Production Planner - Brisbane

PURPOSE / MANDATE (The 4-6 things about this role that make it unique and justify its existence within the organisation)

• Responsible for the planning of operations to ensure jobs are delivered to schedule and cost.
• Maintain and develop relationships with clients to ensure continued line of communication.
• Effective production scheduling - delivered to schedule and cost
• Effective quality management
• Effective safety management
• Measurement and review (continuous improvement focus).
• Engage and report progress to the Management Team.
• Assisting with quote estimating when and if required.
• Actively support and model the values of the organisation, leading by example.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES * Maintain and develop relationships with clients to ensure continued line of communication throughout the manufacture of their order.

• Effective production scheduling through:

• Scheduling the coming month's to six weeks production.
• Forward planning of production capacity to identify opportunities or potential bottlenecks and to outline manning/overtime, material and sub-contractor requirements, plans and a production schedule to satisfy customer needs. Meeting due dates is a critical part of this planning process.
• Review job status and new jobs weekly to re-organise the schedule to accommodate these changes and modify those requirements, plans and production schedule to satisfy customer needs.
• Liaison with procurement and production management is critical to successfully agreeing and implementing the production schedule and the associated plans.
• Liaising with Procurement for the timely delivery of materials.
• Assisting the Production Manager with workshop layout plans to suit work on hand.
• The undertaking of weekly production meetings and monthly capacity planning meetings with key production staff to plan and review production performance.
• Effective Quality management through:

• Supporting the Quality Management System to drive a constant improvement culture within production.
• Preparation of Job packs, including:

• Creating Jobs in ERP system
• Preparation of ITP's, weld maps, NDT plans
• Printing of IFC drawings
• Communicating specific job requirements to the Workshop.
• Prepare MDR's and Quality documentation to submit to Clients.
• Prepare NCR's and report these at Management Meetings.
• Effective safety management through:

• Supporting the Safety Management System to drive a constant improvement culture within production.
• Participate in Toolbox Meetings.
• Confirmed use of appropriate PPE.
• Participate in improvement programs and Management Meetings.
• Measurement and Review

• Measurement and review of Key Performance Indicators to help drive and improve performance in key areas.
• Effectively engage and report progress to the Management Team.

• Report to and actively participate as a member of the Management Team in constantly improving production.
• Assisting with quote estimations during heavy quote activity.
• Actively support and model the values of the organisation, leading by example.

• Exemplify behavioural standards that support our values.
• Assist other staff to do the same via mentoring and performance management where required.