Progress Chaser

Orion Electrotech

Progress Chaser

Location: Derby
Salary: £25,000 – £27,000 (depending on experience)
Working Hours:

  • Monday–Thursday: 7am–4pm or 8am–5pm

  • Friday: 7am–12pm or 8am–1pm

About the Role

We are seeking a proactive, organised, and driven Progress Chaser to support the smooth and efficient flow of production activities on-site. You’ll play a key role in tracking work-in-progress, resolving delays, and keeping communication flowing between departments.

This role offers excellent growth potential for someone looking to step into a future leadership or supervisory position within a busy engineering or manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Monitor the flow of parts and jobs through the production process—from order through to delivery

  • Liaise closely with production, purchasing, stores, and quality to identify and resolve bottlenecks

  • Ensure required materials, components, and tools are ordered and available on time

  • Escalate any issues or delays that may impact production schedules

  • Track and report on work-in-progress and job status

  • Maintain accurate records and documentation of job flow and material needs

  • Contribute to continuous improvement by suggesting process or communication enhancements

  • Support production planning and ensure teams stay aligned on priorities

Experience & Skills:

  • Experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment (required)

  • Understanding of production processes and workflow

  • Familiarity with MRP/ERP systems (desirable)

  • Awareness of basic purchasing or stock control procedures

  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven setting

Personal Qualities:

  • Highly organised with excellent time management

  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills

  • Proactive, with a solution-focused mindset

  • Able to work independently and manage multiple priorities

  • Willingness to learn and grow into a leadership role

  • Strong attention to detail

If you like the look of this Progress Chaser role, click apply or contact Jamie Garcia-Courtice at Orion Electrotech Aylesbury for more information: jamie.garciacourtice@orion-group.co.uk

Thank you for your application. Due to the volume of responses we receive, we are unable to reply to every applicant personally. If you do not hear from us within 5 working days, please assume your application has been unsuccessful. To view our other vacancies, please visit our website.

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