Production Planner

2 months ago


Reading, United Kingdom AWE Full time

What if you could work with remarkable people on extraordinary things? What if the end result was something a little bit special? What if your role was mission critical?

For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have a critical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK’s ultimate deterrent - Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions.

It takes a special sort of person to work at AWE. What if that person was you?

AWE is currently recruiting for a Production Planner to provide planning services, encompassing Manufacturing and Science demand, across Operations Delivery Units.

Location - Reading/Basingstoke area

Package - Salary will be £32,450 - c£42,000 pa (depending on suitability & level of experience)

AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) offers an attractive array of benefits which include:

- Market leading contributory pension scheme
- Generous holiday entitlement (270 hours a year plus every other Friday off)
- Flexible working hours
- Salary sacrifice scheme
- Relocation package available (terms and conditions apply)

The Role:

- Creation and maintenance of Rough-Cut Capacity Planning models
- To detail plan methods of manufacture in response to tasking requirements with full regard to time, cost and quality
- Ensure local MRP system is updated and accurate
- Proactively tackles blocks and barriers to progress
- Ensuring that customer requirements are planned and released to Manufacturing and Operational activities within the timescales required
- Provide manufacturing cost estimates and challenge operation times
- Demonstrate and use ‘Lean Planning’ techniques and ‘Production Control’ processes such as visual management, Kanban and Push/Pull in the operational/ manufacturing areas
- Responds positively to the needs of internal and external customers
- Attend Visual Management board meetings ensuring all actions are being addressed
- Liaises with Delivery Units for clarification and coordination of balanced and de-conflicted demands and plans
- Support the creation and maintenance of Basis of Estimate with Production costs and schedules.
- Ensure all planned requirements are aligned within the Master Production Schedule/Supplementary Schedule and loaded into the local MRP system (where used).

We would love to hear from experienced planners who possess a relevant manufacturing or planning-related professional qualification.

To be considered for this role, you will need experience of the following:

- ERP / MRP2 systems
- Primavera (P6), MS Office (Excel / Word / Outlook / PowerPoint / Project)
- Inventory control processes
- Experience of working in operational environment, production, and or supply chain functions

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