Shop Floor Scheduler

Shop Floor Scheduler

Datum: 19 aug 2026

Plaats:Papendrecht, NL

Bedrijf: GKN Aerospace Careers

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.6bn in 2025. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

As Shop Floor Scheduler, you will manage all planning activities within a production area. This includes managing visual systems to determine and monitor the sequence of production orders, ensure the availability of resources and create and maintain the optimal production sequence.

What you'll do

• Production planning: Create and maintain production schedules based on customer orders, inventory levels and production capacity.
• Resource allocation: Allocate resources such as labour, machinery and materials to meet production requirements.
• Coordination: Collaborate with various departments, including production, logistics and procurement, to ensure smooth production flow.
• Monitoring: Track the progress of production orders and adjust schedules as needed to meet changing requirements or solve problems.
• Inventory management: Manage inventory levels to avoid over- or shortages while minimizing inventory costs.
• Problem solving: Identify and address production bottlenecks, delays and other issues that may affect production schedules.

Job Qualifications

To best fulfil this role, we require the following:
•    Bachelor degree preferably in Supply Chain/Logistics 
•    An advantage is having experience with day-to-day planning within an operations environment.
•    As a type of person, you are stress-resistant. You can work both independently and in a team and you are eager to learn. You can work in a precise and planned manner.
•    Good communication skills, you know how to create support for your ideas in order to get stakeholders on board.
•    You enjoy thinking about process optimisation.

What we'll offer?

We are committed to offer you a challenge but also a great opportunity to learn and grow. We want to offer you a career that can go to many directions thanks to our breadth of international opportunities. By being part of GKN Aerospace that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry, you will know that you will be working towards being the most trusted partner in the aerospace industry. We will support and promote your professional and personal development.

Furthermore, we will offer you:

•    The role is in Grade J, according to the CLA Metalektro and of which salary is dependant on your experience and qualifications.
•    8% holiday allowance,
•    40 paid holidays for full-time employment in line with the Collective Labor Agreement Metalektro (27 holidays and 13 ADV days),
•    An excellent pension scheme (PME) and travel allowance,
•    A pleasant and informal working environment, in which we work together to achieve the best result for our customers.

Next to a competitive package, we will offer you a world of opportunities: we want to see your career fly! We will support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities.

How to apply?

Are you interested in this position and does your background meet the requirements? Please use the Apply Now button.
Questions? Please contact our Recruiter Koen van Stigt on View email address on careers.gknaerospace.com.

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further.  And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN.  We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute.  It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’.  By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.​
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