Experience: 3-5 years

Employment Type: Full time, Permanent

About DART Aerospace

DART Aerospace is a global aerospace manufacturer specializing in mission‐critical equipment, aftermarket solutions, and certified products for the helicopter and aerospace industries.

With more than 1,100 Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) and over 5,000 products distributed worldwide, DART supports civil, military, firefighting, utility, law enforcement, EMS, OEM, and other aerospace customers across more than 120 countries.

Our Kirkland operation supports specialized aerospace manufacturing activities, including production linked to aerial firefighting, mission‐critical systems, and technically regulated aerospace programs.

Role Summary

Reporting to the Master Planner, the Production Planner is responsible for translating the master production schedule into executable daily and weekly production priorities.

This role works directly with Production, Purchasing, Quality, Warehouse, and other operational teams to ensure that work orders are released on time, materials are available, capacity constraints are identified, and production remains aligned with customer and operational priorities.

The Production Planner plays a key role in supporting the ramp‐up and day‐to‐day execution of manufacturing activities at the Kirkland facility.

This is a hands‐on planning position for someone who is comfortable working close to the shop floor, using ERP data to support decisions, and reacting quickly to production constraints.

What You'll Do

Production Planning & Scheduling

- Translate the master production schedule into daily and weekly production priorities.
- Create, release,



and maintain production jobs and work orders in Plex.
- Coordinate production sequencing based on customer requirements, material availability, capacity, and operational priorities.
- Issue work orders, kit requirements, shortage reports, and production priorities to the shop floor.
- Monitor work‐in‐progress and open production orders against schedule.
- Track job completion and ensure work orders are closed accurately and on time.
- Identify schedule conflicts, capacity bottlenecks, and potential delivery risks.
- Adjust production priorities when shortages, quality issues, or operational constraints affect the schedule.
- Escalate critical production risks to the Master Planner.

Production Execution

- Work closely with Production Supervisors and shop‐floor teams to understand real‐time production status and constraints.
- Monitor production output against the planned schedule.
- Identify delays, bottlenecks, and deviations from plan.
- Support recovery plans when production falls behind schedule.
- Coordinate priorities across multiple work orders and production activities.
- Support production ramp‐up and changing manufacturing requirements.
- Help ensure that production commitments remain aligned with operational capacity.

Material Readiness

- Confirm that required materials, components,



and kits are available before production starts.
- Review shortages and work with Purchasing and Warehouse teams to resolve material constraints.
- Coordinate with Quality Control regarding inspection status, quarantined materials, and release requirements.
- Ensure production jobs are aligned with available materials and component readiness.
- Support material staging and kit preparation for production activities.
- Support First Article Inspection activities where required.

ERP & Production Data

- Maintain accurate production information in Plex.
- Review production job status, labor, material consumption, and completion information.
- Support job closure and reconciliation of production variances.
- Maintain accurate planning‐related data such as lead times, lot sizes, production quantities, and scheduling parameters.
- Use ERP and Excel data to identify risks and support production decisions.
- Ensure strong transactional discipline and data accuracy.

What We're Looking For

Required

- 3-5 years of experience in production planning, manufacturing planning, scheduling, materials planning, or a related manufacturing role.
- Experience working directly within a manufacturing or production environment.
- Hands‐on experience with ERP/MRP systems.
- Plex experience preferred; SAP, Oracle, Epicor, Dynamics, or similar ERP systems are also acceptable.
- Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables and lookups.
- Experience working with Bills of Materials (BOMs), work orders, production schedules, and material requirements.
- Ability to identify material shortages, production constraints, capacity issues, and scheduling conflicts.

📌 Production Planner (Kirkland)
🏢 DART Aerospace
📍 Kirkland