Production Planner

Production Planner
Malton, North Yorkshire
Permanent position

The Company:
James Fisher Nuclear is the supplier of choice to the nuclear industry in specialist design, engineering and manufacturing. James Fisher Nuclear (JFN) is an innovative and fast-growing organisation, our highly skilled teams and long standing heritage enable us to deliver solutions to the most demanding operational and technical challenges faced by our customer base.

The Role:
The Malton Manufacturing Hub specialises in producing high quality components, fabrications and electro/mechanical assemblies for the Nuclear Industry. The Production Planner is responsible for producing and maintaining an achievable internal production/manufacturing schedule and a forecasted future capacity plan that enables the full utilisation of remaining production/manufacturing capacity.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

- Plan project and sales order production activities based on manufacturing routings and project milestones.
- Plan future capacity requirements to meet forecasted future sales demand.
- Interface with Project teams to manage project requirements & changes.
- Promote the use of shop floor schedules in the form of work to lists to offer guidance on priority and sequence of work.
- Work towards further improvements in on-time in full delivery (OTIF) and manufacturing schedule adherence.

Upkeep and enhancement of the advanced planning and scheduling software.
- Assist in the development and communicating of production KPI’s and report upon exceptions.

Continuous improvement tools and techniques to be utilised to ensure operational effectiveness.

Essential:
Planning and Scheduling experience and a manufacturing background, underpinned by a solid understanding of engineering principles, machine shop, fabrication and assembly processes and capabilities.
Excellent computer skills (particularly Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project).
Ability to change and react when required along with previous experience in a planning role.
Excellent communication skills both written/oral. Ability to communicate in a brief and clearly expressed manner with employees from all levels of the business.

Qualifications and Experience:
HND/HNC or Higher Apprenticeship in Mechanical Engineering.
Experience in operations & working in a project managed environment.
Experience in using EFACS or similar MRP software systems.

This is a site based role 37.5 hrs/week Monday to Friday.