Job Title: Assistant Production Scheduler
Location: Bristol, UK - Onsite
Compensation: Competitive salary + benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF 49836

Amplify your impact

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Assistant Production Scheduler at our Ashton House site.

As an international defence company, we support and enhance our customers' defence and security capabilities and critical assets, meeting their requirements of value for money, increased availability, modernisation and flexibility.

Mission Systems

The Assistant Production Scheduler role is based within our Mission Systems business area.

Babcock is a trusted provider of integrated solutions for global defence and security. We have a wide portfolio of best-in-class intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance solutions, communications, and weapons launch and handling solutions across all domains, integrating the best of industry to meet our customers' needs.

The role

The difference our new Assistant Production Scheduler will make

As an Assistant Production Scheduler you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll join a diverse and dynamic team of production, project, engineering and other functional staff working together to deliver exciting cutting edge defence projects to UK and international clients.

Day to day, you'll assist with identifying and resolving overloads, within multiple work centres, and to recommend the best business solutions which minimises the impact on health & safety, utilisation of shop floor space, cost, quality and schedule. You'll also schedule the delivery of high quality engineering products with high complexity and low volume as well as plan for priority, overtime, shift work and WorkCentre efficiencies.

At Babcock, we have a history of helping talent go far. With our track record of innovation, you'll continually develop your knowledge and expertise.

We offer flexible working to give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met. This role is based Onsite at Lincolnshire.

Essential experience

• Relevant experience
• Must have worked with detailed production plans in a professional production engineering environment, preferably for a company producing high quality, high complexity, low volume products.
• Experience of forecasting completion dates for multi-stage complex projects
• Very organised, methodical and excellent problem solving skills.
• You must have SC clearance with the ability to obtain DV clearance

What we offer

Generous benefits including:

• Generous holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays
• Reservist in the armed forces receive 10 days special paid leave
• Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance
• Our Big Benefit Platform allows you to make your money go further, with discounts from over 850 retailers.
• Employee Share Plan
• Professional memberships, personal development training an opportunities
• STEM ambassador training and volunteering opportunities
• Working from home and flexible work patterns
• Employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
• Flexible benefits, including cycle to work scheme, discounts and our Share Ownership Scheme
• Autonomy. Trusted and empowered to be at your best

Babcock International

For over 130 years, we have helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. Change begins with our people and our shared Principles: be curious; be courageous; own and deliver; think: outcomes; collaborate; and be kind. These values not only guide the way we work, but also our efforts to reach net-zero carbon. Yes, our ambitions are big, but together, we can achieve them.

Armed Forces Covenant

We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant . If you are a reservist in the armed forces, we provide up to ten days special paid leave in support of your training commitments.

Application Guidance

All applications should be made online. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 23/03/2023

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