Operations Planner

TN United Kingdom; Cookstown; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Operations Planner to drive efficiency and innovation in project management. In this role, you'll create and manage operations plans using advanced ERP systems, ensuring alignment with customer expectations and internal commitments. Your problem-solving skills will be essential as you navigate challenges and promote continuous improvement within operations. Join a team that values collaboration, creativity, and a commitment to sustainability, making a tangible impact on the environment and the economy. If you’re ready to take your career to the next level in a supportive and energetic environment, this opportunity is for you!

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years’ planning experience in a similar role.
• Proven organisational skills with effective planning and control.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage Operations Plans using ERP system.
• Highlight risks to project schedules and implement mitigation plans.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement within Operations.

Skills

Project Planning

Advanced Excel

Problem Solving

Communication

Time Management

Education

Degree in relevant discipline

3rd level qualification or extensive other desirable criteria

Tools

ERP System

Advanced Excel

Job description

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HERE TO CREATE OUR BEST WORLD, A TON AT A TIME.

Sand is a finite resource, and it’s running out. Today, population growth and the pace of progress means the world is devouring sand like never before – 50 billion tonnes a year globally. This demand is unsustainable. Together with our customers we have already diverted over 100 million tonnes of waste material from landfill and put it back into the materials market for use in construction; protecting sand & aggregates in areas where natural material reserves are in decline and enabling production to happen closer to markets. We are minimising environmental impact and laying the foundations for the circular economy.

At CDE we work across the natural processing and waste recycling sectors, in five regions, to pioneer industry-leading, world-changing engineering solutions. Our headquarters are in Northern Ireland, and we have offices in the USA, Australia, Austria, and Brazil. For over 30 years we have relentlessly innovated and co-created wet processing solutions – completing over 2,000 global projects– and we’re only getting started. Our purpose is to create our best world, a ton at a time; empowering our customers to transform their materials into valuable resources for the betterment of people, planet, and their bottom lines.

About The Role

Responsibilities:

· Supports the Operations function by creating, managing and communicating Operations Plans using our ERP system, ensuring customer expectations are aligned with internal plans, with project teams aware of time commitments and stakeholders updated on milestones and deliverables.

· Highlight any risks to project schedules as early as identified and put mitigation plans in place if necessary.

· Using own Initiative to spot and problem solve, with the confidence to challenge for resolutions to resolve and issues promptly.

· Ability to work independently under limited supervision, to manage/own Operation Plans with pro-active plan control via regular planning reviews, tracking schedule adherence and acting on any stoppages or slippages to mitigate any impact.

· Participate in and chair regular Operational meetings.

· Confidently and effectively provides communication with clarity of any actions required by internal departments to ensure plans are maintained with live data in the ERP system as a one source of truth, with all functions working to the latest information in line with business capacities.

· Co-ordinate timely closure of shop orders with Ops Management team to ensure finished goods inventory levels are accurate

· Ability to use Advanced Excel reporting to analyse data and information relative to own project portfolio, to action and/or provide solutions or escalation.

· Promote a culture of continuous improvement within Operations based on regular process reviews and effective root cause identification and problem-solving.

· Ability to use time management tools to maintain upkeep of daily/weekly/monthly lobby actions, tasks, reports and KPI’s.

· Promote a positive Health and Safety culture within the Factory Operations teams, ensuring the Home Safe Everyday message is at the forefront of everyone in the team.

Skills Needed

People, Manufacturing / Production

Job Description

WE ARE CDE.

HERE TO CREATE OUR BEST WORLD, A TON AT A TIME.

Sand is a finite resource, and it’s running out. Today, population growth and the pace of progress means the world is devouring sand like never before – 50 billion tonnes a year globally. This demand is unsustainable. Together with our customers we have already diverted over 100 million tonnes of waste material from landfill and put it back into the materials market for use in construction; protecting sand & aggregates in areas where natural material reserves are in decline and enabling production to happen closer to markets. We are minimising environmental impact and laying the foundations for the circular economy.

At CDE we work across the natural processing and waste recycling sectors, in five regions, to pioneer industry-leading, world-changing engineering solutions. Our headquarters are in Northern Ireland, and we have offices in the USA, Australia, Austria, and Brazil. For over 30 years we have relentlessly innovated and co-created wet processing solutions – completing over 2,000 global projects– and we’re only getting started. Our purpose is to create our best world, a ton at a time; empowering our customers to transform their materials into valuable resources for the betterment of people, planet, and their bottom lines.

About The Role

Responsibilities:

· Supports the Operations function by creating, managing and communicating Operations Plans using our ERP system, ensuring customer expectations are aligned with internal plans, with project teams aware of time commitments and stakeholders updated on milestones and deliverables.

· Highlight any risks to project schedules as early as identified and put mitigation plans in place if necessary.

· Using own Initiative to spot and problem solve, with the confidence to challenge for resolutions to resolve and issues promptly.

· Ability to work independently under limited supervision, to manage/own Operation Plans with pro-active plan control via regular planning reviews, tracking schedule adherence and acting on any stoppages or slippages to mitigate any impact.

· Participate in and chair regular Operational meetings.

· Confidently and effectively provides communication with clarity of any actions required by internal departments to ensure plans are maintained with live data in the ERP system as a one source of truth, with all functions working to the latest information in line with business capacities.

· Co-ordinate timely closure of shop orders with Ops Management team to ensure finished goods inventory levels are accurate

· Ability to use Advanced Excel reporting to analyse data and information relative to own project portfolio, to action and/or provide solutions or escalation.

· Promote a culture of continuous improvement within Operations based on regular process reviews and effective root cause identification and problem-solving.

· Ability to use time management tools to maintain upkeep of daily/weekly/monthly lobby actions, tasks, reports and KPI’s.

· Promote a positive Health and Safety culture within the Factory Operations teams, ensuring the Home Safe Everyday message is at the forefront of everyone in the team.

Skills Needed

People, Manufacturing / Production

About The Company

WE ARE CDE. ENGINEERED FOR YOUWe empower our customers to transform waste into valuable resources through innovative co-creation, laying the foundations for the circular economy.We help our customers maximise their natural resources in the most sustainable way possible – with greater efficiency and less waste than ever before. Our unparalleled speed and scale are down to our proximity to our customers and our deep understanding of their challenges. Our track record of proven solutions consistently meets our customers’ needs precisely, operating in challenging environments from the Arctic to the Equator.Wet processing is our sole focus –our experience and expertise is unmatched in this field. Every day, in everything we do, we strive to do it right. We want to be the best at what we do and deliver the maximum benefit for our customers. We pull together, as a team, in pursuit of this common cause. Our “Customer for Life” mentality fortifies each of our projects, with CDE engineers delivering continuous, limitless support.

Company Culture

We recognise that it is our people that have established CDE as market leader in developing solutions for the wet processing industry both within natural materials processing and waste recycling sectors. OUR PURPOSE IS TO CREATE OUR BEST WORLD, A TON AT A TIME.To do that, we must continue to build our global team by adding the most ambitious, driven and talented people. We will challenge you, elevate you and broaden your horizons. We will help you to be the best you can be both personally and professionally.We are renowned for our energy and can do attitude…. and at times seemingly delivering the impossible. We also know that all the will in the world won’t take us anywhere unless we work together. And we like to have fun together - life’s too short and we spend most of it at work. If we lose the power to laugh, we lose the power to think.We will continue to add the most dynamic, ambitious and talented individuals to the CDE team.

Desired Criteria

• - Degree in relevant discipline
• - Resource and capacity planning knowledge
• - Proven organisational skills with the ability to effectively plan, organise and control daily workload
• - Enthusiastic, energetic self-starter able to work on own initiative

Required Criteria

• - 3rd level qualification or extensive other desirable criteria.
• - Minimum of 2 years’ planning experience in similar role ideally within Operations / Project Planning / Manufacturing / Engineering / Construction Planning
• - Experience of planning best practice and planning methodology
• - Ability to work unsupervised and as part of a team
• - Able to work under pressure and to deadlines

Closing DateThursday 22nd May, 2025