Senior Maintenance Planner

Sanitarium-Health-Food-Company; Central Coast; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanitarium Health & Food Company in Australia seeks an experienced Senior Maintenance Planner at Berkeley Vale to keep equipment safe, reliable and efficient. You'll coordinate labour, materials and CMMS in a fast-paced FMCG environment.

Reporting to the Site Maintenance & Reliability Manager, you will lead the maintenance stores team, drive preventive maintenance, and apply data-driven scheduling to minimise downtime. Strong communication and Excel skills are essential.

Qualifications

• A trade or engineering qualification, or equivalent maintenance industry experience.
• At least five years’ experience in maintenance planning, scheduling or coordination.
• Demonstrated experience using a CMMS within an FMCG or manufacturing environment.
• Strong practical knowledge of preventative maintenance, work order planning and backlog management.
• The ability to manage competing priorities and coordinate people, materials and resources.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills, with advanced Microsoft Office capability, particularly Excel.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to build effective working relationships across operational teams.
• The ability to lead, coach and support the maintenance stores team.
• Experience in food manufacturing, shutdown planning, reliability-centred maintenance, predictive maintenance or technical training would be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed work plans covering labour, materials, tools, permits and contractor requirements, while maintaining an organised and prioritised maintenance backlog.
• Bring together work scopes, resources and schedules, ensuring contractors are prepared and site requirements are met.
• Be the site’s key contact for the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS), supporting accurate asset records, quality work orders and practical training for users.
• Lead and support the stores team, coordinate purchasing and maintain critical spare parts availability while managing inventory effectively.
• Use maintenance data and equipment history to identify recurring issues, strengthen preventative and predictive maintenance programs, and support continuous improvement.
• Work closely with production and maintenance stakeholders to align priorities, monitor progress and report on maintenance performance.
• Build site safety, food safety, hygiene and compliance requirements into maintenance planning and contractor activities.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Scheduling

CMMS experience

Data analysis

Excel

Communication

Team leadership

Problem solving

Education

Trade or engineering qualification

Tools

CMMS

Job description

About the opportunity

Great maintenance starts with great planning.

We’re looking for an experiencedSenior Maintenance Planner to help keep our Berkeley Vale manufacturing site operating safely, reliably and efficiently.

Reporting to the Site Maintenance & Reliability Manager, you’ll bring together the people, parts, systems and schedules needed to deliver effective maintenance. Your scope will include preventative and corrective maintenance planning, shutdown coordination, maintenance systems, contractor coordination and oversight of the maintenance stores team.

Working closely with Maintenance, Production, Technical, Supply Chain and Finance, you’ll turn operational priorities into practical, well-prepared maintenance plans that improve equipment reliability and reduce unplanned downtime.

What you’ll be doing

• Develop detailed work plans covering labour, materials, tools, permits and contractor requirements, while maintaining an organised and prioritised maintenance backlog.
• Bring together work scopes, resources and schedules, ensuring contractors are prepared and site requirements are met.
• Be the site’s key contact for the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS), supporting accurate asset records, quality work orders and practical training for users.
• Lead and support the stores team, coordinate purchasing and maintain critical spare parts availability while managing inventory effectively.
• Use maintenance data and equipment history to identify recurring issues, strengthen preventative and predictive maintenance programs, and support continuous improvement.
• Work closely with production and maintenance stakeholders to align priorities, monitor progress and report on maintenance performance.
• Build site safety, food safety, hygiene and compliance requirements into maintenance planning and contractor activities.

What you’ll bring

You’re organised, technically minded and comfortable working across teams to get things done. You understand that effective planning is about more than a schedule—it’s about making sure work is ready to be completed safely and efficiently.

You’ll bring:

• A trade or engineering qualification, or equivalent maintenance industry experience.
• At least five years’ experience in maintenance planning, scheduling or coordination.
• Demonstrated experience using a CMMS within an FMCG or manufacturing environment.
• Strong practical knowledge of preventative maintenance, work order planning and backlog management.
• The ability to manage competing priorities and coordinate people, materials and resources.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills, with advanced Microsoft Office capability, particularly Excel.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to build effective working relationships across operational teams.
• The ability to lead, coach and support the maintenance stores team.
• Experience in food manufacturing, shutdown planning, reliability-centred maintenance, predictive maintenance or technical training would be highly regarded.