Owen Daniels
Production Planner
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Production Planner
Production Planner (MRP)
About the Role
We’re supporting an established and growing engineering business looking to hire an experienced Production Planner to join their manufacturing team. This specialist organisation designs, manufactures and installs temporary and permanent structures for major events and industrial clients, delivering tailored engineered solutions to a broad portfolio of well-known customers.
The Production Planner will play a pivotal role in coordinating production activity across a busy engineering department, ensuring seamless alignment between materials, capacity and schedules to meet customer demand. Working closely with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Stock Control, Sales and Design teams, you’ll leverage MRP planning tools and data analysis to optimise efficiency, maintain production flow and drive operational improvements.
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Key Responsibilities
- Manage and optimise MRP system data (MS Dynamics) to guarantee accuracy in planning, forecasting and production scheduling
- Develop and adjust detailed production plans based on customer demand, resource availability and manufacturing capacity
- Monitor daily production performance, proactively identifying delays or issues and implementing solutions to reduce disruption
- Analyse production, efficiency and inventory data to uncover trends, streamline processes and support cost-reduction initiatives
- Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams to align priorities, refine workflows and drive continuous operational improvement
Requirements
- Previous experience as a Production Planner within an SME manufacturing or engineering environment
- Deep understanding of production planning principles and manufacturing processes
- Extensive experience using MRP systems (MS Dynamics experience would be advantageous)
- Strong analytical skills, capable of interpreting data and proposing actionable recommendations
- Able to communicate confidently, coordinating across multiple departments and professionally challenging decisions when needed
- Proactive and adaptable, with the ability to respond swiftly to evolving priorities
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Compensation & Benefits
- Salarry: £40,000 – £47,500 (DOE)
- Hours: 37.5-hour week, flexible with standard office hours (e.g., 08:00–16:00 or 09:00–17:00)
- Location: Christchurch (hybrid model post induction)
- Annual leave: 31 days, including bank holidays
- Pension scheme: Available
- Carrot: Free onsite parking
- Flexibility: Hybrid working arrangement after induction (2 days remote)
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