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Production Controller

Posted 3 days ago

  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
  • Permanent
  • £30,000 to £35,000 /Yr
  • Sponsored
  • Expires In 25 days
Rewards and Benefits on Offer;

* Option to work a 4 or 5 day week

* Competitive pension contribution

* Dayshift hours

* Opportunity to gain experience across all aspects of the business to develop your skills

* Natural progression into the engineering side of the business within 12-18 months

* Working with various prestigious blue-chip customers on a daily basis

Working Hours:

* 39 hours, Mon – Thurs

* 7am – 5:15pm

MTrec’s New Opportunity;

MTrec Technical are proudly representing our prestigious manufacturing client based just outside Newcastle, with their plans for growth and expansion, by recruiting a permanent Production Controller to join their team. You will be joining a rapidly growing, dynamic company, with an excellent team-based culture and fantastic opportunities to progress your career.

If you have a background in production planning/control, ideally with an engineering background, please apply now for an immediate response.

The Job You’ll Do;

* Planning, organising and controlling activities of production through the Production Supervisors.

* Responsible for production plan preparation based on forecasts, stock positions and orders.

* Ensures compliance with specification, company policies and procedures, rules and regulations including welfare, H&S, quality (ISO 9001) and environment (ISO 1400)1.

* Resource management within the production area including reporting on performance and attendance of the resource to the General Manager.

* Maintaining profitable and efficient throughput of production items in accordance with specifications (including packaging and transport).

* Liaising with the quality department, the General Manager and Project and Tooling Manager (as necessary).

* Any additional duties that the General Manager deems appropriate to the job role and to assist the business.

* Assisting the General Manager with forecasting and production planning discussing any present or future business volume, including adjustments of shipping commitments due to production constraints.

* Reviewing and approving monthly production schedule for the month execution of production plan.

* Providing accurate daily reports on produced items, rejects and scrap.

* Liaising with the Procurement and Production Co-ordinator to ensure that records are accurate and up to date daily.

* Identifying manpower forecasts, then allocating workload per employee with Supervisors to satisfy customer needs and to meet delivery schedules.

* Reacting to poor performance and lack of productivity either through human resource or machinery / equipment.

* Implementing and monitoring the preventive maintenance plan for equipment in line with production levels and forecasting.

* Reviewing and assisting in any disciplinary action, leave application, overtime work, employee and Supervisor reporting, ISO documents and other matters related to employee's compensation.

About You;

* Mechanical Engineering qualifications/background would be highly desirable (Apprenticeship, NVQ, HNC, HND, Degree).

* Experience within a Production planning, control, process or engineering role

* Ability to use Microsoft Office package (Outlook, Word and Excel).

* Confident and professional being the 1st point of contact for customers.

* Good organisational and communication skills at all levels.

* Ability to work in a changing and flexible organisation, adapting quickly to change where necessary.

* Absolute attention to detail