Engineering Planner

Syngenta; Liversedge; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension scheme

Bonus scheme

Private medical & life insurance

Up to 31.5 days annual holiday + 8 UK

36-hour working week

Job summary

Syngenta Crop Protection is seeking a skilled maintenance planning engineer to join our Huddersfield area team. You will plan and scope detailed work packages for routine maintenance and planned outages across electrical, instrumentation, mechanical and civil disciplines.

Based at our on-site facility in the UK, you will coordinate with Asset Engineers and contractors, run project schedules using SAP PM and Primavera, and ensure safety and production requirements are met while delivering

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in maintenance planning or engineering in process industries.
• Experience planning across electrical, instrumentation, mechanical, or civil disciplines.
• Experience in shutdowns, turnarounds or outages and developing outages.

Responsibilities

• Attend job face to gather information and develop accurate job scopes.
• Prepare detailed work packages with sequences, resources, materials, and permits.
• Build and maintain master plan for routine maintenance and outages.
• Coordinate with Asset Engineers and cross-functional teams.
• Proven proficiency in CMMS systems, specifically SAP Plant Maintenance.
• Strong scheduling knowledge (MS Project, Primavera P6, Prometheus).
• Familiarity with P&IDs, drawings, permit-to-work, risk assessment, and site safety processes.
• Manage stakeholder relations across multiple functions.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Engineering

SAP PM

Project scheduling

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Education

HNC/HND engineering

Tools

Microsoft Project

Primavera P6

Prometheus

Job description

Qualifications

Minimum 5 years' experience in maintenance planning or engineering within chemical manufacturing, petrochemical, oil & gas, pharmaceutical, or a heavy process industry.Proven experience planning across at least two of the following disciplines: electrical, instrumentation, mechanical, or civil engineering.Demonstrated experience in shutdown, turnaround, or outage planning, including the development outages across electrical, instrumentation, mechanical, and civil disciplines. The role requires regular attendance at the job face to gather accurate, first-hand information that underpins well-defined and executable job scopes. Acting as the key link between engineering, operations, and contractors, the post holder ensures all activities are fully scoped, resourced ahead of scheduling, scheduled, and aligned with site safety and production requirements.

Key responsibilities

Attend the job face across electrical, instrumentation, mechanical, and civil disciplines to gather first-hand information and develop accurate, complete job scopes.Prepare detailed work packages including task sequences, resource plans, materials, drawings, isolation plans, risk assessments, and permit requirements.Build and maintain master plan for routine maintenance (3-month rolling schedule) and planned outages, identifying critical path activities and cross-functional dependencies.Coordinate with Asset Engineers, of detailed job lists, execution schedules, and work packages.Proven proficiency in CMMS systems, specifically SAP Plant Maintenance, including work order management, equipment history, and task list maintenance.Strong working knowledge of scheduling methodologies and tools (e.g. Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Prometheus).Familiarity with engineering documentation such as P&IDs, equipment drawings, and of permit-to-work systems, risk assessment processes, and site safety procedures.Experience in stakeholder management across multiple functionsHighly organised, able to manage multiple scopes simultaneously under time pressure.HNC/HND in a relevant engineering discipline, or equivalent demonstrable experience.

Additional Information

At the Huddersfield Manufacturing Centre we make important Crop Protection products that are used in over 120 countries worldwide. These products help our growers to meet the ever-increasing demand for food, feed and fuel, and our talented & dedicated teams make

Company Description

About SyngentaAt Syngenta Crop Protection, we're pioneering solutions that safeguard global food security while championing sustainable agriculture. As a world market leader headquartered in Switzerland, we empower farmers with innovative crop protection technologies that defend against nature's toughest challenges. We unite advanced science with digital solutions to develop intelligent crop protection that maximizes yields while minimizing environmental impact. Join our mission of revolutionizing plant protection from seed to harvest.

Job Description

At Syngenta, our goal is to build the most collaborative and trustworthy team in agriculture, providing top-quality seeds and innovative crop protection solutions that improve farmers' success.

Role Overview

Responsible for planning, scoping, and delivering detailed work packages for routine maintenance and planned this possible.

What We Offer

• A culture that celebrates diversity & inclusion, promotes professional development, and strides for a work-life balance that supports the team members.
• Extensive benefits package including a generous pension scheme, bonus scheme, private medical & life insurance.
• Up to 31.5 days annual holiday plus 8 UK bank holidays.
• 36-hour working week.
• Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

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