Program Coordinator/Planner II

Located in Woodland, WA, LifePort is the leading manufacturer of medical transportation and interior products as well as ballistic armor protection systems for fixed and rotary wing aircraft.  From large multi-aircraft projects to small custom projects, LifePort supplies the industry’s largest aerospace OEMs and end users with the finest aviation solutions today.

Position Overview:

Plans, prepares, controls production schedules and coordinates activities of designated project to ensure that goals or objectives of projects are accomplished within prescribed time frame by performing the following duties.

Essential Functions:

• Develop and maintain build plans and schedules to meet customer demand and company commitments
• Assist in developing policies and procedures for planning and production control departments
• Assist in review of release strategies for production and purchase orders to verify coverage of customer demand
• Assist in investigating of root cause for unfavorable trends and report to Supervisor
• Coordinates all functional department inputs for the scheduling of finished goods and intermediate products within the Master Scheduling time horizon
• Able to review customer contracts for information relevant to scheduling constraints.

• Establishes and distributes work plan for each phase of project

• Confers with project staff to outline work plan and to assign duties, and responsibilities
• Monitors activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule
• Prepares project reports for management, client or other stakeholders
• Represents organization as a prime contact on assigned projects
• Interacts with senior internal and external personnel on significant matters often requiring coordination between organizations
• Partners with Production and Purchasing to maintain Manufacturing Lead Times (MLT), Standard Hours, and Purchasing Lead Times (PLT).
• Leads project kick-off meetings to align all functional groups with the released sales order in an effort to identify additional risks.
• Coordinate with Production Control and Stores to direct the timely release of work orders (WO) and the delivery of kits to the shop floor to align with WO start times.
• Ensure Master Planning Schedule (dates, progress, and notes) support the current production delivery schedule.
• Advises management of the status of work in progress, material availability, and potential production problems to ensure that personnel, equipment, materials and associated services are provided as needed.
• Analyzes production specifications and plant capacity data 
• Creates and reviews shortage reports for outstanding Purchase Orders, delivery dates are confirmed (to include any out-plant processes) expected deliveries meet WO start dates and all purchased/manufactured items are accounted for.
• Communicate priorities for processing workflow through receiving, inspection, stores, or other departments to ensure timely delivery
• Analyze impact of non-conforming materials (MRB) to determine the appropriate action plan and ensure that internal departments follow up as required
• Communicates change in the production schedule to align the Value Stream revenue recognition
• Identify product and build flow improvements to eliminate non-value added operations
• Responsible for ensuring that the master plan for procurement of raw materials and production of finished goods and intermediates (sub-assemblies) is adhered to in alignment with established supply/demand plans and customer service levels
• Provides Make/Buy analysis on manufactured parts
• Competent in all aspects of work responsibilities of Production Control
• Ability to create Bills of Material, modifies Item Cards and process ECO changes as required
• Create standard production work orders
• Develop routing operations for guidance of production technicians

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