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As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future for all of us.\nFrom the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.\nJob Description:\nAs a LeadProduction Planner, you will leadoperational planning activities to optimise facilities, resources and materials, ensuring delivery against man-hour, cost and programme targets. You will oversee work package management, scheduling, work-in-progress controland Quarterly Lookahead planning, while driving efficient resource utilisation and mitigating delays. 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You will also championSHEcompliance, quality standards and continuous improvement, acting on behalf of the line manageras required.\nCore Duties:\nResponsible for the efficient Operations Planning which optimises facilities, resources and materials to achieve manhour and cost targets\nManageand maintain work packages for Manufacture / Installation\nManageplanning aspects of the Quarterly Lookahead (QLA) process and, ensuring that all firm demand is met\nMonitor and controlof all work in progress using standard reports\nMaximise use of Operation facilities / resources through effective scheduling\nMaintain an agile approach to problems / issues so that expensive cost and delays are minimised\nEssential Skills:\nExperience using Product Data Management(PDM), Manufacturing Process Routing (MPR), Cable Managementsystems, or equivalent engineering/manufacturing tools.\nDemonstrable experience within a manufacturing or production environment, supporting the delivery of complexprogrammes or projects.\nAbility to analyseand interpret large volumes of technical data, identify issues, and clearly communicate impacts, risks, and potential solutions.\nExperience working within engineering, shipbuilding, aerospace, defence, or other highly regulated manufacturing industries.\nStrongorganisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to managecompeting priorities and deliver accurate outputs to agreed timescales.\nThe Production Planning Team:\nThe Production Planning team plays a vital role in enabling successful programme delivery across some of the most complexand high-profile shipbuilding projects in the UK. 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