Production Planner

We are currently recruiting for a Production Planner to be responsible for the planning, coordination and control of all production within Chess. The position is responsible for the planning of manufacturing requirements generating a requirements plan from Sales Order Info and working with the supply chain team to organise purchases to meet customer demand and delivery requirements.

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Key Responsibilities:

• Take Sales Order Information and generate Production Requirements and Planning.

• Establish Purchasing and Production needs to achieve time and cost criteria for each project.

• Planning overall manufacturing requirements on a multi project basis.

• Organising kitting for shop built assemblies ensuring kits are in a suitable state for manufacture.

• Organising purchase of necessary components with Supply.

• Progressing Purchasing.

• Organising delivery documentation ensuring all customer order requirements are met.

• Liaise with Production/Manufacturing Engineering on manufacturing procedures and problems.

• Assist with the planning of the internal Machine Shop.

• Prepare cost to date and cost to complete reports.

• Assist with the generation of new procedure, methods, and flow diagrams for the MRP system.

• Ensure that all documentation is in accordance with BS EN9001.

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Skills & Experience

Essential

• Ability to read manufacturing drawings is required.

• Experienced in the use of ERP/MRP systems.

​Desirable 

• Ideally HNC qualified or equivalent in Engineering, Manufacturing or Production.

• Previous experience of production control in a highly regulated environment with electro-mechanical equipment is highly desirable.

• A background in an engineered to order/build to order production environment is desirable.

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Personal Attributes

• Excellent planning, organisation and time management skills.

• Demonstrates our company values of Teamwork, Integrity, Excellence and Courage.

• The ability to work independently when required.

• A flexible, conscientious, and diligent attitude.

• Excellent communication, interpersonal and written skills.

• A resilient and adaptable approach.

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Work life balance:

• 37.5 hour working week.

• Lunchtime finishes on a Friday.

• 28 days annual leave.

• Christmas closure.

• Holiday purchasing scheme.

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Benefits:

• Group pension plan – matched contributions up to 5%

• Income protection scheme and Employee Assistance Programme

• Employee Assistance Programme gives you and your family access to 4 key services including remote GP service, second opinion, mental health pathway service and physiotherapy consultations

• Life assurance policy, including bereavement counselling and probate helpline

• Company shares incentive plan and save as you earn scheme

• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme

• Wellbeing initiatives, including access to wellbeing app and the addition of mental health support for all employees. Plus, regular activities across our sites to support and promote wellbeing

• Regular sports and social activities

• Gym membership discounts

• Reward platform (high street discounts, employee benefits, health, and wellbeing offerings).

• Recruitment referral bonus scheme

• Excellent learning & development opportunities

• Great working environment with free, onsite car parking across all our locations