Production Operations Planner

2 weeks ago

Loanhead, United Kingdom MacTaggart Scott Full time

**Role**:
This role reports directly into the Production Planning Manager. The Operations Planner is a key member of the Production Function. You will work closely with other Planners and Shop Floor Supervisors to ensure Customer delivery dates are met.

**Duties will include**:

- Responsible for producing valid operating plans for the shop floor on a weekly basis by balancing available capacity with loads predicted by IFS & Rough Cut.
- Communicate the weekly work centre load to the shop floor supervisors & team leaders in the form of detailed work centre schedules.
- Provide guidance to shop floor supervisors and team leaders in how best to organize resources to achieve the plan.
- Ensuring that each scheduled operation meets the required due date according to the higher-level schedules demanded by project activities and customer orders.
- Determine the status of assigned project activities, expedite operations and materials that delay schedule and alter the schedules to meet unforeseen activities.
- Focus on achieving Invoice Milestones.
- Kitting on Time
- Take action to ensure that all scheduled work is prepared for release to production complete and on time - expedite all material shortages in advance.

**Requirements**:
**Essential skills, experience, and knowledge requirements**:

- Excellent Communication Skills in order to convey Plans etc.
- Ability to work on your own and as part as a team.
- Methodical and organized work ethic and be able to plan ahead and prioritise work.
- Be able to work to a deadline.
- Willingness to embrace ongoing learning and personal development.
- Enthusiastic with a positive can-do attitude.
- Solution based thinker.
- Commitment to excellence.
- IT Literate with a good understanding of Microsoft Office packages and the confidence to learn new IT systems.
- Must be able to set and meet targets.
- Good standard of secondary level education
- Completed an Engineering Apprenticeship or have experience working in a Production or Planning environment.

**Benefits**

**Your future at MacTaggart Scott - What we offer**
- As part of our Healthy Work-Life Balance employees can choose between a 4- or 5-day working week. Allowing you to fit work around your priorities and personal life, not the other way round.
- Flexible working hours between 07:00 and 19:00, and core hours of 09:30 - 15:30.
- Our leave policy brings together leave entitlements which include annual leave,paid parental leave, military reservist leave, plus more.
- We will provide you with a supportive and engaging environment where you can grow your career, with a dedicated Learning and Development team.
- A generous referral programme.
- Your wellbeing is supported through our online wellbeing program as well as our Employee Assistance Programme and an onsite nurse.
- Onsite Canteen and Car Park

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