Production Coordinator

About This Role

Who We Are:

• CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, civil aviation, and healthcare by revolutionizing our customers’ training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness.
• CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAE's Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.
• CAE Values: Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.

What We Have to Offer:

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance
• A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe
• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions
• Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Monitors and provides status of parts requested from logs and stockroom on projects assigned.
• Enters, updates, and validates data in various company databases
• Expedites items being shipped to customer and repair sites.
• Prepares the necessary documentation for items being shipped out of plant
• Orders necessary tools and parts needed by the hardware deployment group.
• Extracts various reports from Cognos, JIRA, Costpoint, and/or other reporting systems to evaluate priorities
• Maintains operational reports that successfully reflect and aid key project and operational goals.
• Keeps the work order database updated and accurate
• Coordinates with purchasing to acquire needed parts for projects
• Understanding of the bill of materials (BOM) along with a solid knowledge of part numbers and CAE USA Inc. part number philosophy.
• Interfaces continuously with other Planners/Production Coordinators to determine changes to existing orders/plans on projects
• Familiarization with engineering change notices (ECN), work order system, log system, and other CAE specific software tools.
• Keeps parts list status spreadsheets up-to-date, review work order progress, find missing parts.
• Analyzes EO type ECNs to determine proper manufacturing response
• Log incoming packing notes received from Montreal
• Maintain inventory integrity of the storerooms using the database and conduct cycle counts/replenishment activities as needed to ensure accuracy
• Ability to perform work assignments with minimal supervision
• Sound knowledge and understanding of production control and manufacturing processes
• Detail oriented
• Strong customer service skills and the ability to work with internal and external customers.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Associate’s Degree or 2 year certification from a technical school or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience in Production Control & Planning, Manufacturing or Simulation environment, preferred.
• Must possess proficiency in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) with desire to learn new software packages.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. 
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. 
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Security Responsibilities 

Must comply with all company security and data protection / usage policies and procedures.  Personally responsible for proper marking and handling of all information and materials, in any form. Shall not divulge any information, or afford access, to other employees not having a need-to-know. Shall not divulge information outside company without management approval.  All government and proprietary information will be accessed and stored electronically on company provided resources.  

•  Incumbent must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance. 

Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role. 

Work Environment 

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. 

• Able to work in a regular office environment.
• Able to work to a flexible schedule and overtime as required.
• Some travel may be required to assist with certain projects (e.g. Kaizens)

Physical Demands 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  

• Ability to operate a personal computer. 
• Communicate via e-mail/telephone. 
• Ability to work overtime as required.
• Must be able to lift 20 lbs.
• Ability to see clearly at close range. 

Other Duties 

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 

CAE USA Inc. is an EOE/AA employer and gives consideration for employment to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If you’d like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click here Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal. 

PAY TRANSPARENCY NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISION The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 

Position Type                       

CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.

Equal Opportunity Employer 

CAE is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. As "One CAE," we take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, Veteran status, age, or other legally protected characteristics.  

If you don't see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed in the job posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please get in touch with us at rh-hr@cae.com.