Production Planner Expeditor

Overview

As a Production Planner / Expeditor, you will play a pivotal role at the core of our manufacturing operations, ensuring smooth flow of components and work orders aligned with customer delivery timelines.

This highly visible role is based on the shop floor, requiring collaboration with Production Managers, Cell Leads, operators, and departments such as Purchasing, Stores, Engineering, Quality, and Order Management. You will oversee production progress, pinpoint bottlenecks and material shortages, and take necessary actions to keep high-priority orders on track.

Your role combines production planning and active expediting, providing clear production visibility to the wider business and aiding Manufacturing to meet delivery promises.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in daily and weekly production scheduling based on customer demand and business priorities, monitoring manufacturing work orders and adapting plans as needs evolve.
• Maintain a strong on-floor presence by continually monitoring production orders, conducting status checks, and collaborating directly with production teams to ensure progress.
• Detect and resolve production constraints and delays, prioritize urgent orders, and escalate risks that may impact customer deliveries.
• Coordinate requirements for materials, tools, labor, and machinery, working alongside Purchasing and Stores to manage shortages, inventory levels, and supplier delivery schedules.
• Work closely with Engineering and Quality departments to address drawing updates, technical queries, concessions, priority inspections, and non-conformance issues affecting production.
• Track production and delivery metrics including On-Time Delivery, schedule adherence, lead times, Work In Progress, and overdue orders; maintain accurate ERP/MRP records and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications and Skills

• Prior experience in production planning, expediting, scheduling, or coordinating manufacturing in an engineering or production setting.
• Strong knowledge of shop floor manufacturing processes and ability to effectively engage production teams to grasp priorities and manage delivery risks.
• Proficiency with ERP/MRP systems to administer production orders, material needs, inventory, and production planning data.
• Excellent organizational and prioritization abilities to manage multiple production demands and rapidly adapt to shifting priorities or schedules.
• Analytical mindset and problem-solving skills supported by advanced Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office use.
• A proactive, hands-on attitude paired with a customer-oriented approach; effective communication and influencing abilities. Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing principles, capacity planning, and inventory control is advantageous.

About the Team

Our Gas Services division delivers low-emission power generation through service and decarbonization, integrating gas turbines, steam turbines, generators, and digital service solutions. We focus on modernization, digital innovation, and advanced service offerings to globally enhance reliability, efficiency, and sustainability.

You will collaborate closely with teams across Manufacturing, Production Planning, Purchasing, Stores, Engineering, Quality, and Order Management in a cooperative environment where real-time production status and swift issue response are vital to fulfilling customer commitments.

About Siemens Energy

Siemens Energy is a global leader in energy technology, employing approximately 100,000 individuals in over 90 countries. We develop future energy systems that reliably and sustainably meet increasing global demands.

Our innovations power one-sixth of the world’s electricity generation and propel the energy transition through research, development, and manufacturing.

We are dedicated to creating sustainable, dependable, and affordable energy solutions, driven by a 150-year heritage of innovation and a focus on decarbonization, emerging technologies, and energy transformation.

Diversity and Inclusion

We value inclusion and diversity, welcoming people from over 130 nationalities and diverse backgrounds to foster innovation through varied perspectives. Siemens Energy is committed to nondiscrimination regardless of ethnicity, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability, energizing all parts of society.

Benefits and Rewards

• 26 days annual leave, increasing to 29 days with length of service.
• Access to a flexible benefits portal, including private medical insurance and cycle-to-work schemes.
• An excellent adjustable pension plan.
• Opportunities for career growth and continuous learning.
• Hands-on experience within a dynamic manufacturing environment and exposure to multiple operational areas.