Production Scheduler

Location York
Discipline: Supply Chain & Procurement
Salary: £32,000 - £38,000
Job ref: 010222
Published: 7 days ago

Role: Production Scheduler  

Salary: £32,000 - £38,000  

Location: York, YO32 9PT

Contract Type: Permanent  

We have a new opportunity for an experienced Production Scheduler to join our Supply Chain Team and help us achieve our exciting growth plans at Portakabin!

We are looking for a resilient, innovative, and positive-minded individual who will be proactive in driving continuous improvement in our production department. You will use your change management experience to drive new processes and support teams in adapting to new ways of working while ensuring alignment with our overall strategy.

As our next Production Scheduler, you will provide lean, capacity-managed production programmes supporting customer demand to deliver their requirements on time. You will be responsible for liaising daily with the manufacturing team to eliminate bottlenecks and assembly issues and ensure that production schedules are understood, realistic, and achieved. A key element of the role will be participating in lean initiatives to improve production schedule processes & systems; and partnering with internal stakeholders to define clear roles and responsibilities.

For a full list of responsibilities, please view our role profile here.

As a Production Scheduler, you will be required to have:

  • Experience within a supply chain, MRP or production planning role
  • Maths A Level or Equivalent
  • IT Skills - Excel, PowerPoint, ERP Systems
  • Ability to develop collaborative relationships 

Even if you do not match all our ‘ideal’ criteria we would still be very keen to receive your CV as we love developing our people and may feel that you could be developed into this role.

Why Portakabin?

As innovators in the science of building, we provide modular buildings for hire and sale, as well as supplying refurbished buildings and construction site accommodation. We deliver building solutions for organisations of any size, in sectors ranging from manufacturing, education and health to transport, utilities and construction.

Portakabin now employs more than 2,000 people across ten European countries. 

You will receive:

  • Option to buy 5 additional days of annual leave 
  • Working flexibly principles. 
  • Contributory pension
  • Annual bonus
  • Cycle to Work Scheme 

As a Portakabin Employee, you will also be able to access a range of dedicated health and wellbeing services, a chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day off, and fully funded professional qualifications! There is also a great opportunity for career progression within Portakabin.

What’s next? 

We aim to respond to all applications within 7 working days. We are conducting interviews during, or before, the week commencing 1st November 2024 Initial interviews for this role will be virtual, with final interviews held in person at our office in York.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Portakabin is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives and hire great people to build talented and diverse teams.

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the application, recruitment, and onboarding processes for candidates that require additional support and/or adjustments to be made. If you are having any difficulty applying, please contact our recruitment team on resourcing@portakabin.com