Senior Capacity Planner - Engineering & Manufacturing

MTrec Ltd Technical; Cramlington; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Immediate start

Competitive salary

Professional development

Collaborative environment

On-site parking

Job summary

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 will involve capacity planning, forecasting, developing resource-loaded schedules, and providing visibility of available labour hours, workload, resource gaps and risks across

Qualifications

• 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 transform information into clear business decisions.
• Excellent communication skills at all levels.
• Well organised and self-motivated.
• Be able to work well both independently and within a team.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Capacity planning

Production planning

Resource scheduling

Advanced Excel

Data analysis

Communication skills

Teamwork

Tools

Excel

Job description

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 will involve capacity planning, forecasting, developing resource-loaded schedules, and providing visibility of available labour hours, workload, resource gaps and risks across