Job Title
CNC Production Planner
Location
Outskirts of Tewkesbury, commutable from Gloucester, Cheltenham, Tewkesbury, Worcester and surrounding areas.
Salary
Circa £42,000 based on capabilities and experience.
Benefits
Generous pension contributions, life insurance policy of 2× your annual salary at no cost to you, Christmas shutdown, generous holiday entitlement plus all bank holidays, long service awards offering combinations of bonus and extra days holidays, uniform and PPE all at no cost to you, free tea and coffee, free on-site parking, modern facilities and a great deal more.
Contract Type
Permanent
Role & Responsibilities
* Using specialist planning software to produce loading plans for CNC lathes and mills alongside manual operations (deburr, inspection, packing, dispatch)
* Monitoring workload against machine shop capacity
* Monitoring production output against the plan, flagging items for prioritisation
* Monitoring ‘delivery to customer’ performance, measured against planned customer schedules
* Reporting production levels to senior management team
* Checking stock for material availability
* Creating purchase orders on stock control system and generating correct paperwork
* Creating requisition orders for subcontractors to complete outsourced operations
* Attending production meetings to report current and planned figures
* Producing daily, weekly and monthly reports
* Daily use of the company's MRP system
Skills & Experience Needed
* Experience of working as a Production Planner in a CNC Machine Shop environment
* Strong organisational skills, able to establish priorities, whilst managing multiple tasks
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Capable of producing and interpreting reports
* Confident using Microsoft Excel, Word
* Experience of working with planning software (ERP/MRP); brand is not important
Benefits (Additional)
* Specialist planning software to support plan creation
* All the tools and equipment available so you can do your best work
* Permanent job from day one
* Long‑term job security
* Real long‑term career prospects where development is encouraged
* Great earnings potential
* Pay review every year
* Lunchtime finish every Friday
* Well‑maintained equipment in very clean, tidy, bright and modern premises
* Overtime available
* Generous holiday allowance which increases with length of service
* All bank holidays off
* High‑value pension contributions from the company
* Life insurance policy 2× your annual salary at no cost to you
* Christmas shutdown
* Christmas bonus
* Free on-site parking
* Canteen facilities are clean, modern and well‑kept with everything you need
* … and more!
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