Production Liaison & Planning 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

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.