Engineering Planner

Astute People; Carrington; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Engineering Planner for a Combined Heat & Power Plant in Manchester. The role involves planning mechanical plant outages, coordinating maintenance work, and ensuring safe operations. The ideal candidate should have a minimum HNC / HND in Engineering and five years of engineering experience, particularly in heavy industry plants. Strong knowledge of maintenance methodologies and relevant regulations is essential. A competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package will be provided.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Full list of benefits upon discussion

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years experience in heavy industry plant.
• Experience with maintenance methodologies to maximize asset availability.
• Working knowledge of PSSR, LOLER, PUWER regulations.

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule, and coordinate maintenance work orders across all disciplines.
• Ensure work orders are prepared in CMMS including scope and materials.
• Monitor progress during shutdowns and escalate delays with solutions.

Skills

Engineering experience

Maintenance planning

Contractor management

Root Cause Analysis

PSSR knowledge

Education

HNC / HND in Engineering

IOSH or NEBOSH certification

Time served Apprentice in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CMMS (Maximo)

SAP

Job description

Overview

Astute's Power Team are exclusively working with the SAICA Group to support the recruitment for a Engineering Planner for their Combined Heat & Power Plant located at their Papermill Facility in Manchester. As Engineering Planner you will be responsible for the planning and deliver of all mechanical plant outages across the facility. Ideally you'll be qualified with a HNC / HND in Engineering with extensive Engineering or Maintenance Planning experience. You'll be responsible for planning, coordinating and delivering safe, efficient maintenance activities across the site. Working closely with production, contractors and engineering teams, you'll ensure all work is fully prepared, resourced and executed to plan. You'll play a key role in outage and shutdown delivery, keeping schedules on track and risks under control. If you're a Maintenance Engineer and are looking to join a modern site then submit your CV to apply today.

Responsibilities and duties

• Reporting to the Mechanical Team Leader, you will be responsible for:
• Plan, schedule and coordinate maintenance work orders, outages and shutdowns across all disciplines.
• Ensure work orders are fully prepared in CMMS (Maximo), including scope, labour, materials, spare parts and documentation.
• Coordinate permits, isolations, inspections and safety preparations in line with site and production requirements.
• Plan and allocate internal and external labour, ensuring full resource coverage and contractor compliance.
• Manage contractor engagement, including access, inductions, certifications, quotations and purchase requests.
• Coordinate specialist support services, hire equipment, scaffolding, tools and lifting equipment.
• Develop shutdown plans and schedules (Gantt charts) and support shutdown execution and supervision when required.
• Liaise closely with production teams to align maintenance activities with operational plans.
• Monitor progress during shutdowns, escalating delays and proposing solutions as required.
• Maintain accurate work order data, manage backlog reporting and support continuous improvement in planning processes.
• Support the Mechanical Planner and participate in on-call support as required.

Professional qualifications

• Ideally qualified with a minimum HNC / HND in Engineering or equivalent
• IOSH or NEBOSH would be advantageous
• Time served Apprentice in Mechanical Engineering
• SAP Super User would be advantageous

Personal skills

• The Engineering Planner role would suit someone who:
• Has at least five years experience working in an Engineering capacity on a similar heavy industry plant - ideally utilising high pressure steam systems such as Power Plants, Refineries, COMAH sites etc.
• Extensive experience utilising maintenance methodologies such as Root Cause Analysis to maximise asset availability.
• Experience with management of sub-contractors.
• Working knowledge of PSSR, LOLER, PUWER regulations
• Extensive planning, scheduling and outage delivery experience

Salary and benefits

of the Engeineering Planner role

• Competitive salary
• Full list of benefits available upon discussion

INDPOW

Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful