Strategic Production & Resource Planner

Partnership Recruiting; Kilmaurs; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Programme

Private medical insurance after 2 yrs'

Health cash plan

Contributory pension scheme

Additional employee benefits

Job summary

Partnership Recruiting is seeking an experienced Project Coordinator/Production Planner to join a growing engineering business in Scotland. You will coordinate production resources, maintain project plans and ensure teams have the information and resources needed to deliver successful projects.

The role involves creating and managing production and resource plans across a varied project portfolio, collaborating with Production, Project Management and Commercial teams to keep plans current and

Qualifications

• Experience in Project Coordination, Production Planning or Resource Planning.
• Strong Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project skills.
• Experience managing schedules, resources and project reporting.
• Understanding of project planning and delivery.
• Experience in engineering/manufacturing/production environment desirable.
• Strong communication across teams.
• Practical, results-focused approach with problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining production and resource plans across current and upcoming projects
• Working with Production Managers, Supervisors and Project Managers to keep plans and project information up to date
• Liaising with Commercial teams to understand upcoming projects, resource requirements and workload impacts
• Managing and updating project schedules using Microsoft Project and Excel
• Tracking project progress, completion dates, resource requirements and potential delays
• Supporting daily and weekly production planning and identifying resource shortages, absences and operational issues
• Coordinating resources, equipment and operational activities to support project delivery
• Supporting resource forecasting and identifying potential recruitment requirements
• Identifying opportunities to improve production efficiency and resource utilisation
• Ensuring relevant project documentation, work instructions and sign-offs are completed
• Supporting production-related timekeeping, absence, timesheet and HR administration

Skills

Project coordination

Production planning

Resource planning

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Project

Team communication

Problem solving

Tools

Microsoft Project

Excel

Job description

Partnership Recruiting is seeking an experienced Project Coordinator/Production Planner to join a growing engineering business in Scotland. You will coordinate production resources, maintain project plans and ensure teams have the information and resources needed to deliver successful projects.

The role involves creating and managing production and resource plans across a varied project portfolio, collaborating with Production, Project Management and Commercial teams to keep plans current and