Senior Aircraft Manufacturing Process Planner

Daher Kodiak Aircraft Sandpoint Idaho

Base salary: $75000-$85000 plus an annual target bonus.

Onsite Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Individual contributor

Relocation: $25000-$35000 flat payment with the first paycheck depending on family size.

The key is proven implementation of process improvements in aircraft assembly. Target 7-10 years of manufacturing planning experience. A manufacturing engineer with substantive planning experience can qualify; a career-planner title is not required. Aircraft assembly knowledge is required by the hiring manager.

• Create maintain and improve mBOMs routings work instructions and ERP manufacturing data.
• Translate eBOMs drawings and process definitions into production-ready information.
• Ensure work orders reflect the correct sequence materials tooling requirements and operating constraints.
• Implement engineering changes while preserving revision control effectivity configuration integrity and aircraft traceability.
• Resolve differences between ERP data and shop-floor execution through root-cause analysis and lasting corrective actions.
• Work with Engineering Manufacturing Engineering Production Quality Supply Chain and Configuration Management to improve production readiness.

Work balance: approximately 50% hands-on on the production floor and 50% at a computer.

• Target 7-10 years doing manufacturing planning including qualifying work within manufacturing engineering; the formal posting sets a 7 year baseline.
• Aircraft assembly knowledge and demonstrated ownership of implemented process improvements.
• Strong ERP experience eBOM experience eBOM/mBOM reconciliation routings and production data structures. The site is moving from Epicor to SAP.
• Engineering change management configuration control effectivity and revision management.
• Tooling integration knowledge and familiarity with regulatory requirements affecting aircraft production.
• Practical shop-floor understanding analytical problem-solving and the ability to influence stakeholders without formal authority.

Preferred qualifications

• Technical degree preferred.
• PLM experience such as Teamcenter or a comparable system.
• AS9100 knowledge MRP exposure Lean manufacturing continuous improvement and digital work instructions.
• Relevant certifications are valued not required.

How many years have you personally done manufacturing planning Which aircraft assemblies and build stages did you support

Describe a process improvement you implemented. What changed in the actual build how did you roll it out and what improved

Walk through how you turned an engineering BOM into a manufacturing BOM routing and usable work instructions. Which ERP and PLM systems did you use

How have you resolved a mismatch between a work order and shop-floor reality while preserving revisions effectivity and aircraft traceability

Give an example of integrating tooling into the production sequence. What regulatory or quality requirements affected the plan

Capture years of actual planning work aircraft assembly scope implemented improvements and measurable results ERP/PLM systems BOM ownership tooling integration and regulatory knowledge. Do not rely on a planning title or generic scheduling experience as proof of fit.

Confirm comfort with the 50/50 floor/computer split reason for moving required base salary bonus expectations relocation commitment and timing onsite availability interview availability and competing processes.

Benefits: Medical dental vision 401(k) life insurance short- and long-term disability paid time off and paid holidays.

Interviews: video with the hiring manager then video with a panel followed by an in-person interview in Idaho.

Kodiak Aircraft builds complete aircraft in Sandpoint Idaho near Lake Pend Oreille and Schweitzer Mountain. The hiring manager described a site of approximately 250 employees building two aircraft types and more than 30 aircraft annually.