Planner

Location: York, YOR, GB

Work Arrangement: Onsite

About Us

Connecting and Protecting People, Microwave Products Group (MPG) is a leading global provider of mission-critical engineered electronic components and subsystems comprised of four business units in five manufacturing locations. Our brand names are recognized globally including: BSC Filters, York, UK; Dow-Key Microwave, Ventura, CA; K&L Microwave, Salisbury, Maryland and Dominican Republic; and Pole/Zero, West Chester, OH.

Our expertise is in the design and manufacture of communications-based specialty products – engineered components and subsystems – for demanding military, space, commercial aerospace/industrial, and telecom infrastructure applications where function and reliability are crucial.

BSC FILTERS: WHO WE ARE

BSC specializes in the global design and manufacture of custom RF and Microwave Solutions. Utilizing core and advanced filter technologies as well as their integration in higher level sub-assemblies for the latest RF and microwave products to connect and protect people in defense and aerospace.

If you are detail-oriented with a passion for optimizing planning and output, love problem-solving, and have outstanding communication skills, then our PLANNER opportunity should be your next career move.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Operations Director and working alongside our Planning Supervisor, you’ll be responsible for coordinating and planning our production schedules, working across the production team with our Cell Leads, Purchasing, Quality, Machine Shop, Stores, and Logistics, as well as more widely with Sales and Finance.

You will also bring your experience and knowledge to:

• Analyze, identify, and propose solutions to risks and issues.
• Monitor plans considering wins, issues, and improvements.
• Complete agreed analysis and reporting requirements.
• Support the implementation and maintenance of our new ERP system.

Qualifications

To be successful, you’ll have experience in the following:

• Working in a planning/scheduling role to meet the job description responsibilities.
• Finding, analyzing, and updating multiple data sources across multiple departments.
• Using data to update plans, prepare reports, and contribute to presentations and meetings.
• Responding effectively to change and finding workable resolutions to challenges.
• Seeking clarification of customer needs: internal and external – application, specification, and timescale.

Work Arrangement: Onsite

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other factors prohibited by law.

Job Function: Manufacturing & Operations