Production Administrator

Avenue Scotland; Blantyre; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A client in Blantyre is seeking a proactive Production Administrator to support workshop and field operations. This role involves coordinating engineers, ensuring project efficiency, and managing day-to-day administrative tasks. The ideal candidate should have strong communication skills, excellent organizational abilities, and a problem-solving mindset. This position offers a variety of challenges in a busy operations environment.

Qualifications

• Strong communication for liaising across teams and clients.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities efficiently.
• Analytical mindset with practical problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the Production Director and Workshop team.
• Act as a contact point between customers, suppliers, and engineers.
• Coordinate field service engineer visits and job completion.

Skills

Strong communication and coordination skills

Excellent organisational skills

Analytical and problem-solving mindset

Computer literate – MS Office

Positive attitude and willingness to learn

Job description

We're seeking an organised and proactive Production Administrator to join our client's team in Blantyre. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys variety – supporting both workshop and field operations, coordinating engineers, and ensuring projects run smoothly from planning to completion.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide day‑to‑day support to the Production Director and Workshop team, assisting with scheduling, resource allocation, and coordination of ongoing jobs.
• Act as a key point of contact between customers, suppliers, and engineers – managing queries, site access, and service updates.
• Coordinate field service engineer visits, including planning labour, preparing risk assessments and method statements, and processing reports on job completion.
• Support with general office administration, job costing, and maintaining accurate records and documentation.
• Help ensure compliance with company Health & Safety and Quality Management standards, contributing to ongoing improvements.
• Respond to customer breakdowns and organise timely engineer support.

Key Skills & Attributes:

• Strong communication and coordination skills with the ability to liaise confidently across teams and with clients.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
• Analytical and problem‑solving mindset with a practical approach to challenges.
• Computer literate – comfortable with MS Office and general administrative systems.
• Understanding of engineering or technical environments is beneficial but not essential.
• Positive attitude and willingness to learn, adapt, and develop within a busy operations environment.

If you're a confident communicator who thrives on keeping things running efficiently behind the scenes, this could be the perfect role for you.

📞 For more information, contact Millie on (phone number removed) or apply with your up-to-date CV.