Production Planner

DART Aerospace Company; Kirkland; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

DART Aerospace in Kirkland, Canada is seeking a Production Planner to translate the master production schedule into daily and weekly priorities. You will collaborate with Production, Purchasing, Quality, Warehouse and other teams to ensure timely work orders, material readiness and capacity alignment on the shop floor.

The role emphasizes hands-on planning near the shop floor, ERP data usage, and quick reactions to constraints to support ramp-up and day-to-day manufacturing execution at the

Qualifications

• 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.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong discipline around transactional accuracy.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, hands-on manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with Production, Quality, Purchasing, and Warehouse teams.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Production planning

ERP/MRP systems

Excel (pivot tables & lookups)

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Plex

SAP

Oracle

Epicor

Dynamics

Power BI

Job description

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.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong discipline around transactional accuracy.
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced, hands‑on manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work cross‑functionally with Production, Quality, Purchasing, and Warehouse teams.

Strong Assets

• Experience in aerospace, defense, automotive, medical device, or another regulated manufacturing environment.
• Experience supporting a production ramp‑up.
• High‑mix / low‑volume manufacturing experience.
• Experience working with multi‑level BOMs.
• Power Query or Power BI experience.
• Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing or continuous improvement principles.

Compliance & Eligibility Requirement

Due to the nature of DART Aerospace’s operations, including work involving controlled aerospace and defence programs, technical data, military‑related products, and export‑controlled information, this position is subject to applicable international trade compliance and export‑control requirements.

For this specific position, candidates must be Canadian citizens in order to meet the required access and compliance requirements.

Eligibility will be verified as part of the recruitment and onboarding process in accordance with applicable DART Aerospace policies and regulatory requirements.

The Profile We’re Looking For

You are someone who likes being close to production and understands that a production schedule is constantly affected by material availability, quality status, labor