Senior Planning Engineer
MTrec Recruitment
Cramlington
Full-time
GBP 40,000 – 50,000
This listing is from Reed
The rewards and benefits on offer:
- Immediate start available.
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
- Collaborative and supportive work environment.
- Visible role within a growing engineering business
- Free on-site parking
MTrec Technical are proudly representing our prestigious manufacturing client in their 2026 recruitment initiative with the recruitment of a permanent Senior Planning Engineer to strengthen their team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build a long-term career within a growing engineering business.
If you have experience within Resource/Capacity planning or similar and are from an engineering/manufacturing background, apply now for an immediate response!
The job you’ll do:
- Capacity Planning & Forecasting
- Head up the implementation of a new ERP system
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive capacity plan covering all business functions, including: Engineering, Procurement, Assembly, Inspection and testing, Quality & Projects
- Project support functions
- Provide accurate visibility of: Available labour hours, Planned workload, Resource gaps, Department constraints and Potential delivery risks
- Maintain forward-looking capacity plans covering current projects, secured orders, and future quoted opportunities.
- Support strategic workforce planning by identifying when additional resources, subcontract support, training, or investment may be required.
- Create and maintain resource-loaded schedules to understand the impact of current and future workload.
- Develop planning models that demonstrate: Department loading, Labour demand versus availability, Project resource requirements, Critical bottlenecks and Delivery risks
- Work with department managers to validate resource assumptions and improve planning accuracy.
- Identify conflicting priorities and recommend mitigation actions.
- Proven experience in capacity planning, production planning, resource scheduling, or operations planning within an engineering/manufacturing environment.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and resource constraints.
- Experience developing resource-loaded schedules and capacity models.
- Advanced Excel skills, including: Complex formulas, Pivot tables, Data analysis, Reporting dashboards, Capacity modelling
- Ability to analyse large amounts of data and convert information into clear business decisions.
- Excellent communication skills at all levels
- Well organised and self-motivated
- Able to work well both independently and within a team
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