About the Role At FLSmidth, we are passionate about improving productivity, sustainability, and performance across the mining industry. As we continue to grow our East Coast operations, we are looking for an experienced and highly organised Operations Planner to join our team in Beresfield. This is a hands‑on role focused on coordinating repairs, service exchange programs, and production planning activities to ensure customer commitments, operational efficiency, and service standards are consistently achieved.

Reporting into the Operations team, you will play a critical role in planning and coordinating repair and manufacturing workflows while supporting customer service, inventory management, and operational administration activities. You will work closely with internal stakeholders, workshop teams, supply chain, and customers to ensure smooth execution of repair jobs, production schedules, and material planning activities.

Key Responsibilities - Coordinate production and repair schedules to meet customer and operational requirements.

- Manage repair customer RFQs, quotes, change orders, and job progress from start to finish.
- Monitor MRP actions, inventory levels, backorders, and service requirements.
- Escalate material shortages and supply issues proactively across the business.
- Support capacity and labour planning activities for manufacturing work centres.
- Maintain accurate ERP, SharePoint, and operational system data.
- Create and manage components and parts in collaboration with internal stakeholders.
- Prepare operational job packs and support documentation.




- Investigate planning and schedule adherence issues and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support administrative activities including payroll coordination, training records, and uniforms.
- Build strong relationships with internal and external customers to deliver high service levels.

About

You - Minimum 3 years’ experience in production planning or scheduling using ERP/MRP systems.

- Experience within manufacturing, mining, engineering, or repair environments.
- Strong understanding of inventory control, planning processes, and operational workflows.
- Experience using ERP systems such as SAP, Pronto, or similar.
- Strong Microsoft Excel capability including pivot tables, filtering, lookups, and reporting.
- Excellent organisational, analytical, and problem‑solving skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of stakeholders.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage competing priorities.

What we Offer - Competitive salary and comprehensive health and wellness perks.

- Flexible work‑life balance.
- Ongoing professional development.
- Work with one of the most respected global OEMs in mining.
- Contribute to MissionZero enabling sustainable mining and zero emissions.
- Strong career progression within a global organisation.

Equal Opportunity and Inclusion FLSmidth embraces diversity and equality by promoting an environment of inclusion. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds and perspectives to apply. In our commitment to equal opportunity and eliminating bias, we kindly request that you exclude personal information such as age, ethnicity, number of children, and photographs from your application materials. FLSmidth is an equal opportunity employer.

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