Maintenance Planner - Days

If you are ambitious, self-motivated, hardworking and a team player and interested in growing your career with an International FMCG business, please read through our job opportunity.

Key Purpose:

To ensure the effective planning, scheduling, and coordination of maintenance activities across the manufacturing site, supporting the Engineering Manager in optimizing asset reliability, minimizing downtime, and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.

Key Responsibilities:

(Please describe the main accountabilities of the job holder).

• Develop and maintain preventive and predictive maintenance schedules for plant equipment and facilities.
• Plan and coordinate corrective maintenance activities, ensuring timely resolution of equipment failures. Ensure alignment with Production requirements and Production schedules.
• Collaborate with engineering, production, and HSE teams to prioritize maintenance tasks in line with operational and safety requirements.
• Manage work orders, spare parts, and resource allocation through the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, industry standards, and internal maintenance policies.
• Monitor contractor performance and coordinate external service providers for specialized maintenance tasks.
• Track and analyze maintenance KPIs (e.g., equipment availability, mean time between failures, maintenance costs).
• Support continuous improvement initiatives in reliability, asset management, and maintenance efficiency.
• Provide input into capital projects and equipment upgrades from a maintenance planning perspective.

Key Result Areas:

(The key end results or outcomes by which achievement in the job will be measured).

• Reduction in unplanned downtime and improved equipment reliability.
• Timely execution of preventive and corrective maintenance plans.
• Effective utilization of resources, spare parts, and contractors.
• Compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory standards.
• Accurate and timely reporting of maintenance KPIs. Brings Transparency to Engineering & Maintenance activities.
• Positive audit outcomes from internal and external reviews.
• Contribution to cost savings and efficiency improvements in maintenance operations.

Behavioural Competencies:

(Needed to successfully do the job).

  Self-Management:

• Drive for Excellence
• Technical Expertise and Professionalism
• Emotional Resilience
   

  Interaction:

• Collaborative Team Working
• Effective Communication
   

  Information:

• Problem Analysis
• Decision Making and Judgement
   

  Problem Solving:

• Initiative and Taking Ownership
• Flexibility and Adaptability
   

  Organisation:

• Planning, Organising and Communicating

Technical Competencies:

(Needed to successfully do the job).

• Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
• Advanced Knowledge
• Ability to manage work orders, scheduling, and reporting.
• Preventive & Predictive Maintenance Planning
• Advanced Knowledge
• Skilled in developing and optimizing maintenance schedules.
• Reliability Engineering Principles
• General Knowledge
• Understanding of asset reliability and performance improvement.
• Regulatory Compliance (UK/EU)
• General Knowledge
• Familiarity with maintenance-related safety and environmental regulations.
• Spare Parts & Inventory Management
• General Knowledge
• Ability to manage stock levels and procurement planning.
• Contractor & Vendor Management
• General Knowledge
• Competent in coordinating external service providers.
• Data Analysis & KPI Reporting
• General Knowledge
• Ability to analyse maintenance performance metrics.
• Project Support & Capital Planning
• Basic Knowledge
• Contribute to project planning from a maintenance perspective.

Basic Knowledge: sufficient familiarity with the subject to know basic principles and terminology and to understand and solve simple problems.
 

General Knowledge: sufficient knowledge of a field to perform most work in normal situations. The work calls for comprehension of standard situations and includes knowledge of most of the significant aspects of the subject.
 

Advanced knowledge: advanced knowledge of the subject matter. The work calls for sufficient comprehension of the subject to area to solve unusual as well as common work problems, to be able to advise on technical matters and to serve as a resource on the subject for others in the organization.
 

Comprehensive knowledge: requires complete mastery and understanding of the subject. This term should be used sparingly and only for unusually exacting or responsible positions required to originate hypotheses, concepts, or

approaches.

Qualification(s) & Education:

(Please describe graduate calibre within relevant discipline).

• Graduate calibre in a relevant discipline such as Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Industrial Maintenance.
• Professional certifications (preferred): CMMS training, Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), or equivalent EU-recognised qualification.
• Additional training in asset management, predictive maintenance technologies, and regulatory compliance is advantageous.

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