Production Planner

Contek Recruitment are currently working with a specialist Engineering company, based in Bredbury, Stockport. Due to continued growth and success, they are recruiting for a Production Planner to join their growing team on a full-time, permanent basis.

Working Hours: Monday to Thursday (08:00 AM until 16:30 PM) and Friday (08:00 AM until 15:30 PM)

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop route cards to ensure the most economic and efficient methods of manufacture, liaising with the programming department.
• Ensure all documentation is issued to the shop floor in a timely manner via work to lists.
• Work in conjunction with Stores / Goods Inwards to ensure all materials and Kits are available for manufacture & Assembly.
• Control all rework operation as a result of NCR’s modifying route sheets if required.
• Participate in Pre-production Meetings to determine optimal manufacturing methods.
• Assist the Production Scheduler to ensure each work centre is effectively loaded.
• Provide advice and assistance to the Sales Department to enable quotations to be accurate in terms of cost and lead time.

Requirements:

• Experience of scheduling CNC machining operations and outside services desirable but not essential.
• Experience of using and working within an ERP/MRP System environment.
• Responsiveness and ability to work to tight deadlines/schedules.
• Be able to work independently under pressure.
• Fully IT proficient in typically used applications to both manage information and present to the business and customers

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