Production Planner

PRODUCTION PLANNER / HONITON

Location: Honiton, EX14

Job type: Permanent

Hours: 40 hours per week

Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum

Hawk 3 Talent Solutions, operating as an employment agency, are currently recruiting for a Production Planner to join our clients team in Honiton on a permanent contract.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Analyse engineering drawings and BOMs to enable make / buy decisions
• Create production part numbers and manufacturing BOMs where necessary
• Raise production orders to allow items to be manufactured
• Coordinate with other Production Planners to ensure that schedule clashes are minimized within Ops departments
• Give clear instruction to Purchasing of what needs to be bought and schedule of delivery
• Ensure that all planned dates are agreed with the requestor if outside of requested dates
• Identify items on the critical path and liaise with Purchasing to expedite
• Initiate a request for quotation for parts with Purchasing
• Update price requests for items to be sold by the Sales Department
• Estimate material and labour costs for bidding purposes
• To ensure personal data is managed in compliance with company policy

About you:

• Competent use of computer systems including MS Office
• Experience with use of technical / engineering drawings
• Understanding of manufacturing process
• Excellent administration skills
• Effective communicator
• Able to meet deadlines and control budgets
• Able to work well under pressure
• Experience of working with MRP systems is desirable
• Experience of working with drawings Vault is desirable
• Experience of working with BOM Trackers is desirable

Benefits:

• Long service extra holiday
• Life insurance: Currently 4 x annual salary
• Company pension scheme after 3 months (employer contribution 5%, minimum employee contribution 4%)
• Monthly pension and financial advice
• Maternity / paternity enhancement
• Personal development / training opportunities
• Flexible working options
• Referral scheme: £1,000 on successful employment of a new staff member on completion of 6 months
• Free onsite parking
• Christmas party events and company team building events
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee bonus scheme

To apply for this position, please submit your CV via the Apply Now button or contact Maria Thorne on