Manufacturing Planning & Quality Liaison

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

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