Production Planner/Scheduler
Holt Engineering
Bournemouth, Dorset | Hybrid
Production Planner / Scheduler salary: £35,000 – £48,200
Please note: only applicants with the full-time, permanent right to work in the UK will be considered.
Production Planner / Scheduler Overview:
- Plan and schedule production across a busy engineering and manufacturing environment
- Implement, maintain and improve MRP data to support better forecasting and planning
- Work closely with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Stock Control, Sales and Design teams
- Monitor capacity, production performance and delays, then adjust plans where needed
- Hybrid working available
This Production Planner / Scheduler role is with an established manufacturing business in Bournemouth, supporting the planning and scheduling of materials through a busy engineering department. Reporting to the Manufacturing Manager, the Production Planner / Scheduler will help improve MRP accuracy, build production schedules, manage capacity and support better visibility across demand, stock, customer orders and production output. This Production Planner / Scheduler position suits someone who has planned in an SME manufacturing environment and is confident using MRP data to make practical decisions.
Day-to-day responsibilities of a Production Planner / Scheduler
- Build, maintain and adjust detailed production schedules based on demand, orders and capacity
- Use MRP data to improve planning accuracy, forecasting and production visibility
- Support the ongoing implementation and optimisation of the MRP system
- Assess production capacity and recommend schedule changes where demand or workload shifts
- Track daily production performance and identify delays before they become bigger issues
- Create alternative production plans when materials, labour, capacity or priorities change
- Work with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Stock Control, Sales and Design to keep plans aligned
- Analyse output, efficiency, stock and production data to identify trends and improvement areas
- Support production and management meetings with accurate planning updates
- Challenge decisions professionally where planning, capacity or delivery risks need attention
- Help improve planning processes, efficiency and overall production flow
What they’re looking for - Production Planner / Scheduler
- Experience as a Production Planner, Production Scheduler, MRP Planner or similar
- Background working in an SME manufacturing or engineering environment
- Strong understanding of production processes, scheduling and capacity planning
- Experience using and improving MRP systems, with MS Dynamics experience useful
- Able to analyse production data and turn it into clear planning recommendations
- Confident communicator who can coordinate across several departments
- Proactive, logical and detail-focused approach to solving planning issues
- Comfortable balancing planned schedules with reactive changes in a busy environment
- Positive team approach with the confidence to keep departments aligned
- Experience helping implement or optimise an MRP system
- MS Dynamics experience
- Background planning fabricated, assembled or engineered products
- Experience working closely with design, sales or stock control teams
- Strong Excel and production reporting skills
What’s on offer - Production Planner / Scheduler
Production Planner / Scheduler salary: £35,000 – £48,200
- A key Production Planner / Scheduler role with real influence over planning accuracy, production visibility and MRP improvement.
- Hybrid working available
How to apply for the Production Planner / Scheduler position
If you’re interested in this Production Planner / Scheduler role, get in touch to talk through the planning scope and working pattern.
Call or message Hayden at Holt Engineering on (phone number removed).
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