Production Administrator

Can you help our production department to run as efficiently as possible? In this role as our Production Administrator, you will need to be commercially astute and guide the production team to understand the financial impact that their production departmentcan have on the overall business. We're a fast-paced industrial manufacturer based in Oakham, Rutland and we need your help.

**BASIC SALARY**: Up to £26,000 based on your relevant experience

**BENEFITS:**
- 4% Pension
- Cash back medical plan after probation
- 24 days holiday (rising with service) + bank holidays
- Early finish Friday
- Flexibility with your start and finish times

**LOCATION**: Oakham, Rutland

**COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS**: Melton Mowbray, Oakham, Corby, Peterborough, Grantham, Stamford, Market Harborough, Leicester, Kettering, Peterborough, Market Deeping - maybe further if you wish

Why you should join us:

- Our parent company is a multi-billion global organisation who have supported us to double our turnover
- We have further aggressive growth plans which, will in turn, offer you excellent career prospects in the next 3-5 years with us

**JOB DESCRIPTION**: Production Administrator - engineering / manufacturing

As our Production Administrator, you won’t be managing people - but you’ll manage the administration of our production department. The role covers systems and associated paperwork.

You’ll be working closely with and report to the Factory Manager/overall operations and finance teams,ensuring we can achieve the efficient OTIF delivery of our machines from a manufacturing / production / assembly point of view.

Each project will have its own financial impact from a materials and labour point of view. You’ll be responsible for understanding and administering them, closing jobs off and understanding the final costs of each project.

You’ll need a strong commercial mindset to understand the financial impact of your decisions on the overall business.

As we design and manufacture our own niche special purpose machinery and equipment - mostly in house and some via our third-party partners - this is going to be a busy, challenging, and varied role.

Your main responsibilities: Production Administrator - engineering / manufacturing
- Run the administration for the production department - each area of the business has their own administrator, and you’ll play a key role in the success of this one
- Closing our jobs down when they are finished or cancelled, ensuring all time and materials costs are accounted for
- Understand how material and time costs compare to standard costs
- Deal with back issues and delays in our production department
- Report individualproject performance to the factory manager and to other divisional managers

Your background: Production Administrator - engineering / manufacturing
- You will have solid administration experience gained within an engineering, manufacturing, or production environment - so you’ll understand the challenges we face
- You will understand a manufacturing management information system or similar i.e. MRP, ERP
- You will be commercially astute with a strong business acumen
- Have a good head for numbers, data and spreadsheets and be able to spot trends and patterns,be proactive rather than reactive

**THE COMPANY:**

We design and manufacture our own niche special purpose machinery and equipment in house and via third parties. We supply machines and equipment to the National Grid / Power Grid & smaller energy contractors. We also supply into multiple industry sectorssuch as Civil Engineering & Telecoms, so you will be joining a very stable business within a strong industry sector.

**REF: JAC16868, Wallace Hind Selection