Job summary

One of our leading aerospace clients based in Southampton is currently looking for a WIP Coordinator. If you would be interested in this position, please see further details below.

Key skills required for this role

WIP Coordinator

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WIP Coordinator

Job description

Role Summary

The WIP (Work In Progress) Coordinator role supports the shop floor to achieve the production plan for the area, providing support regarding enablement and resource alignment and to coordinate the short-term production schedule. The WIP coordinator is responsible to ensure adherence to the production plan, giving visibility and raising the problems that may occur in the shop floor with the management team, helping to find solutions and avoiding impacts in the plan. In certain production areas their responsibility will extend to the preparation of a workstation in order to ensure relevant materials required to manufacture, e.g. consumables and bulk issue items, are in place and ready for use by the operators. The role reports to the Flow Leader for the respective production area and will closely collaborate with the production team, production control team and support functions.

Role Specific

Will include but is not limited to:

• Understand the short-term production plan and related priorities
• Understanding and updating the LOB (Line of Balance) and tactically managing the ensuing priorities
• Update schedules and work-to boards daily / weekly (as appropriate for designated work centre)
• Update of daily and weekly reports, combining data from different reports and update the KPIs for the designated Work Centre
• Drive the progress of critical WIP
• Monitor and resolve WIP dwelling
• Liaise with relevant function, e.g. stores, to ensure availability of kits and materials
• Enable workstations with materials required for manufacture, where applicable
• Complete regular WOBS (Work Order Booking System) audits
• Reconciling physical and electronic WIP
• Correcting WOBS locations as required
• Interrogations of shopfloor systems, e.g. MES (Manufacturing Execution System)
• Review and assure that the right inputs are being loaded into the system for the plan execution, adjusting the variables if required
• Work with Production and movement control team to facilitate part movement within area or between work centres, including expedite of associated paperwork
• Ensure daily Standard Work Schedule is completed
• Attend meetings to represent the area production team to share latest WIP progress or escalations and update status of starts and finishes into SQCDPE boards (as required)

This role includes physical activity. Therefore, you must be capable of undertaking activities with appropriate assistance, if required.

Candidate Requirements

• Good problem-solving skills & being able to perform effectively in pressurised situations
• Basic IT knowledge
• Basic Competence in MS Excel and willing to learn/develop to intermediate/advanced user
• Able to engage and communicate at all levels within the business
• A motivated and enthusiastic individual with excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills
• Can work in a fast-paced environment and having experience of, or exposure to, a similar production environment would be beneficial
• Experience or knowledge of MRP systems would also be a benefit but not essential.

Please see the shifts available below

Nights
Salary: £33,996 (inclusive of shift uplift - £27,197 base salary + 25% shift uplift)
Hours: 22:30-06:00 (Mon-Thu) / 18:00-01:30 (Fri)