Job Summary

We are seeking an Aerospace Planner Scheduler for a direct hire opportunity in Temecula, CA within a high-precision CNC machining environment supporting aerospace and defense manufacturing. This role is ideal for a hands-on production planning professional who understands machine shop operations, finite capacity scheduling, AS9100 requirements, and the urgency of customer delivery commitments.

The Aerospace Planner Scheduler will serve as a key coordination point between machining, quality, procurement, sales, and customers. This is a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys solving scheduling challenges, improving shop flow, and working with a collaborative team in a fast-paced, quality-driven manufacturing environment. The role offers visibility across the operation, daily cross-functional interaction, and the chance to make a direct impact on on-time delivery and production performance.

Key Responsibilities

- Develop, maintain, and adjust the master production schedule for CNC mills, lathes, and secondary operations.
- Sequence work orders through multiple operational stages, including OP1, OP2, OP3, inspection, and finishing steps.
- Use ProShop ERP to manage work orders, track real-time job progress, and maintain accurate production data.
- Monitor machine capacity, labor availability, material readiness, tooling availability, and quality checkpoints to prevent delays.
- Coordinate daily with machining, quality, procurement, and sales teams to communicate priorities, bottlenecks, and recovery plans.
- Serve as a customer-facing point of contact for scheduling updates, delivery timelines, and priority changes.

Compensation and Benefits

- Compensation: $90,000 to $100,000 per year.
- Job Type: Direct hire.
- Schedule: Full-time.
- Position Type: Hourly.
- Location: Temecula, CA.

Required Qualifications and Skills

- Build and maintain production schedules for high-precision CNC machining operations.
- Must come from Aerospace Industry.
- Manage work order flow, job sequencing, capacity planning, and delivery priorities.
- Coordinate customer delivery schedules and communicate production status across internal teams.
- Support AS9100 quality requirements by integrating inspection and FAI checkpoints into the schedule.

- 3 to 5 years of direct experience in a CNC machining or machine shop environment.
- Experience working within an AS9100 or ISO 9001 certified quality management system.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, blueprints, job travelers, and process routings.
- Strong understanding of CNC mills, lathes, secondary operations, tooling, raw materials, and shop floor workflow.
- Experience making real-time scheduling decisions related to hot jobs, machine downtime, material shortages, and shifting customer priorities.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with customers, machinists, quality teams, procurement, and sales.
- High attention to detail, strong follow-through, and the ability to keep scheduling data accurate in a fast-moving production environment.

Preferred Qualifications

- ProShop ERP experience, including digital job travelers and real-time shop floor tracking.
- Experience with finite scheduling methods in a CNC manufacturing environment.
- Aerospace or defense manufacturing experience.
- Familiarity with First Article Inspection scheduling and aerospace documentation requirements.

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