Alloy Production Planner

A permanent opportunity has arisen for an Alloy Production Planner within a fantastic company based in Exeter.  Within the role you will plan and coordinate factory production so that customer orders are made on time, using the correct materials and keeping costs under control.

Main Responsibilities:
• Taking the demand from all internal and external customers. Plan production tasks and schedules according to customer orders. Blending this into a furnace schedule, considering On Time Delivery, working within laid down scheduling rules in place to maintain critical chemistry requirements.
• Calculating the actual individual melts, whilst achieving cost target and chemistry spec using the Optimat system.
• Creating a production forecast plan, enabling the Management team to determine capacity and weekend requirements.
• Issuing daily furnace schedules and melts to the shop floor and chemistry lab.
• Maintain reports for production planning activities and sequences. Confirming after the melt is complete that all the correct elements and specific batches have been used. • Updating the inventories of virgin material, revert, QL and Melt revert following their consumption into melts.
• Maintain records at month end on capacity utilisation, tonnage, and various material usage spreadsheets
• Issuing month end reports on revert balances.
• Managing revert outplant activities with the raw material buyer.
• Liaising with Managers & Supervisors to ensure adequate resource available for revert cleaning to meet the schedule.
• Work in collaboration with the Sales Manager to meet the scheduled demand for revert imports for on time scheduling.
• Lead the Planning meetings, ensuring the schedule and planning sheet is completed in time for pre-read.
• Participate as a member in the Daily Management meetings to ensure issues associated with delivery/OTD schedules are communicated such as chemistries required for material release.
• Develop and review production plan with Managers for approval.
• Monitor the execution of production plan and resolve any potential issues in a timely fashion.
• Raise melt jackets & production tickets for each heat. • Analyse back orders, current orders and upcoming orders to prioritise, plan, and schedule the production operations. Non-Confidential Business
• Provide back-up to stores booking in system/daily usages.
• Provide back-up for shipping

Skills and Experience:

Strong educational background, with knowledge of maths and chemistry considered an advantage.
Effective communication skills.
High accuracy and attention to detail.
Experience with planning processes and tools.
Ability to work collaboratively within a team.
Proficient computer skills, including Oracle, Optimat, or similar planning and calculation systems.
Manufacturing planning experience, particularly in calculating melt recipes, is highly preferred.Hours:  37.5 hours per week working 8am – 4pm

Associated Benefits:
Competitive salary and a range of benefits including excellent pension scheme and 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays. Progression is encouraged, as is professional development.

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.

Please note that this specific role may be subject to export control restrictions, including under ITAR.  Any offer of employment from this particular company will be conditional on the successful candidate meeting the applicable legal requirements for access to controlled information or technology