Ansaldo Nuclear Ltd is an inclusive employer, and we actively encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. However, due to the nature of our business, many of our roles and customers require security clearance.

Therefore, your current or any previous nationality and/or your place of birth may limit the roles you can carry out for us.

For the below position, you must be a UK national or have been a resident in the UK for a minimum of five years and must meet the eligibility to gain Security Clearance. Further information on the eligibility criteria for Security Clearance can be found on the United Kingdom Security Vetting website.

Manufacturing Planner & Expeditor

The Production Manufacturing Planner & Expeditor organises and monitors the material flow in our manufacturing facilities. Reporting to the Master Production Scheduler, you will play a vital part in achieving the OTIF delivery in Manufacturing, chasing work orders and organising complex operations.

Good communicator, you will be able to prioritise other colleagues’ workload and troubleshoot issues liaising with different teams at different level, paying high attention to detail.

Key Activities / Decision Areas

Prioritise PWOs on the shop floor, monitor their progress against the Manufacturing Schedule and ensure their OTIF delivery

Report risks, concerns and/or delays to the relevant stakeholders, suggesting solutions and recovery plans

Deal with scheduling conflicts by liaising with the relevant stakeholders

Collaborate with the manufacturing management to ensure an optimum level of WIP and control/traceability of materials

Monitor the Aged WIP, reporting issues and concerns to manufacturing management

Update and control data within MRP system and production planning spreadsheets

Monitor the readiness of PWOs to be issued to stores for picking

Monitor shortages in conjunction with stores and production

Release, amend and complete PWOs, updating the Planning System accordingly

Troubleshoot manufacturing issues liaising with other teams 

Run the Planning Meetings in an efficient way, improving communications amongst functions and establish priorities/actions for colleagues

Responsible for reporting the Planning Team KPIs

Responsible for efficiently moving materials around the shop floor whilst maintaining accuracy of the data in the Production Schedule

Essential role related knowledge, technical skills, qualifications and experience

Ability to communicate clear written and verbal instructions to production based and office based support staff

Ability to persuade and influence colleagues, seeking for their active collaboration

Able to drive changes efficiently, involving colleagues from different functions

Work in an organised methodical manner, paying attention to detail

Experience in a manufacturing environment

Moving items and some lifting is part of the role

Experience in MS Excel and, generally, in the MS Office Suite

Good Understanding of Product Structure (BOM, MLPL)

Experience in ERP systems and/or Database (desirable)

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Annual leave buy and sell

Death in Service - 3x salary

Scottish Widows Pension

Sickness Benefit (after successful completion of probationary period)

Employee Assistance Programme

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