Manufacturing Controller

Location Bolton
Job Type Contract
Salary £15.50 - £16.55 per hour + up to £20.46 - £21.84/hourly Umbrella rate
Reference 2816098_1668444371
Duration 0-12 months

The UK's trusted Ministry of Defence partner, MBDA, are looking for a skilled Manufacturing Controller to load, control and monitor work packages in a manufacturing environment at the site in Bolton.

What you'll get to do as a Manufacturing Controller:

  • Experienced in Manufacturing control and with an Enterprise Planning System, e.g., SAP. Knowledge of Kanban and two bin systems desirable.
  • Issue, receipt and management of stores and inventory in a store's environment.
  • Stock control/storekeeping, including shelf-life control.
  • Load the manufacturing cells with the requisite jobs according to planned lead and cycle times to comply with manufacturing programmes and delivery schedules.
  • Packing includes the use of hand tools.
  • Receiving and issuing tooling
  • Updating computer records
  • Kitting activity
  • Loading and unloading of Lorries

What we're looking for:

  • Experience in a store's environment or manufacturing control
  • Ability to follow instructions
  • Willing to work flexible shift patterns
  • Attention to detail
  • Work on own with minimal supervision
  • Use own initiative
  • Manual handling training.
  • Lifting & Slinging training (Including overhead cranes).
  • ESD training

Desirable skills:

  • PC skills, including EXCEL.
  • Forklift truck licence & medical
  • Knowledge of Kanban and two bin systems.
  • Experience with an Enterprise Planning System, e.g., SAP.
  • *FLT licence required
  • *Stores/lineside experience only (warehousing irrelevant)
  • You must be a UK national or citizen to be eligible for the role.

More about the role:

MBDA's relationship with the UK military spans back over 70 years. They have delivered countless landmarks in defence engineering, supplying vital defence capability to meet the needs of the armed forces over land, sea, and air.

This role is based in Bolton, one of MBDA's newest cutting-edge facilities, which also offers showers and bike racks. The Bolton site is considered one of the North West's leading manufacturing capabilities for the next 25 years and beyond. Training and development are offered to all employees.

Guidant Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.