Production Resource Planner

MTrec Ltd; Cramlington; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Immediate start

Competitive salary and benefits

Opportunities for professional develop

Collaborative and supportive work env.

Visible role within a growing business

Free on-site parking

Job summary

MTrec Ltd. is recruiting a permanent Resource Planner to strengthen their growing engineering business.

The successful candidate will develop and maintain comprehensive capacity plans across engineering, procurement, assembly, inspection and testing, quality and projects, providing visibility of hours, workload and risks. You will work with department managers to validate assumptions, identify bottlenecks, and support strategic workforce planning with data-driven insights.

Qualifications

• Proven capacity planning, production planning or operations planning experience in engineering/manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and constraints.
• Experience developing resource-loaded schedules and capacity models.
• Advanced Excel skills: formulas, Pivot tables, dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive capacity plan for engineering, procurement, assembly, inspection and testing, quality and projects.
• Provide visibility of available labour hours, planned workload, resource gaps and delivery risks.
• Maintain forward-looking capacity plans for current projects, secured orders and future opportunities.
• Support strategic workforce planning by identifying when additional resources are required.
• Create and maintain resource-loaded schedules to understand workload impact.
• Collaborate with department managers to validate assumptions and improve planning accuracy.
• Identify conflicting priorities and propose mitigation actions.

Skills

Capacity planning

Forecasting

Resource scheduling

Operations planning

Advanced Excel

Data analysis

Communication

Teamwork

Tools

Excel

Job description

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’s New Opportunity:

MTrec Technical are proudly representing our prestigious manufacturing client in their 2026 recruitment initiative with the recruitment of a permanent Resource Planner to strengthen their team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build a long-term career within a growing engineering business.

The job you’ll do:

• Capacity Planning & Forecasting

• 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.

About you:

• 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