AST SpaceMobile and our global partners are building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network to be accessible by standard smartphones. Called SpaceMobile, this ultra-powerful network is being designed to provide connectivity at 4G/5G speeds everywhere on the planet – on land, at sea and in flight.
Summary:
The Production Expediter is responsible for maintaining schedules for material requirements and to ensure availability for the manufacture of industrial and commercial products to support production control.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Compiles records concerning quantity, cost, and type of material received, shipped, in stock or inventory, and/or in production.
- Expedites flow of materials, parts, and assemblies within or between departments in accordance with production and shipping schedules.
- Assists in determining possible and actual shortages may initiate action to correct these deficiencies.
- Uses knowledge of production, procurement, and engineering departments to alert proper authorities regarding potential problems and appropriate remedial action.
- Estimates and logs production rate and time expenditures and may be required to establish sequence and lead time of each operation to meet shipping dates.
- Tracks inventory levels and monitors inventory in WIP, On-Hold, MRB & In-Inspection locations.
- Works with material planning toensure materials are ordered in time to support scheduling & operations.
- Issues scrapped and obsolete material through MRP/ERP systems.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School diploma or GED equivalent
- At least 2 years additional education and/or related experience
- Basic Math
- Intermediate computer knowledge
- Utilizes ERP & Electronic Work Instruction system to track parts through production to meet customer demand and set priorities for Work In Process (WIP)
- Position requires 80% of time on shop floor coordinating and controlling product flow and 20% of time updating systems to ensure accurate records in systems
- This position requires the ability to perform moderate strenuous physical and repetitious work to include: bending, stooping, kneeling, carrying tools, lifting up to 35 pounds and working overhead
- US Citizen or Permanent Resident Card Holder.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with inventory and dispatch work order release systems such as NetSuite, Epicor, and Solumina
- Use of office automation tools such as Microsoft Excel
AST SpaceMobile is an Equal Opportunity, at will Employer; employment 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.
