Manufacturing Planner

Lockheed Martin

Full-time Business Operations Specialists
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Location
Bedford, England, United Kingdom
Posted
July 21, 2026

Job Description

Fixed Term

Manufacturing Planner

Manufacturing

Ampthill - Bedfordshire

About the Role

To develop, maintain, and continuously optimise a robust production planning process that supports manufacturing activities within the Special Projects (SP) business area.

The Manufacturing Planner is responsible for creating and maintaining production plans that provide clear daily and weekly priorities to Production Operations, ensuring Special Projects manufacturing requirements are achieved, particularly for development and prototype hardware programmes.

The role will provide near-term planning visibility (weekly and fortnightly outlooks) to ensure that machine and labour capacity are available to support programme requirements, while also identifying available capacity to support future business opportunities and bid activities.

Working closely with the SP Master Planning Lead, Manufacturing Team Leads, Technicians, M...