Aerospace Production Planner: Scheduling & Documentation

Verus Aerospace, LLC; Torrance, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 34,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Verus Aerospace, LLC in Torrance, CA is seeking a Production Planner to support scheduling across sheet metal forming and CNC machining, and to assist with document control under AS9100D.

The role collaborates with manufacturing engineering, quality, procurement, and shop floor supervision to maintain accurate schedules, track lead times, and ensure on-time delivery while maintaining controlled documentation and supporting audits.

Qualifications

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Industrial Engineering, or related field.
• 0–2 years of experience in a manufacturing, production planning, or document control support role; internships and co-ops count.
• Experience or coursework in aerospace, defense, or another regulated industry is a plus.
• Exposure to AS9100D, or similar quality management systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Production Planning (~70%): assist in maintaining and adjusting production schedules across multiple work centers based on customer demand, capacity, and material availability.
• Release work orders and generate travelers/routers from ERP master data (Infor VISUAL), ensuring accurate routing sequences and BOM structure, under the guidance of senior planners.
• Maintain accurate planning data including work order status, routing steps, lead times, and due dates.
• Help track and expedite outside processing (heat treat, anodize, NDT) and raw material lead times to support on-time delivery.
• Support on-time delivery (OTD) reporting and schedule status updates for customer programs.
• Participate in program reviews, gaining exposure to schedule risk assessment and recovery planning.
• Document Control (~30%): maintain controlled documents (routers, work instructions, drawings) in accordance with AS9100D requirements.
• Process document revisions, approvals, and distribution; retire and archive obsolete documents.
• Support internal and customer audits by ensuring documentation is current, accurate, and traceable.
• Maintain document numbering conventions and filing structures across engineering and quality records.
• Assist with configuration control activities, including tracking engineering change notices and updating affected documentation.

Skills

Excel basics

ERP systems

Reading drawings

Attention to detail

Cross-functional comms

Aerospace interest

Education

Associate or Bachelor’s in SCM/Engineering

Tools

Infor VISUAL

SAP

Epicor

IFS

Job description

Verus Aerospace, LLC in Torrance, CA is seeking a Production Planner to support scheduling across sheet metal forming and CNC machining, and to assist with document control under AS9100D.

The role collaborates with manufacturing engineering, quality, procurement, and shop floor supervision to maintain accurate schedules, track lead times, and ensure on-time delivery while maintaining controlled documentation and supporting audits.