Backlog & Expediting Coordinator – Aerospace

Varstaff Staffing; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin’s Production Control team is seeking an experienced Production Control Specialist to support rate production for New Glenn. You will aggressively address work-order backlog, disposition idle orders, and maintain strict MRP/ERP data integrity while expediting hot jobs to keep schedules on track.

This role requires flexibility to cover B/C/D shifts as gaps arise, strong data analysis skills, and the ability to navigate ERP systems with minimal supervision.

Qualifications

• Experience in schedule management, expediting, or backlog/data clean-up within a manufacturing or production environment.
• Direct experience working with ERP/MRP platforms (e.g., SAP, Costpoint, or equivalent) with comfort working directly in raw data.
• Demonstrated ability to self-manage, ramp up quickly, and resolve high-volume data backlogs in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
• Passion for human spaceflight and aerospace manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Backlog remediation, work order management, and closing out aged, idle, or stalled orders; unblock kitted parts.
• Hands-on proficiency navigating production data and correcting inventory records inside ERP/MRP systems.
• Expediting and schedule execution to track hot jobs and prevent schedule slips.
• Communicate daily burn-down metrics and provide off-nominal shift coverage when needed.

Skills

Backlog remediation

Work order management

ERP/MRP data integrity

Expediting

Schedule execution

Shift flexibility

Communication

Tools

MS Project

Jira/ITS

AI data tools

Job description

Blue Origin’s Production Control team is seeking an experienced Production Control Specialist to support rate production for New Glenn. You will aggressively address work-order backlog, disposition idle orders, and maintain strict MRP/ERP data integrity while expediting hot jobs to keep schedules on track.

This role requires flexibility to cover B/C/D shifts as gaps arise, strong data analysis skills, and the ability to navigate ERP systems with minimal supervision.