Detail Planner

Job Title\: Production Planner

Location\: Glasgow, Scotstoun – Full time onsite

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Referral Scheme\: £1,000

Grade\: GG08

You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.

We know there may be exceptional individual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.

If you don’t feel you can talk to your line manager, you can contact your HRBP.

PLEASE NOTE\: Should you be invited for interview; you acknowledge that the Recruitment team will contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.

Role Description\:

You will be part of our growing community of Production Planners within the organisation playing a key role in enabling our Manufacturing colleagues to successfully deliver our Customer commitments. You will have support from your Lead Production Planner as well as the wider Production Planning management community to both deliver in the role and to professionally develop. This is an exciting opportunity to work on some of the biggest projects underway within the country and work closely with the product we are delivering.

Core Duties\:

• Translation of the ship design & project build plan into production plan (level 3/level 4) activities, logic, resourcing & budget as well as the embodiment of change, supporting the QLA (Quarterly Lookahead) process and plan

• Assign and maintain BOM (Bill of Materials) Items to appropriate activities in line with build strategy and planning standard procedures, establishing demand for Procured and Manufactured materials

• Responsible for supporting the Project Manager/CAM (Control Account Manager) with weekly targets and performance guidance

• Work with Logistics and the Manufacturing Shops to ensure material is requested for delivery and made available in sufficient time to support planned activities and ensure work is fully enabled

• Ensure all non-material work orders and work orders for additional work are included in the plan (to include agreed quality and safety tasks)

• Provide key support and guidance to the Integrated Delivery Team members through regular engagement and a visible presence as the ship moves through all build phases

Essential Skills\:

• Experience using Windchill (PDM), AVEVA ERM (MPR) and CMPIC (Cable Management) or equivalents

• Manufacturing production experience

• Able to rationalise large volumes of data and articulate issues and consequences

• Experience within engineering/manufacturing industries

Benefits\:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Production Planning and Controls team\:

BAE Systems has a diverse portfolio of programmes and a broad spectrum of roles across multiple Functions. The business will offer you the opportunity to develop you career by supporting you in achieving further qualifications that complement our goals

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive\:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date\: 28th July 2026