Maintenance Planner

Blackbook Recruitment; Caboolture; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackbook Recruitment partners with an industry-leading food manufacturing organisation in Caboolture to appoint an experienced Maintenance Planner. The role focuses on planning, coordinating and scheduling maintenance to support safety, reliability and site efficiency.

You will manage CMMS data, develop weekly/monthly schedules including shutdowns, and coordinate labour, materials and contractors to minimise downtime and control costs.

Qualifications

• Experience in maintenance planning within a manufacturing environment.
• Food manufacturing experience is advantageous.
• Proficiency with CMMS platforms such as MEX or SAP.
• Ability to coordinate trades, materials, and contractors to ensure efficient delivery.
• Understanding of budgeting, procurement, and performance reporting.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate and schedule maintenance activities across site operations.
• Develop weekly, monthly and shutdown maintenance schedules.
• Coordinate labour, materials, spare parts, tools and contractors.
• Ensure work orders are closed out and records maintained.
• Maintain CMMS data including PM schedules and asset information.
• Collaborate with procurement to ensure availability of parts and equipment.
• Assist with budgeting, cost tracking and reporting for maintenance.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Scheduling

Budgeting

Stakeholder management

Communication

Team coordination

Tools

MEX CMMS

SAP

Job description

An industry-leading food manufacturing organisation is seeking an experienced Maintenance Planner to join its engineering team in Caboolture. This is a critical role responsible for planning, coordinating, and scheduling maintenance activities to support the safety, reliability, and efficiency of site operations.

The role will play an integral part in minimising equipment downtime, improving asset reliability, and ensuring maintenance activities are completed within agreed time frames and budgets.

The role

Reporting to the Engineering Manager your responsibilities will include:

• Liaise with Engineering Team Leaders, Production, Stores, and other key stakeholders to ensure maintenance jobs are fully scoped and planned before scheduling.
• Develop and maintain accurate, achievable weekly, monthly, and shutdown maintenance schedules.
• Coordinate labour, materials, spare parts, tools, and contractor resources to support efficient maintenance execution.
• Ensure completed maintenance work orders are accurately closed out and relevant records are maintained.
• Maintain accurate maintenance data within the CMMS, including preventative maintenance schedules, job plans, work orders, and asset information.
• Utilise MEX, SAP, or similar maintenance management systems to improve planning, scheduling, reporting, and asset performance.
• Work closely with Procurement and Stores to ensure spare parts, materials, and equipment are available when required.
• Support basic tender processes for contracted works, ensuring scope, costs, and deliverables are appropriately managed.
• Assist with maintenance budgeting, cost tracking, and reporting to support effective financial control.

Your Background:

• Demonstrated experience in maintenance planning within a manufacturing environment. Experience in food manufacturing will be highly regarded.
• Strong knowledge of preventative, corrective, and shutdown maintenance planning and scheduling practices.
• Proficiency in CMMS platforms, with experience using MEX, SAP, or similar maintenance management systems.
• Proven ability to coordinate tradespeople, contractors, materials, spare parts, and other resources to ensure maintenance work is delivered efficiently.
• Sound understanding of maintenance budgeting, cost control, procurement, and performance reporting.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across Engineering, Production, Stores, and external suppliers.

What’s on Offer?

This is an excellent opportunity to join a leading food manufacturing organisation that is committed to its people, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.

You will have the opportunity to work within a supportive and collaborative workplace culture, contribute to the reliability and performance of a major manufacturing operation, and further develop your career within a growing engineering environment.