Factory Planner, Procurement & Production Administrator
Factory Planner, Procurement & Production Administrator
Location: Basildon
Salary: £30,000
Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Hours: Monday – Friday
About the Role
We are seeking an organised, proactive and commercially aware individual to join our team as a Factory Planner, Procurement & Production Administrator.
This is a key position within a busy manufacturing environment, responsible for helping to ensure projects progress efficiently from approved order through to manufacture, delivery and installation. Working at the centre of the business, you will collaborate closely with Design, Projects, Production, Purchasing, Installation and Management teams to coordinate production activities, manage procurement processes and maintain accurate project information.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys problem-solving and has excellent organisational and communication skills.
Key Responsibilities
Factory Planning & Production Scheduling
- Assist with planning and scheduling factory production across multiple live projects.
- Maintain and update production schedules to ensure project deadlines are achieved.
- Allocate production activities in line with agreed priorities, timescales and available resources.
- Liaise with workshop and production teams to monitor progress and resolve issues.
- Identify potential production delays, resource constraints and material shortages before they impact delivery.
- Coordinate manufacturing activities with project delivery and installation schedules.
- Ensure work progresses in the correct sequence to meet completion dates.
- Monitor outstanding production items and follow them through to completion.
- Communicate changes in priorities and schedules to relevant departments.
- Support the preparation of completed items for delivery and installation.
Factory Planning & Production Scheduling
- Assist with planning and scheduling factory production across multiple live projects.
- Maintain and update production schedules to ensure project deadlines are achieved.
- Allocate production activities in line with agreed priorities, timescales and available resources.
- Liaise with workshop and production teams to monitor progress and resolve issues.
- Identify potential production delays, resource constraints and material shortages before they impact delivery.
- Coordinate manufacturing activities with project delivery and installation schedules.
- Ensure work progresses in the correct sequence to meet completion dates.
- Monitor outstanding production items and follow them through to completion.
- Communicate changes in priorities and schedules to relevant departments.
- Support the preparation of completed items for delivery and installation.
The successful candidate will be:
- Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail.
- Comfortable managing multiple projects and changing priorities.
- Proactive, solutions-focused and able to work independently.
- A strong communicator who can build effective relationships across departments.
- Confident working within a manufacturing, production or operations environment.
- Competent using Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, and production planning systems.
- Experience in production planning, manufacturing administration, procurement or operations coordination.
- Understanding of production scheduling and resource planning.
- Experience working within a fabrication, engineering, manufacturing or project-based environment.
- Competitive salary dependent on experience.
- 28 days holiday including bank holidays
- Company pension scheme.
- Opportunity to join a growing and respected business with excellent long-term career prospects.
- A varied and rewarding role within a growing and dynamic business.
- Opportunity to work closely with multiple departments and contribute to business success.
- Supportive team environment with opportunities for professional development.
- Competitive salary, dependent on experience.
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