Production Scheduler

Hilton Foods Seachill; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive holiday allowance

Life assurance

Opportunities for internal promotion

Share Save scheme

Free car parking on site

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity

Job summary

Hilton Foods Seachill in Grimsby is seeking a Production Scheduler to oversee daily stock reconciliation, production scheduling, and processing of customer orders. The role demands strong communication and planning skills, with a focus on ensuring timely availability of materials and adherence to health and safety procedures. Benefits include a competitive holiday allowance, life assurance, and opportunities for development. Flexibility to work across sites is required.

Qualifications

• Experience in production scheduling and stock reconciliation.
• Ability to work flexible hours and across sites.
• Willingness to develop skills and knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Process all customer orders for the site.
• Create daily updated plans and schedules.
• Liaise with outside cold stores for stock.
• Monitor key KPIs related to production.
• Ensure adherence to health and safety procedures.

Skills

Strong communication skills

IT skills

Planning and time management

Organizational skills

Ability to multitask

Flexibility

Job description

Role: Production Scheduler
Location: Estate Road, Grimsby
Shift: Monday-Friday, 05:00-13:30

What we are looking for

We are looking for a professional and experienced Production Scheduler to be responsible for the daily stock reconciliation summary, and production scheduling, including processing of orders for the Estate Road Site.

Key Responsibilities

• Processing of all customer orders for the site.
• Creating and publishing daily updated plans and schedules for Process and packing to provide all relevant departments with a daily snapshot of current stock/demand situation and highlight potential issues.
• Working with planning and procurement to ensure all components and raw materials are available at site within a timely manner.
• Manage raw material shelf life via coordination with procurement and operations.
• Liaise with outside cold stores to accept stock and arrange trials of new intakes.
• Ordering components within lead-time to ensure full availability for production.
• Key KPI monitoring, Plan Attainment, OEE, Service Level.
• Provide cover for other members of the planning team.
• Adherence to all Hilton Seafood Health & Safety procedures; identify and share continuous improvement ideas that may contribute to Health & Safety and equipment uptime or maintenance cost improvements.
• Ensuring planned maintenance work is completed on time and further work required is communicated to the Engineering Supervisor or Manager.
• Flexibility to work across sites.
• Having a flexible approach to hours of work and working within the team to provide engineering cover to meet the needs of the business.
• Ensure that good food manufacturing practices are always maintained.

Required Experience / Expertise

• A good communicator with strong IT skills.
• Efficient planning, time management and organisational skills.
• A can‑do attitude with an ability to multitask and be flexible in line with business demands.
• A willingness to develop skills and knowledge.

Benefits

• Great package with competitive holiday allowance.
• Life assurance of minimum two times yearly salary.
• Opportunities for development and internal promotion.
• Share Save scheme.
• Free car parking on site.
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity.