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Engineering Planner

Posted 13 May 2025
Salary £30,000 - £40,000
LocationNewcastle upon Tyne
Job type Permanent
Industry Sector TechnicalEngineering
ReferenceJ139128
Job FunctionProject Management and Engineering

Job description

Rewards and Benefits on Offer;

  • Bonus scheme

  • 22 days holiday per annum.                               

  • 10% matched pension.                          

  • 3x life insurance.                                  

  • Share Save scheme eligibility.                           

  • Full access to Employee Assistance programme for self and family members.                              

  • Personal development and career progression opportunities.                              

  • Immediate start.                       

MTrec’s New Opportunity;

MTrec Technical are proudly representing our prestigious manufacturing client based just in Newcastle, with their plans for growth and expansion, by recruiting a permanent Engineering Planner to join their team. You will be joining a rapidly growing, dynamic company, with an excellent team-based culture and fantastic opportunities to progress your career.

If you have a background in manufacturing/engineering within a similar planning role, please apply now for an immediate response.

The Job You’ll Do;

  • Leadership of the maintenance shut coordination, establishing best engineering practices

  • Control and populate the engineering plan for all engineering personnel across all disciplines including contractors.

  • To chair weekly scheduling meetings for planned activities

  • Control, populate and prioritise a work backlog for all maintenance activities or activities involving the engineering team

  • Work closely with the Engineering Maintenance Supervisor, Engineering manager and Operational

  • Managers to provide a schedule of work for shift engineers to maintain and improve the reliability of assets

  • Liaise with production, services and central functions, to ensure that routine maintenance is planned and job requests are executed and costed efficiently and effectively

  • Ensure that equipment removed from the plant, that is being repaired in-house, is coordinated through the shift plan, Work Orders allocated to the repair of each item and appropriate cost captured

  • Control of accurate records and documentation for all production and auxiliary plant including insurance records

  • Site contact for contract Coordinate contractors to ensure safe and controlled activities are completed on site and to the quality of engineering standards

About You;

  • Engineering Training / Qualifications highly desirable (NVQ3, HNC)

  • IOSH or equivalent

  • Planning/coordination experience within a fast-paced manufacturing/engineering environment.

  • Coordination of people and resources

  • Problem solving tools and techniques to deliver efficiency

  • Strong computer skills

  • Good Communication techniques

  • Continuous improvement approach