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Production Controller

Job Posted: 14 days ago

Salary: £ 32,000 - 35,500 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire

Expire in: 13 days

Job Description

Production Controller opportunity with a large, fast-paced engineering manufacturer. You'll coordinate materials and production planning across multiple departments, ensuring work orders and components flow smoothly from supplier through to customer delivery.

Working Hours
Mon - Thurs 07:30 to 17:00 & Fri 07:30 to 11:30

Key Responsibilities

Plan and sequence orders, issue job cards, and support delivery to required dates.

Maintain accurate, real-time updates within the MRP system, reflecting job status and progress.

Monitor, report on and expedite production plans and material schedules across customer order books.

Manage materials and components end-to-end (suppliers, production, subcontractors and customer delivery), including customer-issued material.

Liaise closely with Machine Shop / Sheet Metal / Treatments Supervisors and the Production Control Supervisor to load work effectively and keep jobs moving.

Attend daily stand-ups and cross-site meetings to review progress, resolve issues and manage priorities.

Produce detailed day plans and reports, presenting updates in S&OP and leadership meetings.

Identify bottlenecks, support continuous improvement, and help maintain strong OTD performance and monthly sales targets.

Required Skills & Experience
Essential

Strong organisation skills and ability to juggle changing priorities

Good Excel skills (reporting, schedules, data handling)

Confident communicator with internal teams, customers and suppliers

Numerate and comfortable producing reports and plans

Desirable

Production Control experience in engineering/manufacturing

Exposure to AS9100 / quality-controlled environments

Machine Shop / Sheet Metal experience

What We Offer

Permanent role; salary dependent on experience.

Application/Eligibility
You must have current UK right to work to be considered. HRGO are a recruitment agency supporting British Manufacturing and aim to respond to all applications

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