Expeditor
San Antonio, TX
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At StandardAero, we use our ingenuity and know-how to find solutions for the simple to the most complex challenges in aviation. Together, we get the job done and done well. Our stability, resources, and respectful culture supports you in building a solid career with a great team you can count on day in and day out for the long term.
As an Expeditor, you’ll coordinate and schedule commercial shipments of engines and components, ensuring on-time transportation to support production and customer commitments. You’ll work closely with internal teams and transportation providers to track shipments, resolve delays, and keep materials moving safely and efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
What you'll do:
- Coordinate and schedule commercial shipments, ensuring on-time transportation to support production and customer commitments.
- Monitor daily production and shipping schedules to identify transportation needs, prioritize urgent shipments, and proactively address potential delays.
- Coordinate with Production, Operations, Customer Service, Materials, Logistics, and transportation providers to ensure seamless movement of engines and components.
- Track shipments from pickup through delivery and provide timely status updates to stakeholders.
- Resolve transportation issues, delays, shortages, and routing challenges to support on-time delivery.
- Review and maintain accurate shipment information, including engine model/serial numbers, destinations, schedules, and required documentation.
- Coordinate pickups, deliveries, transfers, and special transportation requirements with carriers and logistics partners.
- Utilize ERP, transportation, and reporting systems to monitor shipments, identify outstanding requirements, and maintain data accuracy.
- Ensure engines and materials are properly staged, handled, and transported in accordance with safety and quality requirements.
- Adapt to changing production priorities while managing multiple shipments and deadlines in a fast-paced, high-demand environment.
- Adhere to all safety procedures in the performance of the job.
- Complete training as required.
Basic Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in transportation, logistics, shipping, or a related field.
- Experience coordinating freight shipments with carriers, freight forwarders, or vendors.
- Experience using an ERP system and Microsoft Office/Microsoft 365 applications.
- Valid forklift operator certification or ability to obtain certification as required.
- Ability to lift and carry up to 25 pounds unassisted for approximately 25% of the workday, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Desired Skills
- Experience supporting aerospace, aviation, MRO, manufacturing, or other regulated environments.
- Experience working with production, operations, materials, logistics, customer service, and/or supply chain teams, including managing time-sensitive or expedited shipments.
- Experience in a customer-facing role, with the ability to communicate effectively and professionally with customers, internal teams, and external partners regarding shipment status, inquiries, and requests.
- Knowledge of inventory control and warehousing procedures, with the ability to follow safety, quality, regulatory, and customer requirements while maintaining attention to detail.
Benefits that make life better:
- Comprehensive Healthcare
- 401(k) with 100% company match; up to 5% vested
- Paid Time Off starting on day one
- Bonus opportunities
- Health- & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short- & Long-Term Disability
- Life & AD&D Insurance
- Learning & Training opportunities
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Skills Required
- 3+ years of experience in transportation, logistics, shipping, or a related field
- Experience coordinating freight shipments with carriers, freight forwarders, or vendors
- Experience using an ERP system and Microsoft Office or Microsoft 365 applications
- Valid forklift operator certification or ability to obtain certification as required
- Ability to lift and carry up to 25 pounds unassisted for approximately 25% of the workday, with or without reasonable accommodation
- Experience supporting aerospace, aviation, MRO, manufacturing, or other regulated environments
- Experience working with production, operations, materials, logistics, customer service, or supply chain teams
- Experience managing time-sensitive or expedited shipments
- Customer-facing experience communicating shipment status, inquiries, and requests
- Knowledge of inventory control and warehousing procedures
- Ability to follow safety, quality, regulatory, and customer requirements while maintaining attention to detail
StandardAero Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about StandardAero and has not been reviewed or approved by StandardAero.
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Retirement Support — Provides a 401(k) and has added an Employee Stock Purchase Plan and an Incentive Award (equity) plan, expanding long-term savings and ownership options. These programs complement base pay with additional wealth-building mechanisms.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Includes PTO, paid holidays, sick time, bereavement leave, military leave, and parental leave, with some roles accruing PTO that can increase with service. Eligibility for benefits typically begins the first day of the month after hire, indicating structured access to time-off programs.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Offers tuition assistance, job training/conferences, company events, and an Employee Assistance Program as part of a comprehensive package. The inclusion of learning support and EAP provides development and wellbeing resources beyond core insurance and retirement.
StandardAero Insights
What We Do
StandardAero has become one of the aerospace industry’s largest independent maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) providers. Our company’s success is the outgrowth of the synergistic merger of businesses with complementary specialties that have exponentially increased our capabilities and generated unprecedented customer commitment and value. StandardAero offers extensive MRO services and custom solutions for business aviation, commercial aviation, military, and industrial power customers. Nearly 6,600 professional, administrative and technical employees work in more than 50 major facilities worldwide, with additional strategically located regional service and support centers all across the globe. Services include MRO for aircraft and rotorcraft engines, auxiliary power units, components; airframe services including major alterations; FAA authorized avionics capabilities; comprehensive engineering services; and custom exterior and interior design, completion, and paint. We provide these capabilities through our network of specialized facilities and mobile service teams. StandardAero is owned by Carlyle, a global investment firm with deep industry expertise that deploys private capital across four business segments: Corporate Private Equity, Real Assets, Global Credit, and Investment Solutions.
