Production Planner

Join ICOMAT – Revolutionising the Future of Lightweight Manufacturing!

iCOMAT is an advanced manufacturing company that invented Rapid Tow Shearing (RTS) - the only proven technology for producing defect‑free curved‑fiber composite parts at industrial scale. We deliver the lightest structures possible for aerospace, automotive, defense, and space, at a rate and cost efficiency that far exceeds existing composite production processes.

We build and operate automated factories for composite materials, delivering components to Tier 1 suppliers and OEMs. The business has three main divisions: development of automated production machines, development of software design and production tools, and operation of the factory. We work with 25+ customers and completed the largest ever Series A in composites manufacturing to fuel a significant scale‑up, with growth plans that will see the business multiply in size over the next two to three years and expand operations into the UK, Europe and the US.

The business has currently more than 130,000 sqm of production capacity with manufacturing facilities in the UK (Gloucester and Swindon) and the US (Dayton, Ohio); a Hardware R&D Centre in Bristol, UK; and a Software R&D Centre in Athens, Greece.

As Production Planner and Logistics Coordinator you own the plan, and the physical flow of material behind it, across Gloucester and Swindon. What are we making, when are we making it, and do we have the capacity and the stock to do it. You answer those three questions for the business every week, from the system rather than from memory.

This role is one half of a pair. You tell the Buyer what is needed and when. They secure it. You schedule it, release it to the floor, and follow it through stores, production and dispatch until it is on a truck and invoiced. The split is deliberate. At our scale planning and buying are each a full time job, and neither gets the attention it deserves when one person does both.

The line between the two roles is simple. The Buyer owns the supplier: selection, price, terms, contract and performance. You own the schedule and the movement, internally and externally, including materials and subcontract processes. They agree the deal, you call it off.

Be clear about what you are walking into. We have an MRP system that is not yet doing the work it should. Routings are not broken down far enough, work centre data is incomplete, and we find out about a capacity constraint when we are already inside it. Your first job is to make SYSPRO tell the truth. Your second is to run two factories from it.

If that sounds like the part of the job you would enjoy most, this is the right role for you.

What will you be doing?

• Enter customer sales orders, confirm that capacity and material support the promised delivery date, and raise it internally early with alternatives when they do not.
• Own the master production schedule for Gloucester and Swindon, sequencing work to make the best use of equipment, labour and tooling.
• Generate manufacturing works orders from MRP and make sure the optimal production method and routing is used when raising them.
• Issue the daily and weekly Work to List to Production at each site, then follow up on adherence rather than filing it.
• Load work centre capacity in MRP so constraints are visible weeks ahead. Flag where we need more capacity and where we have spare to fill.
• Run the MRP regeneration on a fixed cycle and action what it tells you.
• Plan around planned absence, shutdowns and maintenance windows rather than discovering them.

• Own the accuracy of the planning data in SYSPRO: routings, work centres, run and elapsed times, lead times, bills of material and stocking levels.
• Work…