Production Planner

Cambridge Aerospace; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Private medical

Dental

Cycle to work

Job summary

Cambridge Aerospace is seeking a Production Planner to own production schedules, manage material readiness, capacity planning and delivery performance in a fast-growing defence environment. You will align manufacturing activities with programme priorities and maintain data integrity.

The role collaborates with Engineering, Procurement and Supply Chain, supports MRP/ERP processes and material availability for production, including NPI and development builds.

Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing environment with production planning or scheduling.
• Understanding of production scheduling, workflows and capacity planning.
• Familiarity with ERP/MRP systems for material planning and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain production schedules across manufacturing and R&D.
• Develop capacity plans and identify bottlenecks and risks.
• Support new products, development builds, and engineering programmes.
• Monitor progress, escalate issues, and drive recovery actions.
• Facilitate communication between Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality and Programme teams.
• Support MRP/ERP processes and ensure data accuracy.
• Track production targets and provide reporting to operations.
• Work with Engineering, Procurement and Supply Chain on BOMs and material availability.

Skills

Production planning

Capacity planning

ERP/MRP knowledge

BOM interpretation

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

As a Production Planner at Cambridge Aerospace, you will play a critical role in ensuring manufacturing activities are executed in line with programme priorities and delivery commitments. You will work in a fast growing, defence environment, taking ownership of production schedules, material readiness, capacity planning, and manufacturing delivery performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and maintain production schedules across manufacturing and R&D, ensuring alignment to programme and delivery requirements.
• Develop and maintain capacity plans, identifying bottlenecks, resource constraints, and delivery risks before they impact programme milestones.
• Support new products, development builds, and engineering programmes.
• Monitor manufacturing progress against plan, proactively escalating issues and driving recovery actions where required.
• Facilitate effective communication between Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, and Programme teams.
• Support the implementation and optimisation of MRP/ERP processes, maintaining high levels of data accuracy and integrity.
• Track and communicate key production targets, providing clear reporting and recommendations to operational teams.
• Work closely with Engineering, Procurement, and Supply Chain teams to manage engineering changes and Bills of Materials, ensuring production requirements are met and that the required materials are available.

Requirements

• Experience in a manufacturing environment across production planning or control, operations, scheduling, or supply chain planning.
• Experience in production scheduling, manufacturing workflows, and capacity planning principles.
• Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems for production requirements, material planning, and operational delivery.
• Ability to interpret engineering and manufacturing data, including Bills of Materials and engineering changes.

Preferred Qualifications / Experience

• Experience within aerospace, defence, motorsport, automotive, or other high-precision manufacturing environments.
• Experience supporting NPI, development programmes, or engineering-led manufacturing operations.
• Knowledge of capacity modelling, production forecasting, and manufacturing performance analysis.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and stock options
• Private Medical & Dental
• Cycle to work scheme

About Us

The mission of Cambridge Aerospace is to eliminate the risk of existential war in Europe. That risk comes from the air - low-cost drones and cruise missiles now manufactured in colossal volumes by our adversaries, ballistic missiles capable of ending the world as we know it, and a new generation of hypersonic weapons that evade every existing defence.

We're building low-cost interceptors that defeat these threats, and the surveillance systems to detect and target them - at a cost taxpayers can afford, at the pace the threat demands, and with sovereign supply chains that assure delivery.

We have immense backing from the world's best venture funds. We're one of the fastest growing defence technology companies in history. And we're hiring the best people to prosecute the mission.

If you are in the top 1%, willing to work harder than you ever have, build technology better than anyone else, and contribute to the defining challenge of our time, now is the time to join us.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you're excited about this role but don't meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.