Manufacturing Planning Coordinator

South West Recruitment; Poole; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday (plus close-down)

Up to 8% pension

Death in Service 5x

ShareSave Scheme

Health Cash Plan

Cycle to work

EAP

Bippit Financial Health Check

Onsite Physio and Massage

Work Wear

Job summary

South West Recruitment in Poole, Dorset, is seeking a Manufacturing Planning Coordinator to coordinate workflow, capacity and daily priorities within the Quality Assurance and Quality Control departments. This role involves acting as the main link between Planning, Projects and Quality teams to keep workloads on schedule.

You will monitor capacity, organise inspections, and support improvement projects across a busy manufacturing environment, liaising with multiple departments to ensure

Qualifications

• Previous experience within a planning-related role in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills.
• Ability to manage competing demands and changing production priorities.
• Strong communication skills with the confidence to liaise across multiple departments.
• Calm, professional and assertive approach.
• Ability to manage your own workload and deadlines effectively.
• Experience working within a busy, multi-disciplinary manufacturing team.
• Experience within Quality Assurance or Quality Control is advantageous but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate daily QA and QC workloads and priorities.
• Monitor capacity and align resources with production schedules.
• Represent the Quality teams at business planning meetings.
• Organise inspection activities based on production and project requirements.
• Monitor NCRs and communicate progress to Planning and Project teams.
• Coordinate additional inspection requirements from customer returns, supplier issues, investigations and new product introductions.
• Arrange external specialist inspection services when required.
• Liaise with Production Planners, Project Managers, Quality Inspectors and other departments.
• Coordinate pre-planned customer witness inspections.
• Support departmental improvement projects from a planning and capacity perspective.

Skills

Planning experience

Organisational skills

Prioritisation

Communication skills

Time management

Multi-department liaison

QA/QC awareness (advantageous)

Job description

Location: Poole, Dorset

Job Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time, Days

Salary: Competitive, depending on experience

We are recruiting for a Manufacturing Planning Coordinator to join a well-established precision engineering manufacturer based in Poole, Dorset.

This is a varied and responsible position coordinating workflow, capacity and daily priorities within the company's Quality Assurance and Quality Control departments.

The role would particularly suit someone with previous experience in production planning, manufacturing planning, workflow coordination or production control who is highly organised and comfortable working across different departments to keep work progressing to schedule.

The Role

You will act as the main link between Planning, Projects and the Quality teams, coordinating workloads and ensuring inspection and quality activities are prioritised in line with production requirements.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Planning and coordinating daily QA and QC workloads and priorities.
• Monitoring capacity and ensuring resources are aligned with production schedules.
• Representing the Quality teams at business planning meetings.
• Organising inspection activities based on production and project requirements.
• Monitoring quality-related NCRs and communicating progress to Planning and Project teams.
• Coordinating additional inspection requirements arising from customer returns, supplier issues, investigations and new product introductions.
• Arranging external specialist inspection services when required.
• Liaising closely with Production Planners, Project Managers, Quality Inspectors and other departments.
• Coordinating pre-planned customer witness inspections.
• Supporting departmental improvement projects from a planning and capacity perspective.

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for someone who has:

• Previous experience within a planning-related role in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills.
• The ability to manage competing demands and changing production priorities.
• Strong communication skills with the confidence to liaise across multiple departments.
• A calm, professional and assertive approach.
• The ability to manage your own workload and deadlines effectively.
• Experience working within a busy, multi-disciplinary manufacturing team.
• Previous experience within Quality Assurance or Quality Control would be advantageous but is not essential.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday (Christmas Close Down uses up to 3 days from this)
• Up to 8% pension
• 5 x Death in Service
• ShareSave Scheme
• Health Cash Plan
• Cycle to work scheme
• EAP
• Bippit - Financial Health Check Guidance
• Onsite Physio and Massage
• Work Wear