Quality Production Expeditor

Quality Production Expeditor

At Turbine Kinetics, our mission is to deliver high-quality, reliable aerospace and defense products with unmatched customer service. The Quality Production Expeditor plays a key role in supporting this mission by ensuring that parts flow efficiently through production and quality processes. This role supports on-time delivery, regulatory compliance, and Turbine Kinetics commitment to continuous improvement and operational excellence.

The Quality Production Expeditor acts as a liaison between Production, Quality Assurance, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Customer Support, ensuring the accurate and timely progression of hardware through all inspection and documentation stages.

Key Responsibilities

Production & Workflow Coordination

• Track and expedite work orders through inspection to meet customer delivery schedules.
• Prioritize and adjust workflow based on critical customer needs, engineering changes, and production constraints.
• Identify roadblocks or delays and collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve issues quickly.

Quality Interface & Compliance

• Work closely with Quality Inspectors to ensure nonconformances (NCRs) are resolved quickly.
• Coordinate the movement of parts through AS9100-compliant quality inspection processes.
• Ensure all required certifications, test results, material traceability documents, and travelers are complete and accompany parts at each stage.
• Assist in clearing nonconformances (NCRs) by working with Quality and Engineering to keep product flow uninterrupted.

Cross-Functional Communication

• Provide daily updates to management on production status, risks, and schedule impacts.
• Escalate issues impacting delivery, yield, or customer satisfaction.

Documentation & Data Integrity

• Ensure all production records comply with aerospace and defense regulatory requirements (FAA, EASA, DoD, NADCAP when applicable).
• Validate accuracy of routers, inspection sheets, work instructions, and engineering change documentation.
• Generate reports on workflow performance, cycle time, and expediting activities.

Required Skills & Competencies

• Familiarity with aerospace or high-reliability manufacturing environments.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to coordinate activities across multiple departments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially excel
• Advance excel skills desired
• Understanding of AS9100, FAA regulatory requirements, and general quality system expectations.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, technical specifications, and inspection documentation.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a sense of urgency and ownership.
• Ability to work effectively with production, quality, supply chain, and engineering teams

Preferred Qualifications

• 25 years of experience in production expediting, quality support, and aerospace manufacturing.
• Prior experience supporting FAA-regulated or AS9100-certified production operations.
• Background in lean manufacturing or continuous improvement initiatives a plus.
• Knowledge of outside processing workflows (plating, NDT, heat treat, etc.).