Thales
Manufacturing Planner - R0266020
Job Location
Cheadle, United Kingdom
Job Description
Location: Cheadle, United Kingdom
Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems.
Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
Manufacturing Planner - R0266020
Location - Cheadle (Greater Manchester)
Shift - 4 Day Week (Monday to Thursday)
The Role:
The Manufacturing Planner is responsible for the execution of all new manufacture, repair and refurbishment activities within an Operations Integrated Project Team to meet the delivery schedule as defined by the Industrial Planner within the IPT
The dimension of the role will vary due to the complexity of the allocated task / product and personal experience,
The jobholder will process allocated requirements either from release of a Repair order by Projects or through release of a new build ASCP Planned Order through to completion of item to stock.
In consultation with the Industrial Planner, the jobholder must identify any deviations from the plan, and where necessary, take remedial action to achieve conformance or minimise the necessity for major re-scheduling.
Principal Accountabilities
The Manufacturing Planner is responsible for delivering the agreed plan in conjunction with the Industrial Planner/Cell Manager within which IPT they work for, to time, cost and quality.
Duties will include, but not limited to:
Planning
The individual will be expected to provide weekly updates to the Industrial Planner re all tasks allocated to them so that MPS/MRP plans can be maintained
Important Working Relationships
Manufacturing Planners are allocated to an Integrated Project Team and are required to work closely with all members of the IPT
Key relationships and interfaces
Industrial Planner - advise of all significant changes to agreed programme as soon as slippage becomes apparent.
IPT Cell Manager - progress workload through the shopfloor
Quality Assurance - ensure completion of tasks to meet required delivery dates
Manufacturing Buyers - issues with material availability
Manufacturing Engineering - issues with shop floor build/repair activities/routings and Manufacturing Instructions
Warehouse Manager - capacity/progress for kitting activities
.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required
Challenges
The role is very demanding, often with tight timescales; a flexible work ethic is therefore essential.
The jobholder will be required to work closely with all members of the relevant IPT and internal customers.
He/she will need to be able manage conflicting priorities and make decisions to maximise completion of all tasks to the scheduled date.
#LI-SB1
In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.
At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.
Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.
Great journeys start here, apply now!
Location: Cheadle, GB
Posted Date: 11/26/2024
Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems.
Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
Manufacturing Planner - R0266020
Location - Cheadle (Greater Manchester)
Shift - 4 Day Week (Monday to Thursday)
The Role:
The Manufacturing Planner is responsible for the execution of all new manufacture, repair and refurbishment activities within an Operations Integrated Project Team to meet the delivery schedule as defined by the Industrial Planner within the IPT
The dimension of the role will vary due to the complexity of the allocated task / product and personal experience,
The jobholder will process allocated requirements either from release of a Repair order by Projects or through release of a new build ASCP Planned Order through to completion of item to stock.
In consultation with the Industrial Planner, the jobholder must identify any deviations from the plan, and where necessary, take remedial action to achieve conformance or minimise the necessity for major re-scheduling.
Principal Accountabilities
The Manufacturing Planner is responsible for delivering the agreed plan in conjunction with the Industrial Planner/Cell Manager within which IPT they work for, to time, cost and quality.
Duties will include, but not limited to:
- Execute ASCP Master Production Schedule and Repair Orders allocated to you
- Prepare and collate all required documentation to ensure efficient and effective progress through the shop floor.
- Ensure all material is kitted to shopfloor ready for build activities to start in accordance with the Plan
- Allocate an appropriate shop floor routing to repair tasks.
- Identify material requirements to support repairs and work with the Manufacturing Buyers within the IPT to obtain material in timescales required
- Lead the resolution of any job related queries.
- Provide progress reports as required to the Industrial Planner against all allocated tasks
- Generate full build records for all deliverables where required
- Liaise with the Customer Loan Store to validate repair assets and documentation and arrange movement to the workshop for survey/repair
- Day to day liaison with key interfaces
- Work in accordance with Business processes at all times
- Maintain MDS with status and forecasts on a daily basis
Planning
The individual will be expected to provide weekly updates to the Industrial Planner re all tasks allocated to them so that MPS/MRP plans can be maintained
- The individual will manipulate dates within WIP Jobs and SCP Workbench Planned Orders to optimise throughput of work, and minimise compression.
Important Working Relationships
Manufacturing Planners are allocated to an Integrated Project Team and are required to work closely with all members of the IPT
Key relationships and interfaces
Industrial Planner - advise of all significant changes to agreed programme as soon as slippage becomes apparent.
IPT Cell Manager - progress workload through the shopfloor
Quality Assurance - ensure completion of tasks to meet required delivery dates
Manufacturing Buyers - issues with material availability
Manufacturing Engineering - issues with shop floor build/repair activities/routings and Manufacturing Instructions
Warehouse Manager - capacity/progress for kitting activities
.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required
- Knowledge and experience with MRP principals and operation
- Full understanding of both the Repairs Process and Manufacturing Processes
- Knowledge and experience with Oracle.
- Capable of developing mature, pro active, professional and personal relations with all internal customers.
- Capable of understanding specifications, diagrams and engineering drawings.
- Consistently accurate with data capture and presentation.
- Ability to work in a team environment and jointly develop solutions where organisational and personal objectives may conflict
- Proactive "can-do" mentality
- Must have Microsoft Office suite experience
- Basic education attainment in English and Maths .
- Capable of adopting and implementing Continuous Improvement activities.
Challenges
The role is very demanding, often with tight timescales; a flexible work ethic is therefore essential.
The jobholder will be required to work closely with all members of the relevant IPT and internal customers.
He/she will need to be able manage conflicting priorities and make decisions to maximise completion of all tasks to the scheduled date.
#LI-SB1
In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.
At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.
Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.
Great journeys start here, apply now!
Location: Cheadle, GB
Posted Date: 11/26/2024
Contact Information
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