Production Planner / Master Scheduler

Production Planner / Master SchedulerRotherham, South Yorkshire £40,000 - £45,000 (DOE) Monday to Friday Flexible start (7am-8am) 40 hours per weekIf 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 . Verus Recruitment Partners are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy and are an Equal Opportunities Employer.