SubSea Craft Limited
Production Planner
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Production Planner – SubSea Craft
💰 Salary: £35,000–£40,000 DOE 🔹 Full Time | Permanent
About Us
SubSea Craft is a fast-growing, privately-funded, UK-based maritime technology company specialising in next-generation, high-performance watercraft and systems. We operate at the intersection of advanced engineering, cutting-edge design, and user-centric innovation, delivering safe, effective, and enabling solutions for both commercial and defence applications.
What We Offer
Benefits Package
- Pension Contribution: Access to a pension scheme with salary sacrifice.
- Annual Bonus Scheme: Discretionary bonus linked to individual and company performance.
- Life Assurance & Critical Illness Cover: Life Assurance (4x salary) + Critical Illness Cover.
- Annual Leave: 25 days + bank holidays.
- Christmas Leave: Compressed work weeks around the holiday period.
- Wellbeing Day: One extra day each year dedicated to personal health.
- Family Leave: Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
- Private Healthcare: Comprehensive private healthcare for physical and mental wellbeing.
- Professional Development: Training programmes + access to LinkedIn Learning.
- Flexible Working: Opportunities for work–life balance.
- Inclusive Culture: A diverse, innovative, and collaborative environment.
- Offsite Parking: Available for employees.
Role Overview
As the Production Planner, you’ll be responsible for planning and coordinating production schedules and production orders to optimise resource usage and ensure timely project delivery. Collaboration with Build, Production Engineering, Supply Chain, and other departments is key to balancing demand and capacity, aligning production plans with project timelines.
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Your day-to-day work will include:
- Managing workflow through the shop floor by scheduling production orders based on resource availability, parts supply, and build schedules.
- Ensuring smooth transitions from development builds to production.
- Continuously refining planning processes to optimise efficiency and drive continuous improvement.
The role demands agility due to the company’s rapid development cycles, requiring a structured yet adaptable approach.
Key Responsibilities
Core Duties
- Use project plans (in Jira/MS Project) to schedule production work packages.
- Operate the MRP system (Infor LN) to create and manage production orders.
- Resource allocation for production plans.
- Coordinating with:
- Production teams to assess resource availability and order completion.
- Supply Chain to evaluate materials availability.
- Production Engineering to review production readiness.
- Attending cross-functional meetings to prioritise build requirements.
- Editing and updating BOMs, routings, and planned completion dates via Infor LN.
- Supporting the transition from development builds to production.
- Collaborating with Production Engineering and Operations to improve planning and efficiency.
Essential Requirements
Qualifications & Experience
✅ Confidence using MRP systems (e.g., Infor LN). ✅ Experience with production planning tools (e.g., MS Project, Jira). ✅ Background in complex manufacturing environments. ✅ Strong understanding of design, engineering, and manufacturing terminology. ✅ High PC literacy with proficient use of Microsoft Office. ✅ Excellent organisational and communication skills.
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Desirable Qualifications
🔹 Proven experience in production planning, scheduling, or similar roles. 🔹 Familiarity with Infor LN (MRP) and JIRA. 🔹 Experience reviewing engineering drawings. 🔹 CAD software knowledge. 🔹 Industry-specific experience in marine manufacturing, composites, aerospace, or automotive.
Security Clearance Note
⚠️ Due to project requirements, candidates must be capable of meeting security standards, including:
- Right to live and work in the UK.
- BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) required for some roles – UK National Security Clearance may be mandatory.
Our Values
At SubSea Craft, we believe our people are our greatest asset. We foster an environment that encourages excellence through trust, inclusivity, and commercial acumen.
What We Expect
- Teamwork, respect, and collaboration.
- Initiative and independent problem-solving.
- Honesty and integrity.
- Business and commercial awareness.
- Agility, adaptability, and commitment to growth.
We are committed to building an inclusive, diverse workplace where everyone thrives. If you require adjustments to support your application, please let us know.
Additional Information
- Employment Conditions: All offers are subject to satisfactory DBS, driving licence, and reference checks. A criminal record does not automatically disqualify applications—it will be considered in the wider recruitment process.
- Timelines: Due to high application volumes, we are unable to respond to all applicants. If shortlisted, we will contact you within 14 days of receiving your application (or the closing date, if specified).
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