Production Administrator

Confidential; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential in Doncaster is seeking a highly organised Production Administrator to join the engineering operations. The role acts as the vital link between production and planning teams, ensuring smooth day-to-day administration, reporting and effective communication.

The successful candidate will maintain accurate records, support forecasting, and raise issues promptly to keep output on track, while liaising with multiple teams and managing competing priorities with precision.

Qualifications

• Strong Excel skills essential for data tracking and reporting.
• Excellent administrative skills with high accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong organisational skills to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
• Clear, confident communicator liaising between production and planning teams.
• Proactive in spotting issues and raising concerns before they impact timelines.
• Experience in a production, manufacturing or engineering environment is desirable but not essential.
• Comfortable working with reporting and forecasting data.

Responsibilities

• Act as the central point of contact between production and planning teams.
• Provide regular updates on production progress, schedules and changes.
• Support production forecasting and workload capacity tracking.
• Maintain accurate records across production administration tasks.
• Raise issues, delays and discrepancies promptly to relevant teams.
• Prepare and distribute reports on production performance and KPIs.
• Liaise with planning to align schedules and resolve conflicts.
• Support general administrative duties across the production department.
• Maintain and update spreadsheets, trackers and databases accurately.
• Flag risks to production timelines and escalate as needed.

Skills

Excel

Administrative skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Communication

Forecasting data

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

About the Role

We are looking for a highly organised and detail-focused Production Administrator to join our client's engineering business based in Doncaster. This is a key role acting as the vital link between the production and planning teams, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations through accurate administration, reporting, and communication.

Key Responsibilities

• - Act as the central point of contact between the production and planning teams, ensuring clear and consistent communication
• - Provide regular updates on production progress, schedules, and any changes affecting output
• - Support production forecasting, helping to track and predict workload and capacity
• - Maintain accurate and up-to-date records across all production administration tasks
• - Raise issues, delays, and discrepancies promptly to the relevant teams
• - Prepare and distribute reports on production performance, delays, and KPIs
• - Liaise closely with the planning team to align schedules and resolve conflicts
• - Support general administrative duties across the production department
• - Maintain and update spreadsheets, trackers, and databases with a high level of accuracy
• - Flag any risks to production timelines and elevate where necessary

Skills & Experience Required

• - Strong Excel skills - confident using formulas, spreadsheets, and data tracking tools (essential)
• - Excellent administrative skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• - Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities
• - Clear and confident communicator, comfortable liaising between different teams
• - Ability to work proactively, spotting and raising issues before they
• - Experience in a production, manufacturing, or engineering environment is desirable but not essential
• - Comfortable working with reporting and forecasting data

About you

• - Reliable, proactive, and a strong team player
• - Calm under pressure with the ability to problem-solve
• - Confident raising concerns and communicating delays or issues clearly
• - A genuine interest in supporting an efficient, well-run production operation