Production Controller

About the role

As a Production Controller, you'll be responsible for coordinating and scheduling all production activities to ensure efficient, timely, and cost‑effective manufacturing. You'll manage build plans, maintain accurate scheduling data in SAP, coordinate external inspections, and organise outbound logistics to ensure finished units reach customers on time.

• Develop, maintain, and communicate daily and weekly production plans in line with demand and capacity.
• Schedule and monitor build activities to support on‑time delivery of generator units.
• Update and maintain production dates and work orders in SAP, ensuring data accuracy at all times.
• Coordinate external inspection dates with third‑party inspectors and internal teams.
• Arrange outbound logistics for finished goods, ensuring timely and efficient dispatch.
• Work closely with materials planning, procurement, operations, and engineering to resolve schedule‑impacting issues.
• Track production progress, adjust plans as required, and communicate changes to stakeholders.
• Analyse production performance and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

• You can develop, maintain, and communicate daily and weekly production plans in line with demand and capacity.
• You can schedule and monitor build activities to support on‑time delivery of generator units.
• You can update and maintain production dates and work orders in SAP, ensuring data accuracy at all times.
• You can coordinate external inspection dates with third‑party inspectors and internal teams.
• You can arrange outbound logistics for finished goods, ensuring timely and efficient dispatch.
• You work closely with materials planning, procurement, operations, and engineering to resolve schedule‑impacting issues.
• You can tack production progress, adjust plans as required, and communicate changes to stakeholders.
• You can analyse production performance and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

This is your chance to join a company that values expertise not only in rewards but also in real employee care. At JCB you don’t just get a competitive salary, 33 days’ holiday and access to our company pension—you can also use our onsite gym, in‑house doctor and dentist. We have an ULEV car scheme available for our employees too. Then there’s the JCB Rewards Hub, which gives you discounts with high street retailers.

Feel like biking to work? There’s our Cycle to Work Scheme.

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