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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 Production Planner, you will play a key role in translating ship design information and project build plans into detailed production plans that support the successful delivery of our world-class naval programmes. Working closely with Production, Supply Chain, Engineering and Integrated Delivery Teams, you will ensure materials, resources and activities are planned effectively, enabling manufacturing teams to deliver against customer commitments safely, efficiently and on schedule.\nCore Duties:\nTranslate ship design and project build plans into detailed production activities, logicsequences, resource requirements and budgets, supporting the rolling wave planning process.\nAssign and maintain Bill of Materials (BOM) items against appropriate activities, ensuring demand for procured and manufactured materials is accurately established\nSupport Project Managers and ControlAccount Managers (CAMs) with weekly targets, performance tracking and planning guidance.\nWork with Logistics and Manufacturing teams to ensure materials are delivered and available in line with production schedules.\nEnsure all non-material work orders, additional work activities, quality requirements and safety tasks are incorporated into production plans.\nProvide planning support, guidance and regular engagement with Integrated Delivery Teams throughout all phases of vessel construction.\nEssential Skills:\nExperience using Product Data Management(PDM), Material Requirements Planning (MRP) or similar planning systems\nManufacturing or production planning experience within an engineering or industrial environment.\nAbility to analyseand rationalise large volumes of data, identifying issues, risks and impacts.\nExperience working within engineering, shipbuilding, manufacturing or production environments.\nStrongcommunication, stakeholder managementand problem-solving abilities\nProactiveapproach with the ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams and functions.\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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