Production Planning and Control Placement
Start date: 20 July 2026
Location: Stevenage
Duration: 12 months
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Benefits:
Salary: £23,850 37 hours per week // Flexible working hours // Hybrid working // Half day Fridays! // 25 days holiday plus bank holidays *subject to completing full hours prior to this
About us:
Join the Production Planning and Control department, where we have a helicopter view of operations and end-to-end visibility across Airbus Space Systems Production in the UK. Based in Stevenage, we are responsible for planning, scheduling, and controlling the Assembly, Integration, and Test (AIT) of spacecraft payloads. Our mission is to maintain optimised production plans and schedules to drive On-Quality, On-Time, and On-Cost deliveries, all while ensuring full end-to-end control and traceability of purchased materials.
Our team thrives on dealing with uncertainty and complex problems on a daily basis. We continuously challenge ourselves and others to improve, proactively managing risk and opportunity to enhance our performance and deliver for our customers.
What you will be doing:
During this placement in Production Planning and Control, the activities you may undertake include:
* Create, maintain and optimise the production schedule (using Oracle Primavera P6) according to our industrial capacity and capabilities;
* Create or load demand in Material Requirements/Resource Planning (MRP I and MRP II) software (SAP P11) ensuring accurate material cost allocations;
* Identify, manage and control material risks and shortages for your allocated project or product;
* Confirm suitable supplier quotations (lead time and cost) and release purchase requisitions in accordance with the project schedule requirements;
* Manage work orders (release, expedite and closure) for internal make parts or assemblies, providing authorisation to AIT operations and ensuring full traceability of materials throughout the project or product lifecycle;
* Raise Delivery Request Notes (DRN), coordinating inputs from internal stakeholders to ensure deliveries and completed and fulfilled on time while satisfying the applicable export, compliance and customs controls;
* Analyse the status of production (progress, impacts, blockers and issues) and iterate the production plan;
* Prepare and participate or lead the Weekly Master Production meetings involving all the stakeholders;
* Build, update and analyse KPIs measuring production plan execution and deliveries with a view to defining improvement plans and associated actions.
Requirements:
* Our placements are open to Undergraduates only.
* Therefore it is mandatory for candidates to be an undergraduate for the whole duration of the placement. Please inform your graduation date on your application.
* Your application should include a CV along with a Cover Letter outlining your motivation and suitability for the role.
* Successful candidates will typically be able to demonstrate the following:
* Studying towards a degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics), Supply Chain Management, Operations Management or Business Management;
* Good organizational skills (time management, planning, prioritisation, etc.);
* IT and numerical skills;
* Good communication with stakeholders from different levels and the ability to influence;
* Problem solving skills;
* Team working.
SECURITY CLEARANCE:
You will be subject to a BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) check. You may also need to gain UK SC-level Security Clearance or Export Control, depending on the role.
Contact
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