)
🏢 Avion Technologies
📍 Mississauga