Production Control Analyst in Southampton

5 Production Control Analyst Roles Full time Salary £31,471– £36,717, Southampton, Hybrid working

About the team

You’ll be joining our Production Planning team, who facilitate, coordinate, and regulate the delivery of work across the Sourcing Service, while building capability to improve data quality. The team ensures alignment with service delivery objectives by driving operational efficiency, enabling data‑driven decisions, and fostering strategic collaboration.

What we do

• Plan & Consult: Collaborate across flowlines and stakeholders to enable frictionless delivery and generate forecasts that inform operational planning and decision‑making. Identify stakeholder challenges across flowlines before implementing optimised processes, documentation, or training to drive efficiency.
• Monitor & Maintain: Oversee and report on end‑to‑end flowline performance and ecosystem health to optimise efficiency, mitigate risk and drive continuous improvement. Safeguard delivery capability by ensuring timely access to data and systems, empowering teams to operate with agility and confidence.
• Optimise & Unlock: Making the most of available operational resources to optimise their impact and reduce costs. Drive greater effectiveness through automation, process optimisation, and stakeholder engagement—embedding a culture of continuous improvement.
• Manage & Support: Lead and sustain the performance of our data capture programmes, ensuring they meet quality, timeliness, and service expectations.

About the role

In Production Planning we support internal and external Production areas through analysing, shaping, controlling, and reporting on production activities to enable Data to meet agreed customer requirements. Our role is crucial to the coherent and timely delivery of data updates and improvements for our customers. It’s our job to understand the requirement – to own the challenge and deliver the solution; how and when we do it, and who it is done by. You’ll work on meaningful activity aligned to clear outcomes, helping Production teams meet service delivery plans while identifying opportunities to improve processes and data flows.

Responsibilities

• Monitor in‑flight tasks within Geospatial Production Platform (GSPP) to ensure timely delivery.
• Coordinate data flow across the production supply chain in line with agreed production profiles.
• Collaborate with Production Managers and Planners to prioritise and resolve GSPP data issues.
• Maintain accurate MI records to support production monitoring and reporting.
• Identify and unblock constraints within GSPP to enable continuous workflow.
• Build effective relationships with internal teams and external supply chain partners.

Qualifications

• Educated to secondary level (NQF Level 3 or equivalent), with practical experience in a production, operational, or planning environment.
• Working knowledge of geospatial data production and GIS technologies (e.g. ArcGIS, QGIS, FME), with experience of data analysis or reporting tools (e.g. Power BI, Excel) and working with APIs or data platforms desirable.
• A proactive, adaptable and collaborative approach, with the ability to work at pace, manage workload independently, and communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to monitor and manage in‑flight production activity, ensuring delivery remains aligned to agreed production plans and profiles.
• Proven capability to identify, analyse, and monitor trends and patterns within production data, using MI tools to inform decision‑making and improve performance.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to plan, prioritise, and manage multiple production activities and data flows in parallel.
• Experience of identifying and resolving data issues or production constraints, proactively unblocking work to maintain flow across the production supply chain.

The Rewards

• Salary £31,471– £36,717 (dependent on experience).
• Performance‑related bonus up to 10%.
• A competitive pension scheme (OS contributes up to 12.07%).
• 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays on joining, (3 taken over Christmas) increasing by one day per year, to a maximum of 5 years.
• Enhanced family leave, including up to 12 weeks paid partner (paternity) leave.
• Free subscription to OS Maps.
• Access to online learning platforms.
• Coaching and Mentoring schemes.
• Plus a suite of excellent additional perks and benefits.

At OS

• An extra day’s leave for each year you work, up to 33 days.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Hybrid working.
• Free onsite parking at our modern HQ in Southampton.
• We adopt flexible working and can consider different working hours dependent on the role and your personal circumstances.
• Eyecare vouchers.
• OS Explorers Nursery discount.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• We give you one day a year to volunteer for charities that are important to you, as well as offering a match funding scheme.

Location & Working Pattern

We embrace a hybrid working model at OS, because we believe in flexibility and balance. You’ll be based at our fantastic HQ in Southampton, Hampshire, where you’ll spend 50% of your working week collaborating face‑to‑face with colleagues. It’s all about combining the best of both worlds—connection and autonomy—to help you thrive.

Security & Eligibility

OS conducts pre‑employment checks for anyone made an offer of employment, including identity, right to work, employment history and criminal record checks (via Disclosure & Barring Services (DBS)). Some of our roles may require additional security vetting. We will advise candidates during the recruitment process if additional vetting may be required for that specific role. This role requires the right to work in the UK at the time of application. Unfortunately, OS cannot provide visa sponsorship for this position.

Inclusion at OS

Research shows that people from underrepresented groups often hesitate to apply unless they meet every requirement. At Ordnance Survey, we’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive and welcoming workplace. If this role excites you but your experience doesn’t match every point, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right person for this role or another opportunity at OS. We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that people may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any during the application process.