Climb Recruitment are proud to be working with a leading, worldwide supplying manufacturing company who due to continued growth, are looking for a talented Production Planner to join the team at their Bredbury site. 

Role Requirements

The role will be joining a busy production team creating and managing job card routings and allocations to various levels of manufacture

Duties & 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

Key Competencies & Accountability

• Excellent attention to detail. 

• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work effectively with peers. 

• Excellent written and verbal skills. 

• Excellent organisational skills. 

• Self-starter, confident with a positive ‘can do’ attitude and work ethic 

• Comfortable in a problem solving and decision-making environment

• Reporting directly to the UK Operations Manager. 

• Produce shop floor documentation to the correct standards within a timely and efficient manner. 

• Maintain a high level of housekeeping and follow the 5S program. 

• Excellent timekeeping and attendance.

Role Requirements & Qualifications

• Experience of scheduling CNC Machining operations and outside services desirable but not essential 

• 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

Hours of Work & Salary

• Based - Bredbury

• Salary Range - £32,000 to £33,000

• Hours Per Week - 39 hours - Monday to Thursday - 8am to 4.30pm & Fridays 8am to 3.30pm

• Benefits Included