Strategic Manufacturing Planner — Cross-Dept Scheduling

South West Recruitment Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Pension Allowance

Health Cash Plan

Cycle to work

EAP

Onsite Physio

Work Wear

Job summary

South West Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Manufacturing Planning Coordinator for a Poole, Dorset based precision engineering manufacturer. The role focuses on coordinating workflow, capacity and daily priorities within Quality Assurance and Quality Control; it suits someone with production planning or similar experience and strong organisational skills.

You will link Planning, Projects and Quality teams to ensure inspections align with production needs, manage workloads, and support improvement

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a planning-related role in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills.
• Ability to manage competing demands and changing production priorities.
• Strong communication skills across multiple departments.
• Calm, professional and assertive approach.
• Ability to manage own workload and deadlines.
• Experience in a busy multi-disciplinary manufacturing team.
• Quality Assurance or Quality Control experience is advantageous but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate daily QA and QC workloads and priorities.
• Monitor capacity and align resources with production schedules.
• Represent Quality teams at business planning meetings.
• Organise inspection activities based on production and project requirements.
• Monitor NCRs and communicate progress to Planning and Project teams.
• Coordinate external inspection services when required.
• Liaise with Production Planners, Project Managers and other departments.
• Coordinate pre-planned customer witness inspections.
• Support departmental improvement projects from a planning/capacity perspective.

Skills

Planning

Manufacturing planning

Organisational skills

Communication

Prioritisation

Multi-department coordination

Job description

South West Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Manufacturing Planning Coordinator for a Poole, Dorset based precision engineering manufacturer. The role focuses on coordinating workflow, capacity and daily priorities within Quality Assurance and Quality Control; it suits someone with production planning or similar experience and strong organisational skills.

You will link Planning, Projects and Quality teams to ensure inspections align with production needs, manage workloads, and support improvement