Production Operations Planner

Role:

This role reports directly into the Production Planning Manager. The Operations Planner is a key member of the Production Function. You will work closely with other Planners and Shop Floor Supervisors to ensure Customer delivery dates are met.

Duties will include:

• Responsible for producing valid operating plans for the shop floor on a weekly basis by balancing available capacity with loads predicted by IFS & Rough Cut.
• Communicate the weekly work centre load to the shop floor supervisors & team leaders in the form of detailed work centre schedules.
• Provide guidance to shop floor supervisors and team leaders in how best to organize resources to achieve the plan.
• Ensuring that each scheduled operation meets the required due date according to the higher-level schedules demanded by project activities and customer orders.
• Determine the status of assigned project activities, expedite operations and materials that delay schedule and alter the schedules to meet unforeseen activities.
• Focus on achieving Invoice Milestones.
• Kitting on Time
• Take action to ensure that all scheduled work is prepared for release to production complete and on time – expedite all material shortages in advance.

Requirements

Essential skills, experience, and knowledge requirements:

• Excellent Communication Skills in order to convey Plans etc.
• Ability to work on your own and as part as a team.
• Methodical and organized work ethic and be able to plan ahead and prioritise work.
• Be able to work to a deadline.
• Willingness to embrace ongoing learning and personal development.
• Enthusiastic with a positive can-do attitude.
• Solution based thinker.
• Commitment to excellence.
• IT Literate with a good understanding of Microsoft Office packages and the confidence to learn new IT systems.
• Must be able to set and meet targets.
• Good standard of secondary level education
• Completed an Engineering Apprenticeship or have experience working in a Production or Planning environment.

Benefits

• As part of our Healthy Work-Life Balance employees can choose between a 4- or 5-day working week. Allowing you to fit work around your priorities and personal life, not the other way round.
• Flexible working hours between 07:00 and 19:00, and core hours of 09:30 – 15:30.
• Our leave policy brings together leave entitlements which include annual leave,paid parental leave, military reservist leave, plus more.
• We will provide you with a supportive and engaging environment where you can grow your career, with a dedicated Learning and Development team.
• A generous referral programme.
• Your wellbeing is supported through our online wellbeing program as well as our Employee Assistance Programme and an onsite nurse.
• Onsite Canteen and Car Park