Engineering Production Planner

What if you could work with remarkable people on extraordinary things? What if the end result was something a little bit special? What if your role was mission critical?
For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have a critical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK’s ultimate deterrent - Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions.
It takes a special sort of person to work at AWE. What if that person was you?
AWE is currently recruiting for an Engineering Production Planner to provide planning services within an Operations Delivery Unit.
Location - Reading/Basingstoke area
Package - Dependent upon suitability & level of experience.
Closing date for this role is 10th April 2024.
As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave (plus every other Friday off work)
• Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
• A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution)
• Life Assurance
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family.
• A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site.

The Role:

• Creation of Route cards within the ERP system.
• To define operations required to manufacture components and assemblies from engineering drawings.
• Create timing estimates for each operation on the route card, setup, and cycle times.
• Resolve any technical issues arising.
• Communicate effectively with internal stakeholders, this will include demanders, and shop floor.
• Ensure local MRP system is up to date and accurate.
• Proactively tackle blockers and barriers to progress.
• Ensuring that customer requirements are planned and released to Manufacturing and Operational activities within the timescales required.
• Provide manufacturing cost estimates.
• Demonstrate and use ‘Lean Planning’ techniques and ‘Production Control’ processes such as visual management, Kanban and Push/Pull in the operational/ manufacturing areas.
• Responds positively to the needs of internal and external customers.
• Attend Visual Management board meetings ensuring all actions are being addressed.
• Liaises with Delivery Units for clarification and coordination of balanced and de-conflicted demands and plans.
• Ensure all planned requirements are aligned within the Master Production Schedule/Supplementary Schedule and loaded into the local MRP system (where used).

To be considered for this role, you will ideally have experience and understanding of the following:

• Engineering drawings.
• Manufacturing processes and their capabilities.
• ERP / MRP2 systems
• MS Office (Excel / Word / Outlook / PowerPoint / Project)

In addition, it would be beneficial to have experience and understanding of the following:

• Machining capabilities and new manufacturing technologies.
• Experience of working in a manufacturing environment.
• Inventory control processes.
• Lean principles.
• SAP S4/HANA.
• A relevant manufacturing or planning related professional qualification.

Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for this role. Candidates require 10 years continuous residency in the UK and must hold UK citizenship.
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Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide us will be used to encourage and support you through the application process and will be held only for this purpose in accordance with GDPR.