Production Planning and Support
Schedules builds across the three sites, raises and releases work orders, runs the stores and purchasing function, maintains plant and equipment, and provides safety, training and people services to the workforce. The team chairs the daily production meeting and leads continuous improvement projects.
What the team is accountable for
- Schedule builds and release work orders
- Purchase and issue materials and components
- Maintain plant, cranes, booths and welding equipment
- Run inductions, training records and the safety system
- Facilitate continuous improvement projects
How we know it is working
Who works here
Owen Baxter
Owen schedules every build across the three sites, runs stores and maintenance and has been with Nexus for eight years.
Bec Torrance
Bec receives, issues and counts materials and components at Wacol and has kept the stores accurate for four years.
Sam Okafor
Sam runs inductions, training records, incident follow up and toolbox talks across the sites and joined three years ago.
Where the work is recorded
Work Orders and Build Tracker
Tracks every body, trailer and bus build from planned release through fabrication, assembly, fit-out, paint and final inspection to delivery.
Materials and Components Stock
Stores register of steel, sheet, fasteners, hydraulic, electrical and paint stock with quantities on hand, reorder points and supplier.
Plant Maintenance and Calibration Requests
Logs breakdown, preventive service, calibration and inspection requests for cranes, machines, welding equipment, booths and measuring equipment.