Production Planner

1 week ago


Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom Independent Forgings and Alloys Ltd Full time £40,000 - £60,000 per year

Permanent, Full Time (08:15 to 16:30 Monday to Thursday, 16:00 finish on a Friday)

We have a new opportunity to join our Planning Team.

Independent Forgings and Alloys Ltd (IFA) sits uniquely as the only single sited forge with open-die radial, press, hammer & ring rolling and closed-die extrusion, drop stamp and blade forging in the world. Over the last few years we have invested in the business and have successfully doubled our turnover. We are looking to continue this growth and are looking to add to our established team.

Due to this continued investment and growth, we are looking to add to our Planning team and are looking for an experienced Planner with a strong background working in a fast paced high volume manufacturing environment, ideally with experience within the Aerospace, Power Generation or Automotive sectors.

Main Purpose of the Role

Working as part of our Planning team, working closely with our Production and commercial teams, you'll ensure the best efficiency in planning and manufacturing processes. Looking for opportunities to improve our performance and working as part of a multi skilled team.

A typical day may include:

Working with other departments including Quality, Production, Technical and Commercial to ensure effective planning and production to ensure targets are met and exceeded, also looking for ways to improve processes and communication

  • Implement and maintain the computerised planning system to maintain departmental production schedules, forecast sales, customer update information.
  • Liaise daily with production departments to ensure plan is maintained or issues are reported and acted on appropriately.
  • Manage and expedite orders from order receipt to despatch, including communication with NPI teams and processes prior to production.
  • Work with wider production control team to ensure all ancillary functions are kept at an appropriate standard - including stock control, management of sub-contractors, liaising with customers and continuous improvement projects covering a wide range of activities.

Along with customer communication around quality documentation and requirements, you should have:

  • Experience of working in a planning department within a high volume manufacturing environment, ideally within metals manufacturing, including Aerospace, Automotive, Power generation sectors
  • Working knowledge of Excel, Word and windows-based data systems.
  • A good understanding of production processes along with the commercial aspects
  • Excellent attention to detail.

About Independent Forgings
Independent Forgings and Alloys (IFA) is one of Britain's leading independent aerospace and industrial forgers. The unique feature about IFA is the combination of open and closed-die forging while also undertaking the whole production process from raw material to the finished product in one location. Operating from a (Apply online only)ft2 facility in Sheffield, we manufacture high-integrity, open-die and closed-die forged components in nickel alloy, titanium, stainless steel and carbon alloys for customers and tier-one suppliers within the aerospace, nuclear, power generation, marine as well as oil and gas sector.

Why work for us?

At IFA we pride ourselves on being a great place to work. As one of the UK's leading forge manufacturing company we want to ensure that we attract, motivate and retain the best people who can deliver the best service to the company and our customers.

We offer you:

  • Holidays - you will have 33 days holiday, including bank holidays.
  • Pension scheme - IFA wants to provide its employees a good foundation for the life after work and hence offers a 5% contribution.
  • Bonus scheme - this is linked to team and company performance.
  • Westfield cash plan - IFA provides level 1 health cash plan which comes along with numerous discounts and special offers, including gym discounts, online, high street and grocery retailers and many more.
  • Wellhub - access to various fitness apps and gyms in the local area.
  • Free work wear and PPE.
  • Development - we offer genuine development opportunities to progress your career


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