Production Planner
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• Own and maintain production schedules across manufacturing and development activities, ensuring alignment to programme and delivery requirements.
• Coordinate production priorities across multiple work centres, balancing capacity, materials, engineering changes, and operational constraints.
• Develop and maintain capacity plans, identifying bottlenecks, resource constraints, and delivery risks before they impact programme milestones.
• Monitor manufacturing progress against plan, proactively escalating issues and driving recovery actions where required.
• Work closely with Engineering teams to manage engineering changes, ensuring Bills of Materials and production requirements remain accurate and up to date.
• Collaborate with Procurement and Supply Chain teams to ensure material availability supports production schedules and delivery commitments.
• Support the implementation and optimisation of MRP/ERP planning processes, maintaining high levels of planning data accuracy and integrity.
• Track and communicate key production KPIs, providing clear reporting and recommendations to operational stakeholders.
• Facilitate effective communication between Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, and Programme teams to ensure alignment on production priorities.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement through analysis of planning performance, delivery metrics, and manufacturing data.
• Support NPI, development builds, and engineering programmes while maintaining stability of ongoing production operations.
• Operate effectively within a security-conscious environment, ensuring appropriate handling of sensitive programmes, products, and information.
• Experience in Production Planning, Production Control, Manufacturing Operations, Scheduling, or Supply Chain Planning within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of production scheduling, manufacturing workflows, and capacity planning principles.
• Experience working with ERP/MRP systems to manage production requirements, material planning, and operational delivery.
• Ability to interpret engineering and manufacturing data, including Bills of Materials and engineering changes.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across multiple functions.
• Proven ability to identify risks, prioritise workload, and maintain delivery performance within fast-paced operational environments.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to utilise data to support decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Excellent organisational skills with a structured and detail-oriented approach to planning activities.
• Experience within aerospace, defence, motorsport, automotive, or other high-precision manufacturing environments.
• Experience supporting NPI, development programmes, or engineering-led manufacturing operations.
• Knowledge of capacity modelling, production forecasting, and manufacturing performance analysis.
• Degree qualified in Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or a related discipline.
• Competitive compensation and stock options
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Job description
Own and maintain production schedules across manufacturing and development activities, ensuring alignment to programme and delivery requirements.
Coordinate production priorities across multiple work centres, balancing capacity, materials, engineering changes, and operational constraints.
Develop and maintain capacity plans, identifying bottlenecks, resource constraints, and delivery risks before they impact programme milestones.
Monitor manufacturing progress against plan, proactively escalating issues and driving recovery actions where required.
Work closely with Engineering teams to manage engineering changes, ensuring Bills of Materials and production requirements remain accurate and up to date.
Collaborate with Procurement and Supply Chain teams to ensure material availability supports production schedules and delivery commitments.
Support the implementation and optimisation of MRP/ERP planning processes, maintaining high levels of planning data accuracy and integrity.
Track and communicate key production KPIs, providing clear reporting and recommendations to operational stakeholders.
Facilitate effective communication between Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, and Programme teams to ensure alignment on production priorities.
Identify opportunities for process improvement through analysis of planning performance, delivery metrics, and manufacturing data.
Support NPI, development builds, and engineering programmes while maintaining stability of ongoing production operations.
Operate effectively within a security-conscious environment, ensuring appropriate handling of sensitive programmes, products, and information.
Experience in Production Planning, Production Control, Manufacturing Operations, Scheduling, or Supply Chain Planning within a manufacturing environment.
Strong understanding of production scheduling, manufacturing workflows, and capacity planning principles.
Experience working with ERP/MRP systems to manage production requirements, material planning, and operational delivery.
Ability to interpret engineering and manufacturing data, including Bills of Materials and engineering changes.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across multiple functions.
Proven ability to identify risks, prioritise workload, and maintain delivery performance within fast-paced operational environments.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to utilise data to support decision-making and continuous improvement.
Excellent organisational skills with a structured and detail-oriented approach to planning activities.
Experience within aerospace, defence, motorsport, automotive, or other high-precision manufacturing environments.
Experience supporting NPI, development programmes, or engineering-led manufacturing operations.
Knowledge of capacity modelling, production forecasting, and manufacturing performance analysis.
Degree qualified in Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or a related discipline.
Competitive compensation and stock options
Private Medical & Dental
Cycle to work scheme
Lunchtime catering on site
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