Production Scheduler

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Job summary

A leading aerospace and defence firm is seeking a Production Scheduler to join their Planning and Logistics team. The role involves overseeing production scheduling tasks, attending monitoring meetings, and ensuring accurate reporting on production progress. Ideal candidates should have prior planning experience, a customer-focused mindset, and the ability to work independently under pressure. This position offers potential overtime opportunities.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated prior planning/scheduling experience.
• Ability to work independently and develop effective solutions.
• Strong logical approach to achieving tasks.

Responsibilities

• Launch daily routine for production scheduling tasks.
• Attend daily production monitoring meetings.
• Report on production progress and parts availability.

Skills

Planning/scheduling experience

Customer orientation

Results orientation

Problem-solving

Team player

Job description

**PLEASE READ BEFORE APPLYING: **Recognising the RESTRICTED nature of the work suitable candidates will be baseline level (BPSS) clearable or eligible for this level of clearance**

We are currently looking for a Production Scheduler to be based within the Planning and Logistics team of our client’s aerospace and defence site in Flintshire, Wales

Role involves a 35-hour standard week but overtime is available both during the week and weekends, and comes with premium uplift for any overtime worked

Role Responsibilities:

• Launch daily routine for production scheduling tasks
• Attend daily Production monitoring meetings
• Report on production progress, report parts availability and give support to adjust daily priorities
• Management of Work Order
• Management of Components including missing parts and logistic distribution
• Potential availability, Transfer Protocol and unexpected Missing Part
• Parasitic flow coordination with other departments
• Coordination of outstanding works
• Manage outstanding Logistic flows, Manage Work Order internal/external transfer of responsibility

Key Requirements:

This is a role which will require forward planning based on MPS & tactical changes and interactions with Operations and Supply Chain ensuring seamless delivery of product to the shopfloor.

• Suitable candidate must be able to demonstrate prior planning/scheduling experience
• Individuals must be both customer and results orientated with a sound logical approach to achieving tasks and objectives
• Able to work using own initiative to develop effective solutions to problems.
• Must also be a team player and proactively assist other team members when needed.
• Have a strong ‘personal branding’ and demonstrate a ‘can-do’ attitude in all areas.
• Ability to work under pressure to agreed deadlines