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.
We're supporting an established engineering manufacturer in Rotherham looking to strengthen their planning function. This is a key role focused 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'll be working closely with production, procurement and operations teams, helping to keep workflow efficient and production plans realistic and achievable.
Job Purpose:
To develop and manage production schedules, ensuring demand is aligned with available capacity, materials and resources, while maintaining accurate system data and supporting operational performance.
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. About You
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.
Able to balance demand, capacity and resource constraints.
Clear communicator across multiple departments.
Structured, detail-focused and consistent approach. What's in it for you
£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. If you’re an experienced Production Planner or Master Scheduler looking for a stable manufacturing role where you can make a real impact on production performance, we’d like to speak with you.
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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