Production Controller

Morson are recruiting a Production Controller role for an initial 6 month contract with Marshall Land Systems in Cambridge. The Production Controller will oversee the full production lifecycle from Customer order, Programme Planning, Material supply and Production progress through to Customer delivery whilst ensuring customer expectations are met. The Production Controller will be on site 5 days/week, with a half day on Friday.

The hourly rate is £19.96/hour on a PAYE basis or £27.46/hour on an Umbrella company basis. Responsibilities:
Plan and manage production tasks to protect TAKT including processing of required documentation. Planning ownership of a programme stream and control of its key planning input to the Master Production Schedule. Liaison with other internal programme streams to ensure coordinated planning and ultimately operational plan adherence to deliver on time load and off load. Track, compile & report performance via KPI deck as defined by Production Support Manager Shop order housekeeping to maintain correct MRP demand for Supply Chain activities.

Control production costs whilst maintaining quality standards. Monitor execution of shop orders ensuring offload dates are achieved. Essential Requirements:

Experience of working within a Production Planning / Manufacturing Engineering office. Substantial experience with MRP/ERPs. Analytical thinking and process driven, with strong Excel skillset. Ability to communicate clearly to multiple stakeholders. Able to respond at pace and look to improve process. Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Desirable Requirements : A background in manufacturing in automotive or defence industry. Happy to deal with issues, demand and supplies. Able to work to work orders and lists on closed shop orders. Marshall Land Systems is a Canadian-owned global company with an unrivalled pedigree of British engineering excellence. From its origins in Cambridge, UK, through more than a century of innovation, pioneering advances from the nose of Concorde to the early Hydrogen fuel cell technology that ultimately powered the moon landings, Marshall engineers now continue to innovate specialist vehicles and infrastructure for NATO forces across the world.

From bomb disposal vehicles to deployed shelters, from command and control to CT scanners on the battlefield, Marshall Land Systems protects people in critical situations with the very best in engineering. It employs 600 people with major facilities the UK, Canada, and the Netherlands.