Production Expeditor III

Chipton-Ross is seeking a Production Expeditor III for a direct opportunity in Buena Park, CA.

• Four or more years of progressive experience in production control, expediting, planning support, materials, inventory control, manufacturing coordination, or a related role.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing work orders, routings, bills of material, inventory status, production schedules, and material movement.
• Experience using an ERP, MRP, manufacturing execution, or production tracking system.
• Basic to intermediate Microsoft Excel skills and the ability to maintain accurate electronic records and status reports.
• Ability to read work order information, part numbers, quantities, due dates, operation sequences, drawings, and related production documentation.
• Strong organization, urgency, attention to detail, communication, and follow-through.
• Ability to work independently, manage changing priorities, and professionally follow up with employees at all organizational levels.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate complex or high-priority orders, drive recovery actions, and provide reliable completion projections with limited direction.
• Ability to work onsite and spend substantial time walking through manufacturing, warehouse, receiving, and inspection areas.

• Execute the priority order set by Planning: monitor priority work orders from release through completion and shipment, confirming current location, operation status, quantity, due date, and next required action.
• Walk production areas throughout the day to obtain firsthand status, verify priorities are being worked in order, and identify stalled or at-risk work in die casting, CNC machining, finishing, inspection, assembly, and related operations.
• Work from the published priority list, dispatch lists, shortage reports, and customer priorities to follow up on urgent, late, or schedule-critical orders.
• Confirm that required material, tooling, fixtures, drawings, routers, programs, inspection documentation, and other prerequisites are available before scheduled work begins.
• Identify shortages, quality holds, equipment downtime, missing documentation, labor or capacity constraints, and outside processing delays; communicate the issue promptly to the appropriate owner and to Planning.
• Drive and track the recovery actions identified by Planning and the team - following up with supervisors, buyers, Engineering, Quality, Receiving, and Shipping until the constraint is resolved or formally escalated.
• Help move parts, paperwork, and priorities between work centers in accordance with material handling, traceability, quality, and safety requirements.
• Support the timely movement of parts to and from outside processors by coordinating readiness, required documentation, delivery priorities, and status follow-up with Purchasing and Shipping.
• Maintain accurate work order status, operation dates, quantities, notes, and related transactions in the ERP or production tracking system so the plan reflects true floor position.
• Provide clear status updates during daily production, shortage, and scheduling meetings - current condition, obstacle, responsible owner, and expected completion date.
• Verify completion of priority operations and communicate changes that affect downstream work, inspection, assembly, or customer shipment.
• Assist with cycle counts, inventory research, work-in-process reconciliation, and location verification when needed to resolve production issues.
• Maintain organized expediting records and follow applicable quality system, customer, export control, safety, and company requirements. Serve as a resource to less-experienced expeditors, and perform other related duties as assigned.

• Experience in aerospace, defense, precision machining, die casting, metal products, or another regulated manufacturing environment.
• Experience supporting CNC machining, metal casting, finishing, inspection, assembly, or outside processing operations.
• Familiarity with aerospace traceability, quality holds, first article requirements, nonconforming material controls, and customer delivery priorities.
• Experience with shortage management, schedule recovery, inventory transactions, or shop floor dispatching.

Accredited HSD/GED

Full-Time