Production Planning Engineer

Production Planning Engineer

Tiverton, Devon, EX16

£27,000 - £28,000 per annum

Hours Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm – working 35hrs per week

Hybrid working available after probation

Hawk 3 Talent Solutions are recruiting for someone with knowledge and experience of Engineering Drawings to work as a Production Planning Engineer for a forward-thinking company based in Tiverton, Devon.

The Role

To plan and schedule jobs aligned to customer orders and quotations.  Provide delivery and lead time information.  Ensuring plans meet the requirements of the customer and are planned without errors. 

What you will be doing

• Planning of systems/products onto machine centres for production. 
• Identifying correct routes of manufacture and creating stock codes, including structure and routings, machining times etc, to fulfil sales order requirements.
• Creation of engineering drawings to assist manufacture when the need arises.
• Identifying tooling to be purchased for manufacture.
• Liaising with the Sales Team and other internal departments to progress jobs, resolve queries or provide updates on lead times. 

What experience will you need

• Previous experience working in a planning office would be beneficial, although full training would be given to the right candidate.
• The ability to read, understand and interpret engineering drawings is a must. 
• Could suit an apprentice or ‘hands on’ engineer who understands methods of manufacture and CAD.
• Experience in the use of AutoCAD/DraftSight/SolidWorks to design or annotate drawings.
• Microsoft Office, Outlook, Syspro/ERP systems.
• Good attention to detail.
• Ability to understand Engineering drawings and processes.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Good time management skills

If you would like to apply for the role of Production Planning Engineer, then please email your CV to (url removed)  or call Deb on (phone number removed)

Closing date is 11.5.2025 Please note this could change subject to suitable applications.

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Hawk 3 Talent Solutions are committed to the selection, recruitment and development of the best people, basing judgements solely on suitability for the job. Whilst we endeavour to respond to all applications individually, due to high volumes, this is not always possible. Thank you for your interest in this role and we look forward to working with you in the future