Production Planner

About the Team

Based out of our Military Vehicle Centre of Excellence (MILVEHCOE), the RDA Operations Support team consists of experienced and dedicated engineers, planners and project managers who provide specialised support to our Production teams across our assembly lines. Reporting into the Senior Production Scheduler, the Production Planner will collaborate with various internal stakeholders to maintain relevant production schedules.

About the Role

As a Production Planner with Rheinmetall Defence Australia, you will be continually optimising the plan against manufacturing capacity, material availability and customer delivery dates, in conjunction with the allocated Project Manager. Some of you taskings will include:

• Maintenance of the integrated production schedule for all current product families and programs, aligned with capacity, takt and material constraints;
• Build, maintain, schedule and release production orders in SAP for system, module and component, including revisions and order changes driven by engineering updates;
• Lead the management of material availability per production order in line with the schedule, maintain shortage lists and ETAs, track and expedite supply and escalate risks early;
• Populate build status reports for production order completion, maintain WIP visibility and update plan versus actual; and
• Develop standardised production scheduling and material availability status reports;

What are we looking for?

Rheinmetall seeks applicants who exemplify our Company’s values of Safety, Partnering, Openness, Respect and Trust (SPORT). This creates a workplace environment where employees value each other, live up to their promises and communicate openly.

The experience and skillset best suited to this role includes: 

• Proven experience in a similar production planning role within a complex program, preferably within a related field;
• Significant ERP experience (preferably with SAP) with experience with PBOMs, routings, standard networks and material availability checks;
• Experience with planning KPIs and status reporting i.e. plan adherence, WIP, shortage recovery and production availability;
• Sound mechanical and technical aptitude;
• Advanced MS Office skillset, including ability to create Gantt charts, macros and pivot tables in Excel;
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with ability maintain and develop high-quality relationships; and
• Eligibility to obtain an Australian Government Security Clearance (Australian Citizenship required).

• Long weekends every second week with a 9 day fortnight;
• Individualised Flexible Working Arrangements;
• Access to exclusive employee discounts with over 500 retailers to support cost of living;
• Market leading parental leave and loyalty leave accrual for every year of service;
• We are proud to be an Endorsed Employer for All Women with WORK180.

RDA Talent Acquisition Team

Recruitment.Australia@rheinmetall.com.au

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Applications will close on 9/11/2026