Job Description

Description

The opportunity has arisen to join an industry leader in UK's & Ireland's Building Services sector. Alternative Heat design, develop and deliver a wide range of offsite-prefabricated, innovative, and sustainable building service solutions throughout the UK & Europe.

We specialise in the design, supply, and installation of a wide range of prefabricated energy solutions, typically built in NI and shipped throughout the UK & Europe. We also offer turnkey design, build, and operate solutions for commercial energy centres and large-scale district heating solutions and have experience with successfully procuring and delivering many similar packages to a wide range of public bodies throughout UK & Europe.

Role Overview:

Due to continued growth, we are looking to integrate a Production Planner/Controller to support our growing manufacturing and assembly team in our Scarva 1 or Gilford sites and report back to Banbridge HQ. This post is a permanent contract. It is an amazing opportunity for a candidate that wants to gain experience with a progressive and dynamic company to further their career.

The Production Planner/Controller is responsible for developing a site specific Schedule to align with the Company Master Schedule and roll it out across their site with The Senior Production Manager and to ensure materials are available for any works taking place in this yard .

Job Title | Production Planner/Controller

Location | Scarva 1/Gilford

Hours | Mon - Thurs 8-5, Fri 8-3

Salary | Competitive Depending on Experience

Responsible to | Senior Production Manager

Key Responsibilities

Develop Site Production Schedule from the Master Schedule with the Planner . Analyse Engineering Drawings and create BOMs . Check on materials ordered from the BOM on the material trackers and reaffirm list. Generate picking lists & co-ordinate with stores for timely delivery of materials . Ensure fabrication & assembly drawings are issued to Sub-Contractors and recorded on drawing release schedule & master schedule. Ensure drawings are approved by Contracts in a timely manner and advise Document Control when ready for issue to subcontractor. Provide Daily & Weekly KPI information (details defined for each site), and create reports.. Update Process progress on Field View on a daily basis as back up to site supervisor. Define Site Capacity for each activity- hours available Provide information to enable the development & maintenance of production plans by Planner Attendance at & engagement with daily morning Fabrication & Assembly Meeting Chase shortages from Construction Material Requests (CMRs) Organising transport to & from galvanising sub-contractors in conjunction with others. Attendance at improvement meetings & completion of actions which arise from these. Resolve technical escalations on shopfloor from Site Supervisor. Act as a deputy to the Site Supervisor in his absence. Co-ordinate transfer of painted pipe to assembly area (including organising transport), from both internal paint shop &external sub-contractors, including providing schedule to sub-contractor and managing the adherence to that schedule. Ensure subcontracted material/pipes/frames are received onto Fieldview after inspection by QC Work in conjunction with other Planners/controllers on other sites. Report daily progress into the Master Delivery Schedule

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Essential Criteria:

3 years' experience within a role completing similar duties. Being able to read and understand assembly and schematic drawings. Proficient with the use of IT equipment & systems. Full UK Driving licence.

Desirable Criteria:

Relevant certifications (e.g., NVQ in construction, CSR) are advantageous.

Benefits

Full in-house training and career development opportunities. Competitive pension scheme. Life assurance scheme. Health cash plan. Full access to smart wellbeing platform. Annual flu vaccine Free annual health check during working hours. Annual leave increasing in line with length of service. Lavish Long service awards Generously funded social events organised for all employees throughout the year via our Social and Wellbeing committee. Electric vehicle charging ports Full access to car emergency kit. Anual Christmas raffle Yearly allowance for AH Branded clothing merchandise Secure, free onsite parking Dedicated departmental budget allocated annually for team building events during working hours Free Barista Style Coffee, Hot Chocolate, Tea, and Fruit provided daily. Friendly and supportive working environment in state-of-the-art facilities.

About Alternative Heat

With over 20 years of experience within the Commercial Offsite Fabrication industry, Alternative Heat have established themselves as a market leader in this sector.

Located centrally between Dublin and Belfast our 8.5 acre Head Office and fabrication facilities, which are fully equipped with overhead cranes and 8,000m of workshop floor area, provide an ideal factory construction environment which is reflected in the high quality solutions we offer.



We employ a strong team of design engineers, CAD technicians, contracts managers and skilled trades personnel who utilise their vast industry experience to assist in the design, fabrication and delivery of our bespoke MEP solutions, which we supply throughout the UK, Ireland and Europe.