Production Planner / Master Scheduler
Rotherham, South Yorkshire
£40,000 - £45,000 (DOE)
Monday to Friday | Flexible start (7am-8am) | 40 hours per week
If you're a Production Planner who enjoys bringing structure to a busy manufacturing environment, this role could be worth a look.
You're supporting an established engineering manufacturer in Rotherham looking to strengthen their planning function. This key role focuses on developing and maintaining production schedules, balancing demand with capacity, and ensuring materials, labour and machine availability are aligned to support on‑time delivery.
You will work closely with production, procurement and operations teams, helping to keep workflow efficient and production plans realistic and achievable.
Key Responsibilities
* Create and maintain master production schedules.
* Align customer demand and forecasts with manufacturing capacity.
* Work closely with procurement to ensure material availability.
* Monitor production progress and adjust schedules where required.
* Identify bottlenecks and support resolution planning.
* Maintain accurate data within MRP/ERP systems.
* Produce reports and updates for internal stakeholders.
* Support inventory planning and optimisation.
* Work cross-functionally with production and operations teams.
Qualifications
* Experience in production planning, scheduling or master scheduling.
* Background within manufacturing or engineering environments.
* Strong Excel skills and confidence working with data.
* Experience using MRP/ERP systems.
* Strong organisational and planning ability.
* Ability to balance demand, capacity and resource constraints.
* Clear communicator across multiple departments.
* Structured, detail-focused and consistent approach.
Benefits & Compensation
* £40,000 - £45,000 depending on experience.
* Flexible start time between 7am-8am.
* Monday to Friday working pattern.
* 40‑hour working week.
* Stable, long-term permanent opportunity.
* Key role influencing production performance.
* Collaborative engineering environment.
For a confidential conversation, contact the Sheffield team at Verus Recruitment Partners on (phone number removed).
Verus Recruitment Partners are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy and are an Equal Opportunities Employer.
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