Manufacturing Capacity Planner: Optimize Schedules & KPIs

Holt Engineering; Poole; On-site; GBP 36,500 - 40,750; Full time

Job summary

Holt Engineering in Poole is seeking a Capacity Planner to help balance workshop capacity with sales orders and production targets. You will use MRP and scheduling systems to improve visibility, loading and workflow, and collaborate with the Workshop Supervisor and Manufacturing Manager.

This role focuses on planning workshop capacity, loading work through production and improving schedules beyond spreadsheets.

Qualifications

• Experience in production planning, capacity planning or workshop scheduling.
• Confident using MRP, scheduling systems, Excel and Microsoft Office.
• Able to manage changing priorities across orders, machines and production issues.
• Strong IT skills with the ability to improve how planning information is used and maintained.
• Good communication skills and comfortable liaising with workshop and management teams.
• Organised, reliable and able to keep accurate data in a busy manufacturing environment.
• Willing to learn, with a positive attitude and practical approach to problem solving.
• Manufacturing or engineering experience would be useful, but the right planning mindset is more important.

Responsibilities

• Use MRP and scheduling software to plan manufacturing capacity against sales order deadlines.
• Load and adjust workshop schedules around machine availability, holidays, sickness and breakdowns.
• Communicate the production schedule clearly to workshop staff and relevant managers.
• Progress works orders through the production cycle and highlight issues early.
• Identify bottlenecks in manufacturing and help agree practical solutions.
• Measure and report KPIs including schedule adherence, equipment utilisation, efficiency and productivity.
• Keep manufacturing data accurate within planning and MRP systems.
• Create, update and maintain manufacturing routing cards.
• Raise purchase orders for mid-process subcontract operations.
• Purchase consumables in a timely and cost-conscious way.
• Liaise with the Machine Shop Supervisor on technical details affecting production planning.
• Support continuous improvement across planning, scheduling, workflow and system use.
• Help reduce reliance on spreadsheets by making better use of Factory Master and related systems.

Skills

Production planning

Capacity planning

Workshop scheduling

Excel

Microsoft Office

Communication skills

Data accuracy

Problem solving

Tools

Factory Master

MRP systems

Scheduling software

Job description

Holt Engineering in Poole is seeking a Capacity Planner to help balance workshop capacity with sales orders and production targets. You will use MRP and scheduling systems to improve visibility, loading and workflow, and collaborate with the Workshop Supervisor and Manufacturing Manager.

This role focuses on planning workshop capacity, loading work through production and improving schedules beyond spreadsheets.