Job Description
Production Expeditor, East Kilbride, 28,000 – 30,000 DOE + Overtime + Bonus
We’re recruiting for a Production Expeditor to join a fast-paced manufacturing team in East Kilbride. This role is ideal for someone with experience in production planning, coordination, or scheduling – someone who can keep jobs moving, deadlines met, and teams aligned.
As Expeditor, you’ll take ownership of short-term scheduling: planning ahead, issuing work orders, managing production flow, and ensuring any disruptions are resolved quickly and efficiently.
What you’ll be doing:
- Distributing work orders across departments to meet production targets
- Prioritising urgent orders and managing changes to the schedule when needed
- Consolidating jobs where possible to improve workflow and reduce delays
- Planning print runs 2-4 weeks in advance to keep ahead of production deadlines
- Handling issues on the shop floor including scrap, rework, and quarantined parts
- Acting as the central point of contact for all production-related queries
- Supporting communication between teams and ensuring everyone is aligned
- Using internal systems and Excel to manage, update, and report on live jobs
What we’re looking for:
- Experience in production planning, coordination, or expediting
- Strong organisational and communication skills
- A proactive approach to problem-solving and process improvement
- Confidence working across departments including the shop floor
- Comfortable using planning systems and Excel for reporting
- Able to stay calm and focused in a fast-paced environment
What you can expect:
- 28,000 – 30,000 depending on experience
- 4 day working week – Monday to Thursday, 37.5 hours
- Overtime available
- Company bonus paid twice a year
- Company pension scheme
- Death in service benefit
If you’re organised, proactive, and confident coordinating fast-moving production environments, this could be the ideal job for you. Apply now!
Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.
