Expeditor

Description

Ascentec Engineering is seeking an Expeditor for our Dallas, Oregon facility who will be responsible for actively driving follow-up on urgent material, supplier, job, and production constraints that impact schedule execution and customer delivery commitments. This role supports planning, scheduling, purchasing, production, inventory control, and quality by identifying blockers, obtaining status updates, and helping move priority work through the system.

The Expeditor does not own the master schedule but plays a critical role in protecting the schedule by ensuring late, urgent, or constrained items receive timely attention and action. This position supports past due recovery, shortage resolution, job movement, PO follow-up, and escalation of issues that prevent production from executing as planned.

This position is on-site (not remote/not hybrid) and not eligible for Visa sponsorship or transfer of Visa sponsorship.

Requirements

1. Material and Supplier Expediting

Follow-up on late, urgent, or at-risk purchase orders that impact production schedules

Coordinate with purchasing to obtain supplier status, updated promise dates, and recovery plans

Escalate supplier delays that may impact customer commitments or production priorities

Monitor material shortage reports and help drive timely updates

Support dock, receiving, inspection, and inventory follow-up when expedited material arrives

Communicate material recovery status to planning, scheduling, and production teams

2. Production Job Expediting

Track critical jobs through the production process to support schedule execution

Follow up on jobs that are late, stalled, on hold, awaiting inspection, or blocked by constraints

Coordinate with production leads, supervisors, quality, and planning to understand next steps

Support priority movement through machining, deburr, assembly, cleanroom, inspection, outside processing, or other required operations

Identify and escalate issues preventing jobs from moving forward

Support recovery efforts for past due and customer critical jobs

3. Constraint and Action Tracking

Maintain visibility to open constraints affecting production or material availability

Track owner, action needed, due date, and current status for expedited items

Follow up with responsible parties to ensure actions are completed timely

Escalate unresolved issues to the appropriate planner, scheduler, buyer, or manager

Support daily shortage meetings, production meetings, and past due recovery reviews

Help ensure urgent issues do not get lost between departments

4. System and Report Updates

Use Epicor Kinetic, Planet Together APS, Excel, and other reports to identify late or at-risk items

Update trackers, comments, notes, or status fields as required by department process

Ensure expediting status is clear, current, and visible to stakeholders

Identify data discrepancies that impact expediting accuracy and escalate for correction

Support cleanup of open actions related to shortages, late Pos, job holds, or past due work

5. Cross-Functional Communication

Communicate regularly with purchasing, planning, scheduling, production, inventory control, quality, and receiving

Provide clear and timely status updates on critical items

Help coordinate handoffs between departments when urgent work requires immediate attention

Support customer escalation responses by providing current internal status and recovery timing

Build strong working relationships across the shop floor and support teams

6. Continuous Improvement Support

Identify recurring causes of expedited work, late supply, or blocked jobs

Provide feedback to planners, schedulers, buyers, and managers on process gaps

Support improvements to shortage review, job tracking, receiving flow, and escalation processes

Help document expediting processes and standard work

Promote proactive issue resolution instead of reactive fire fighting

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Required:

1+ years of experience in manufacturing, production control, planning support, purchasing support, inventory control, or expediting

Ability to follow up consistently and drive action across multiple departments

Basic understanding of work orders, purchase orders, inventory, and production flow

Strong communication skills and sense of urgency

Ability to manage multiple open issues and maintain accurate status updates

Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, email, and production reports

Preferred:

Experience using Epicor Kinetic or similar ERP system

Experience in aerospace, semiconductor, machining, or contract manufacturing

Familiarity with production schedules, shortage reports, and supplier follow-up

Experience working with receiving, inspection, inventory control, or shop floor teams

Ability to read basic job, PO, inventory, and routing information

Competencies:

Strong sense of urgency and follow-through

Organized and detailed oriented

Clear communicator across departments

Persistent and professional when driving updates

Able to prioritize urgent issues effectively

Comfortable working on the shop floor and with system reports

Proactive in escalating risks and removing blockers

Collaborative and service oriented

MEASURES OF SUCCESS:

The following metrics and outcomes will be used to evaluate performance in this role:

Timely follow-up on critical shortages, POs, and blocked jobs

Improved visibility to urgent material and production constraints

Reduction in unresolved or aging expedite items

Support of past due backlog recovery

Accurate and current status updates for priority items

Faster escalation of issues impacting customer commitments

Improved communication between planning, purchasing, production, quality, and receiving

Reduction in schedule disruption caused by missed follow-up

Contribution to documented processes and standard work

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Frequent manufacturing floor presence required for job status follow-up and constraint resolution

Standard business hours with flexibility needed to support urgent production priorities

Frequent use of Epicor Kinetic, Planet Together APS, Excel, email, and production

The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job, absent undue hardship. The employer retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position.

Compensation / Benefits:

• •$23 to $28 per hour DOE
• •Paid time off / Holiday pay
• •Medical/Dental/Vision Coverage
• •Short- and long-term disability coverage
• •401(k) with matching funds
• •Profit sharing eligibility
• •Educational aid program availability

Applicant must be able to pass a drug screen and criminal background check prior to employment.

ITAR REQUIREMENTS: To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Ascentec Engineering is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Ascentec Engineering is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.