Shop Floor Scheduler
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Job Location:
Isle of Wight - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
22-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.
GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry were inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. Were proud to play a part in protecting the worlds democracies. And were committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the worlds aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of 3.35 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.
Job Summary
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: FRIDAY 31ST OCTOBER 2025
An excellent opportunity has arisen in our thriving East Cowes facilities for an experienced Shop Floor Scheduler.
Reporting into one of our Operations Group Leaders youll join the supply chain team overseeing the scheduling activities across the production area. This includes the management of visual systems to communicate/monitor the sequence of production orders ensuring the availability of resources (tooling raw material etc.) creating and maintaining the optimal production sequence.
Job Responsibilities
Main responsibilities will include:
- Monitoring the manufacturing output/performance daily against the schedule; challenging and understanding whenever performance differs from standard.
- Monitoring Stock cover daily in order to avoid Stock outs as well as overstocks by adjusting the performance sequence if possible or raising the issue with the Master Scheduler.
- Maximising shared manufacturing resource output/utilisation while ensuring full coherence with MPS product mix volumes and required availability dates.
- Proactively communicate/escalate to the Master Scheduler / Area management any potential production execution issues/constraints to trigger preventive actions against potential supply failure.
- Weekly track challenge and report Schedule Adherence with reasons for nonconformity to Production Area Management and Master Schedule
Job Qualifications
Suitable candidates will be able to demonstrate:
Essential:
- Good standard of secondary education to include GCSE (or equivalent) grade C/level 4 or above in Maths
- Similar experience gained in a manufacturing environment including proficiencyin Daily Scheduling & CompletionForecasting & Demand Planning SIOP / MPS / MRP Master Data Management Inventory Management Internal Flow & Warehousing etc.
- Strong Excel skills
Desirable:
- Material Requirement Planning knowledge within an ERP based business
- Experience within the Aerospace industry
- Understanding of Health and safety quality traceability and lean principles within a production environment
- Advanced Excel skills
Well offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry who knows how far you can go
A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles weve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. Its a culture that won us The Best Workplace Culture Award. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.
Were also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.
We arethe place where human dreams plus humanendeavour shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.
Key Skills
- Employee Orientation
- Operational Risk Management
- Primavera
- Computer Skills
- Primavera P6
- Medical office experience
- Medical Terminology
- Schedule Management
- Production Planning
- Microsoft Project
- Medical Scheduling
- Phone Etiquette
About Company
GKN Aerospace is a global engineering group that make essential components for industries that touch lives across the globe
