Production Planning Administrator

ZipRecruiter; North East; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A manufacturing client in Newcastle is offering an Engineering Administrator position. You will be responsible for planning and organising production activities, ensuring compliance with ISO standards, and managing resources. Ideal candidates will have experience in an administrative role within manufacturing and strong skills in Microsoft Office and ERP systems. Competitive pension and opportunities for growth are included.

Benefits

Option to work a 4 or 5 day week

Competitive pension contribution

Dayshift hours

Opportunities for training

Qualifications

• Experience within an admin or planning role within manufacturing, production, or engineering.
• Confident and professional in customer interactions.
• Ability to adapt quickly to a changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Planning, organising, and controlling activities of production.
• Responsible for production plan preparation based on forecasts and stock positions.
• Ensuring compliance with specifications and regulations.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Job Description

Rewards and Benefits on Offer:

• Option to work a 4 or 5 day week
• Competitive pension contribution
• Dayshift hours
• Opportunity to gain experience across all aspects of the business to develop your skills
• Working with various prestigious blue-chip customers on a daily basis

Working Hours: 39 hours, Mon-Thurs 7am-5:15pm

New Opportunity: MTrec Technical are proudly representing our prestigious manufacturing client based in Newcastle, by recruiting an Engineering Administrator to join their team. You will be joining a rapidly growing local SME with an excellent team-based culture and fantastic opportunities for training and to progress your career. If you have a background in manufacturing/engineering in an administrative or planning role, please apply now for an immediate response.

The Job You'll Do:

• Planning, organising, and controlling activities of production
• Responsible for production plan preparation based on forecasts, stock positions, and orders
• Ensures compliance with specifications, company policies and procedures, rules, and regulations including welfare, H&S, quality (ISO 9001), and environment (ISO 14001)
• Resource management within the production area including reporting on performance and attendance to the General Manager
• Maintaining profitable and efficient throughput of production items in accordance with specifications (including packaging and transport)
• Liaising with the quality department, the General Manager, and Project and Tooling Manager as necessary
• Assisting the General Manager with forecasting and production planning, discussing present or future business volume, including adjustments of shipping commitments due to production constraints
• Reviewing and approving monthly production schedule for execution
• Providing accurate daily reports on produced items, rejects, and scrap
• Liaising with Procurement and Production Co-ordinator to ensure records are accurate and up-to-date
• Identifying manpower forecasts and allocating workload per employee with Supervisors to meet customer needs and delivery schedules
• Reacting to poor performance and lack of productivity through human resources or machinery/equipment
• Reviewing and assisting in disciplinary actions, leave applications, overtime, employee and Supervisor reporting, ISO documents, and other related matters

About You:

• Experience within an admin or planning role within manufacturing, production, or engineering
• Ability to use Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems (desirable)
• Confident and professional, being the first point of contact for customers
• Good organisational and communication skills at all levels
• Ability to adapt quickly to a changing and flexible organisation
• High attention to detail

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