Aerospace Tooling Planner: Lifecycle & Inventory Control

NWI Aerostructures; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

NWI Aerostructures Nashville, LLC is seeking a Tooling Planner to manage the lifecycle of aerospace tooling, maintain records, and coordinate tooling maintenance, recertification, and dispositions across engineering, quality, and production teams.

The role requires meticulous organization, strong ERP/MRP skills, and the ability to work across departments to ensure tooling is available on time and properly documented for customer audits and compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing planning, production control, tooling control, inventory control, or a related manufacturing discipline.
• Strong computer skills and experience working with ERP/MRP systems.
• Ability to maintain and research large quantities of detailed records.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to communicate effectively with engineering, planning, quality, production, management, and customers.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and meet required deadlines.
• Ability to investigate discrepancies and determine appropriate corrective actions.
• Ability to work independently while coordinating activities across multiple departments.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the tooling CycleMaster database and ensure tooling maintenance and recertification information is current and accurate.
• Distribute CycleMaster reports for review and follow up on required updates.
• Coordinate with Industrial Engineering and other responsible personnel to establish correct tooling availability dates, quantities, and unit requirements.
• Coordinate with Quality Assurance when tooling-related production orders are completed.
• Chair and coordinate the weekly CycleMaster/tooling review meeting.
• Monitor tooling approaching or exceeding required maintenance intervals and coordinate appropriate action.
• Maintain records for tooling subject to periodic maintenance or inspection requirements.
• Ensure applicable customer tooling is maintained in accordance with established requirements, procedures, and customer specifications.
• Identify tooling that is exempt from scheduled maintenance due to obsolete status, storage, loss, or classification as soft tooling.
• Create equipment masters for new tooling and establish the required records throughout the tooling lifecycle.
• Enter and maintain tool identification, type, part number, category, construction year, customer information, plant code, and other required data.
• Maintain accurate tooling locations through inventory adjustments, transfers, and physical verification.
• Obtain and maintain photographs of tooling when required for identification and accountability.
• Research and assist in locating misplaced or lost tooling.
• Process required documentation for lost, excess, obsolete, or otherwise unaccounted-for tooling.
• Create Control Folders and prepare Relief of Responsibility documentation when required.
• Coordinate Relief of Responsibility activities and obtain required internal approvals.
• Interface with management and Program Management regarding tooling disposition and scrap authorization.
• Obtain customer authorization before disposition or scrapping of customer-owned tooling when required.
• Conduct periodic tooling audits and inventories to ensure compliance with internal procedures and customer requirements.
• Assist with customer property and tooling audits conducted by external customers.
• Maintain compliance with applicable Standard Operating Procedures and customer-specific tooling requirements.
• Prepare tooling lists, registries, and accountability reports for customers as required.
• Maintain accurate information necessary to respond to customer requests for tooling status, location, availability, condition, and history.
• Support periodic wall-to-wall tooling inventories and random inventory audits.
• Prepare customer-specific tooling registries, including detailed Airbus tooling information when required.
• Ensure equipment masters are updated when tooling is completed, moved, transferred, shipped, placed in storage, declared excess, lost, scrapped, or otherwise changes status.
• Research and compile tooling information such as: ATA Chapter and Subchapter, Tool function and tooling level, Customer number, Tool revision level, Ship set information, Remaining ship sets, Tool lead time, Recertification requirements and history, Recertification due dates, Required media/documentation, Tool location, Tool condition, Movement outside the facility, Tool dimensions and weight, Acquisition cost.
• Ensure tooling information is accurate and readily accessible for customer audits, production requirements, and customer inquiries.

Skills

Manufacturing planning

Production control

Tooling control

Inventory control

ERP/MRP systems

Data accuracy

Communication

Multi-department coordination

Problem solving

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Associate or bachelor's degree in Engineering/technical discipline preferred

Equivalent combination of education and experience

Tools

Epicor ERP

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

NWI Aerostructures Nashville, LLC is seeking a Tooling Planner to manage the lifecycle of aerospace tooling, maintain records, and coordinate tooling maintenance, recertification, and dispositions across engineering, quality, and production teams.

The role requires meticulous organization, strong ERP/MRP skills, and the ability to work across departments to ensure tooling is available on time and properly documented for customer audits and compliance.