We are looking for an experienced Production Planner to take ownership of scheduling and workflow within a capital equipment manufacturing environment. These are complex, long cycle builds often running up to a year. We need someone who understands how to plan, sequence, and control work in a highly technical, engineering led setting.

Who are we?

We are Busy Bee Recruitment, an award-winning recruitment agency supplying both temporary and permanent staffing solutions throughout the UK to our client base spanning multiple sectors including Sales, Marketing, Industrial, Manufacturing, Engineering, IT, Accountancy, Administration & Executive Search.

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Job Duties:

• Creating, releasing, and managing works orders for multi stage builds

• Building detailed production schedules that align with capacity, material availability, and customer milestones

• Adjusting schedules proactively around shortages, engineering changes, and real time factory constraints

• Working closely with Engineering to ensure drawings, updates, and design changes are captured before release

• Partnering with Purchasing and Production to resolve issues, remove bottlenecks, and keep projects moving

• Maintaining accurate data in the MRP system – bills of materials, routings, lead times and labour hours

• Producing clear WIP reports, backlog summaries and progress updates

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What we are looking for:

• Proven planning / scheduling experience in a manufacturing environment — ideally capital equipment or build to order

• Strong understanding of BOMs, routings, and complex build structures

• Comfortable planning projects with long lead times and multiple phased stages

• Engineering background or exposure is a strong advantage

• Confident communicator across shop floor, engineering, and leadership teams

• Methodical, accurate, and able to stay calm under shifting priorities

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Benefits:

• Pension scheme

• medical contribution

• company bonus

• subsidised gym membership

• 27 days holiday + bank holidays

• Christmas closure

• social events throughout the year

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Ready to step into your next Production Planner opportunity? Hit the apply button today!

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If you have not received a response within 3-5 working days, unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful. Busy Bee Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency for this Permanent vacancy.

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