Trainee Production Planners

We have an exciting opportunity for two Trainee Production Planners to join our team in Pembridge, Herefordshire, working 39 hours per week on a permanent contract.

Why join Kingspan Insulation?

We are entrepreneurial, collaborative, and we stand behind a common cause – better buildings for a better world.

Kingspan Insulation are a leading manufacturer of high-performance rigid insulation within the construction industry, operating from our site in Pembridge, Herefordshire.  With 188 sites worldwide Kingspan is a global leading employer. 

What do we offer?

25 days Annual Leave (Plus Bank Holidays)

Contributory pension scheme

Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption Leave  

Buy & Sell Annual Leave

4 x salary Life Assurance

Service Recognition Rewards  

Supported Professional Development

Discounted gym membership

As a Production Planner you will be assisting in creating and communicating production plans from MRP. You will take responsibility to ensure strict adherence to production schedules, and inter-departmental liaison will also be key to this role.

Responsibilities of our Production Planner 

Directing the required production plans and schedules in order to meet delivery and manufacturing requirements (within the agreed order lead times).

Analysing daily production reports and advise of anticipated output problems, such as OTIF shortages, equipment failures and possible order amendments/cancellations.

Expediting all operations that delay schedules and alter schedules, to meet unforeseen conditions.

Reviewing and maintaining MRP to establish capacity lead times and production volumes in conjunction with sales forecasts and customer orders.

To control planning activities, within your levels of responsibility, ensuring that the department's workload is undertaken in an integrated, productive and synchronised manner.

To maintain appropriately responsive stock levels; ones that meet the criteria set out in the Service Level Agreement.

Continuously asses your responsibilities; to identify opportunities to make improvements and to implement these when needed.

You will have:

A good level of education

Good communication skills

Ability to work towards tight deadline

Good computer skills, especially within Microsoft Office

Strong workload prioritisation skills

Excellent organisational skills

Whilst not essential, the following would be of benefit:

Experience in the use of SAP

Knowledge of MRP

Adaptability, able to adapt to an ever changing work environment and react positively to changing circumstances

Do you have the skills we are looking for? If so, click ‘apply’ now to be considered as one of our Trainee Production Planners