Coordinator, Kit Process

StandardAero; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is on the lookout for a Kit Process Coordinator to enhance workflow efficiency and ensure timely delivery of essential components. This role involves coordinating with multiple departments, managing kitting schedules, and implementing process improvements. The ideal candidate will possess strong planning and organizational skills, along with a thorough understanding of project management. Join a forward-thinking team that values your contributions and offers comprehensive health benefits, a pension plan, and opportunities for professional growth. If you are ready to take on a pivotal role in a dynamic environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive Health and Dental care benefits

Pension Plan with 100% company match

Paid Time Off starting on day one

Bonus opportunities

Short- & Long-Term Disability

Life & AD&D Insurance

Learning & Training opportunities

Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of planning and record management is essential.
• Experience in project management and process improvement is required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain kitting schedules while coordinating with various departments.
• Monitor work in process to ensure compliance with contract specifications.

Skills

Planning and record management

Project management

Process improvement

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Education

High school graduation

Diploma training program

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

StandardAero Winnipeg is seeking for a Kit Process Coordinator.

The kitting process involves gathering and organizing all essential materials and components required for a specific task or project. This encompasses:

• Identifying the necessary items.
• Bundling them together in a kit for convenient access and utilization.
• Coordinating with various departments and suppliers.
• Ensuring timely delivery of component repairs, subcontracts, exchanges, and parts orders to meet designated kit dates for each engine.
• Maintaining and optimizing kitting procedures to ensure the efficient preparation and distribution of fully kitted units, thereby enhancing workflow efficiency and minimizing errors.

Quality Specific Accountabilities

• Recognizes and understands flight/product safety critical parts and processes.
• Responsible for immediately reporting flight/product safety concerns.
• Participates in proactive risk analysis of flight/product safety critical parts and processes.

Specific Accountabilities

• Develops, publishes and maintains the kitting schedule.
• Implements corrective actions to schedules when dictated by changes in product delivery dates.
• Acts as a liaison between production, engineering, purchasing, sales and customer service to control and adjust the kitting schedule.
• Advises management of the status of engine kits in progress, material availability and routine production problems to ensure that equipment and materials are provided as needed.
• Maintains kitting tracking systems to ensure it accurately reflects current forecasts, job flow and monthly throughput.
• Monitors pacing items and follows up and expedites directly with various parties.
• Establishes methods to meet kitting schedules and coordinates activities with other departments and/or sub-contractors to meet customer requirements.
• Monitors work in process to ensure it conforms to instructions, contract specifications, production and quality standards.
• Ensures proper placement of routed and purchased components onto the engine kit trays.
• Generates kitting measures of performance and recommends operational improvements.
• Provides input to kitting planning policies and procedures.
• Responsible for observing all applicable safety requirements and reporting immediately any unsafe practices/conditions.
• Facilitates with all internal functional groups to keep kits on rack.
• Carries out special projects as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

• Thorough knowledge of planning and record management.
• Experience working or managing projects.
• Experience in process improvement.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong planning, organizational, analytical, decision-making, leadership, interpersonal, negotiation, oral and written communication skills.
• 2+ years of experience in production planning and control.
• Experience in administration/records management and/or a technical role associated with technical documentation.

Benefits that make life better:

• Comprehensive Health and Dental care benefits.
• Pension Plan with 100% company match; up to 5%.
• Paid Time Off starting on day one.
• Bonus opportunities.
• Short- & Long-Term Disability.
• Life & AD&D Insurance.
• Learning & Training opportunities.

Background Information:

The typical minimum level of education to perform this job competently is equivalent to high school graduation and completion of a diploma training program at a college or technical school. The person requires an ability to understand, utilize and communicate specialized information in speech and written text. This specialized training is often formalized and recognized by a specific certificate, diploma or license.

Directly/indirectly related work experience representing continuous learning and required for someone to perform this job competently is one to three years.

Ongoing work assignments typically have clearly defined goals. The incumbent's education, training, and previous experience ensure work assignments are successfully carried out because he/she understands what is expected, as well as the best approach to take.