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The growth of the company is going to plan, and, following the promotion of our Production Planner into a managerial role, we're very pleased to have created a new vacancy for an additional Production Planner as we look to split the current job of planning for two departments into two roles, with this new role being responsible for planning for the CNC Machine Shop.

We're looking to hire a Production Planner to take up a permanent position to plan efficient CNC machine loading to meet strong and consistently growing customer demand for our products from companies operating in leading edge technologies.

In this newly created role, you will have access to a good support structure and you will be given scope to really make this job your own.
 
With a long, stable history, and operating from modern, clean, well organised and well equipped premises, we can offer long term job security due to the blend of customers we supply, operating in sustainable industries where demand for our patented, and market leading product range is growing.

We're constantly looking to invest in new technologies and the products we make truly go on to make a real difference to peoples' lives. If you join us, you can certainly be proud of the contribution you are making to the world.

Job title: Production Planner
Location: outskirts of Tewkesbury, commutable from Gloucester, Cheltenham, Tewkesbury, Worcester and surrounding areas
Salary: We're looking to pay £35,000 - £40,000 based on your capabilities and experience so there is room for discussion to meet your salary requirements, just get in touch for more information.
Benefits:  Generous pension contributions, life insurance policy of 2 x your annual salary at no cost to you, Christmas shut down, generous holiday entitlement plus all bank holidays, long service awards offering combinations of bonus and extra days holidays, uniform and PPE all at no cost to you, free tea and coffee, free on-site parking, modern facilities and a great deal more (more details available).
Contract Type: Permanent

Production Planner - Role & Responsibilities: 

Producing loading plans for each CNC machine including manual operations (deburr, inspection, packing, dispatch etc.)
Monitoring workload against machine shop capacity
Monitoring production output against the plan, flagging items for prioritisation
Monitoring ‘delivery to customer’ performance, measured against planned customer schedules
Reporting production levels to senior management team
Checking stock for material availability
Creating purchase orders on stock control system and generating correct paperwork
Creating requisition orders for sub contractors to complete outsourced operations
Attending production meetings to report current and planned figures
Producing daily, weekly and monthly reports
Daily use of the company's MRP system 
 
Production Planner - Skills & Experience needed:

Experience of working as a Production Planner in a CNC Machine Shop environment or very similar
Strong organisational skills, able to establish priorities, whilst managing multiple tasks
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Capable of producing reports and presenting details to senior management
Confident using Microsoft Office software Excel, Word.
Experience of working with planning software (ERP/MRP) the brand isn’t important

To apply for this Production Planner position
To apply for this Production Planner job or if you'd just like more information to see if it might be a job you'd be interested in, either click on the 'apply now' button on this advert and follow the instructions to upload your CV or contact me, Tom Andrews, at Meridian on (phone number removed)   (phone number removed) or (url removed)  tandrews(at)meridianbs(dot)co(dot)uk tandrews (at) meridianbs (dot) co (dot) uk
 
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