Manufacturing Production Planner

BAE Systems; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

BAE Systems seeks a Manufacturing Production Planner to interpret customer requirements and support production planning at Portsmouth Naval Base. This multifaceted role requires strong technical skills, with significant emphasis on engineering drawings and production processes, ensuring resources are efficiently allocated for maritime operations. Competitive salary and benefits included.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health, wellbeing, and lifestyle benefits

Green car scheme

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Requires a relevant technical qualification or manufacturing apprenticeship.
• PC literacy with Microsoft Excel/Access and ERP systems.
• Comprehensive understanding of production processes and safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Interpreting customer requirements to develop task breakdowns.
• Identifying required materials and liaising with supply chain.
• Calculating effort hours for each trade and maintaining job libraries.

Skills

Technical qualification

Interpreting technical drawings

PC literate

Support team members

Knowledge of industrial production processes

Production planning experience

Education

Relevant technical qualification or manufacturing apprenticeship

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Access

ERP system

Job description

Job Title: Manufacturing Production Planner

Location: Portsmouth Naval Base

Salary: Up to £47,000 depending on skills and experience

What you'll be doing:

• Interpreting customer requirements to create suitable task list breakdown structures representing current production processes and method, to identify dependencies and carry out any required low level scheduling
• Identifying the materials, sub-contracts and services required in support of the work and liaise with the supply chain function and review quotes to ensure plans contain an accurate cost and all the work scope is covered
• Calculating the hours effort for each trade required using production process standards, parametric estimating methods and own knowledge.
• Carrying out all pre-production checks to ensure that the tasks can be moved through the Ways of Working process utilising the Yellow board to enable work to progress through onto Green. To also rectify Planning issues identified on the Pink and Red boards to assist progress back through to Green
• Helping to maintain cost estimating and standard job libraries by creating and enhancing standard task lists with parts information in accordance with part creation policy, taking previous feedback and performance history into account

Your skills and experiences:

• Hold a relevant technical qualification or served a manufacturing apprenticeship
• Ability to read and interpret technical engineering drawings/specifications and customer requirements and liaise with customers where necessary to resolve technical issues
• PC literate and competent with Microsoft Excel/Access and able to use an ERP system
• Ability to support other team members and monitor own and team progress against planned delivery and quality targets and to contribute to continuous improvement of the planning function
• Comprehensive understanding and knowledge of industrial production processes, methods and safe practices within one or more trade disciplines and the practical implications of product safety assurance
• Good knowledge of Production Planning in a Manufacturing environment

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Production Planning and Controls team:

The Production Planning and Controls team transforms customer requirements into production-ready tasks, ensuring seamless integration into a project schedule. In a fast-paced environment, the team proactively prepares resources-hours, materials, and services-for smooth execution. Using technical expertise and business systems, members optimise workflow and efficiency. With a large, collaborative team and direct reporting to the Planning Manager, the role offers career progression and the unique experience of working on board the ships, contributing to high-impact maritime operations.

As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 30th June 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.