Production Planner

Who will you be working with?
We are seeking an experienced Production Planner to join our team at Wabtec Rail Limited based in Burton on Trent we support our customers through maintenance and operation optimisation with customised solutions for spare parts, repair, and overhaul activities on existing trains.
Role: Production Planner
Salary: £Competitive
Location: Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, (DE13 8EN) – (Onsite)
Hours: Monday to Thursday 08:00 to 16:30pm and Friday 08:00am to 13:00pm, 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time
How will you make a difference?
The Production Planner plays a key role in ensuring the efficient delivery of production activities by coordinating schedules, balancing capacity and demand, and maintaining on-time delivery performance while controlling costs and minimising operational disruption.
What will your typical day look like?
Develop, manage, and optimise production schedules to meet customer requirements.
Ensure materials, equipment, and workforce are available for production activities.
Monitor production progress and adjust schedules to address delays or issues.
Provide timely and accurate reporting to support the Planning Manager.
Collaborate with procurement and inventory teams to maintain adequate stock levels.
Communicate effectively with production, warehouse, and sales teams.
Analyse production data and trends to improve efficiency and productivity.
Conduct variance analysis to identify discrepancies between planned and actual production and implement corrective actions.
Implement continuous improvement initiatives to optimise processes.
Support new bids and Industrialisation process as required.
What do we want to know about you?
Proven experience in production planning, preferably in an engineering or manufacturing environment.
Strong understanding of production processes and supply chain management.
Experience with ERP systems.
Proficiency in production planning software and tools.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
If you don’t have all the above criteria don’t worry, we would still like to hear from you as we live our values and always put people first and strive to expand what is possible.
Apply today!
Legal authorisation to work in the UK is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
*Please note that we do not accept agency candidate submissions without a formalised agreement with Wabtec Talent Acquisition. If you are an agency/third party Recruiter and have not been
engaged by Wabtec for this search, we do not owe you a fee if you submit a candidate to the applicant tracking system that is ultimately hired.
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Employment type
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