Production Co-ordinator

Special Steels Ltd; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Special Quality Alloys (SQA), part of the Special Steel Group in Sheffield, is seeking a Production Co-ordinator to join its busy team. The role focuses on expediting orders, updating progress, and ensuring on-time delivery for key customers.

You will work with MIS systems, assist with operations reporting, and collaborate with office and shop-floor staff to meet delivery dates while maintaining accuracy and strong communication.

Qualifications

• Expedite orders and update progress.
• Process, administer, and expedite jobs for key customers.
• Assist Operations Management with updated customer positions/reports.
• Collaborate with both office and shop floor staff to meet delivery dates.

Responsibilities

• Expedite orders and update progress.
• Assist the Operations Management team with reporting to customers.
• Expedite material at sub-contractors and resolve queries.

Skills

Production control

Customer communication

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Follow processes

Tools

Microsoft Office (Excel & Word)

Job description

We are a member of the Special Steel Group of companies, located in Sheffield at the heart of the steel and engineering industry.Our Group consists of 5 independently operational businesses covering multiple disciplines including forging, heat treatment, testing, machining, and global distribution of advanced nickel-based alloys & special steels.Special Quality Alloys (SQA) is our nickel alloy and special steel forging and distribution business within the Group and one of the leading providers of superalloys for critical applications throughout the world, having been awarded the Queens Award for Enterprise for International Trade in 2022. We are continually investing in new equipment and facilities, having recently doubled the size of our US operation and invested in new forging equipment in the UK.Consequently, a full-time opportunity has arisen for a Production Co-ordinator to join our busy team.

Duties & Responsibilities

• To expedite orders and update progress.
• Working with our Management Information Systems, you will be responsible for processing, administrating, and expediting jobs & projects for our key customers.
• Assisting the Operations Management team in providing updated customer positions / reports.
• Expediting material at sub-contractors and resolving arising queries.
• Working closely with both office and shop floor staff to ensure we maintain customer delivery dates.
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel & Word) applications is also important.
• Undertaking additional duties as required.

Skills Required

• General production control skills, excellent communication skills, analytical thinking, problem solving, accuracy, good attention to detail, and the ability to follow process.