Composites Production Co-ordinator Composite Manufacturing · Bordon ·

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.; Hollywater; Remote; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

SSTL is seeking a Composites Production Coordinator to plan and control production throughput across the composite facility, ensuring safety, quality and on-time delivery. You will work with Manufacturing, Planning, Engineering, AIT, Supply Chain and QA to maintain schedules, resolve bottlenecks and provide accurate status.

Experience in manufacturing or aerospace environments, ONC/HNC or equivalent, strong planning skills and familiarity with ERP/MRP systems are desirable.

Qualifications

• Strong planning and organisational skills are essential.
• Clear communication and ability to balance priorities in a regulated environment.
• Experience interpreting build plans and engineering documentation is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily composite production activities to meet programme and delivery milestones.
• Maintain production schedules, visual controls, and track work orders, capacity and status.
• Ensure materials, tooling, documentation, facilities and trained resources are available before starting work.
• Identify bottlenecks and discrepancies, escalate and coordinate recovery actions with relevant teams.
• Provide accurate production updates and support planning reviews with stakeholders.
• Promote safe working practices and maintain SSTL quality, configuration and traceability.

Skills

Planning skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Stakeholder coordination

Education

ONC/HNC or equivalent

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Job Description – Composites Production Coordinator

The key purpose of the Composite Production Coordinator at SSTL is to plan, coordinate and control production throughput across the composite manufacturing facility, ensuring work is prioritised and completed safely, efficiently and in line with programme, quality and delivery requirements.

Working closely with Manufacturing, Planning, Engineering, AIT, Supply Chain and PA/QA, the coordinator maintains a clear view of capacity, material availability, priorities and constraints; drives timely resolution of issues; and provides accurate production status to support the delivery of conforming spacecraft hardware.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily composite production activities, priorities and workflow to achieve programme build plans and delivery milestones.


• Maintain production schedules and visual controls, tracking work orders, capacity, work in progress and completion status.


• Confirm that materials, tooling, documentation, facilities and trained resources are available before work starts.


• Identify bottlenecks, shortages and quality or technical constraints, escalating issues and coordinating recovery actions with relevant teams.


• Provide accurate production updates, forecasts and performance information to programme stakeholders and support planning reviews.


• Drive efficient throughput and continuous improvement while maintaining SSTL quality, configuration, traceability, safety and contamination-control requirements.


• Maintain an organised production environment and promote effective housekeeping, FOD prevention and safe working practices.

Person Specification

Key Requirements

• ONC/HNC, apprenticeship or equivalent experience in manufacturing, production engineering or a related discipline.


• Experience coordinating production within composites, aerospace, space or another high-precision regulated environment.


• Strong planning and organisational skills, with the ability to balance competing priorities and maintain production flow.


• Ability to interpret build plans, engineering documentation, routings and production data; experience with ERP or MRP systems is desirable.


• Working knowledge of quality, configuration, traceability and non-conformance controls in a controlled manufacturing environment.


• Clear communication, confident stakeholder coordination and a practical, proactive approach to resolving production issues.