Production Planner

Job Title: Production Planner Company: Cambridge Aerospace Job Category: SAP PP Roles & Responsibilities: As a Production Planner at Cambridge Aerospace, you will play a critical role in ensuring manufacturing activities are executed in line with programme priorities and delivery commitments. You will work in a fast growing, defence environment, taking ownership of production schedules, material readiness, capacity planning, and manufacturing delivery performance. Key Responsibilities * Own and maintain production schedules across manufacturing and R\&D, ensuring alignment to programme and delivery requirements. * Develop and maintain capacity plans, identifying bottlenecks, resource constraints, and delivery risks before they impact programme milestones. * Support new products, development builds, and engineering programmes. * Monitor manufacturing progress against plan, proactively escalating issues and driving recovery actions where required. * Facilitate effective communication between Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, and Programme teams. * Support the implementation and optimisation of MRP/ERP processes, maintaining high levels of data accuracy and integrity. * Track and communicate key production targets, providing clear reporting and recommendations to operational teams. * Work closely with Engineering, Procurement, and Supply Chain teams to manage engineering changes and Bills of Materials, ensuring production requirements are met and that the required materials are available. * Experience within aerospace, defence, motorsport, automotive, or other high\-precision manufacturing environments. * Experience supporting NPI, development programmes, or engineering\-led manufacturing operations. * Knowledge of capacity modelling, production forecasting, and manufacturing performance analysis. Work Location: Cambridge, England, UK Availability: Full time

Requirements * Experience in a manufacturing environment across production planning or control, operations, scheduling, or supply chain planning. * Experience in production scheduling, manufacturing workflows, and capacity planning principles. * Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems for production requirements, material planning, and operational delivery. * Ability to interpret engineering and manufacturing data, including Bills of Materials and engineering changes. Preferred Qualifications / Experience * Competitive compensation and stock options * Private Medical \& Dental * Cycle to work scheme * Lunchtime catering on site Key Skills: Production Planning, MRP, Capacity Planning Salary: Not disclosed