Hybrid Wind Plant Maintenance Planner

Vestas; Seaham; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Pension scheme

Annual leave + bank holidays

Training & development opportunities

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Vestas operates at the Seaham facility in County Durham, where a Maintenance Planner is sought to coordinate preventive maintenance, inspections and compliance for wind-turbine support equipment. The role involves SAP-based work order execution, asset data management, and collaboration with planning, quality and operations teams.

The ideal candidate will have 3–5 years in maintenance planning, relevant engineering qualifications, and experience with CMMS/SAP.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in maintenance planning, maintenance coordination, asset management, or quality environments
• Experience with maintenance processes, quality standards, compliance, and continuous improvement
• Familiarity with SAP or CMMS and ISO 1 Quality Management Systems
• Strong organisational and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to coordinate multiple priorities in a technical environment

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate preventive maintenance, inspections, calibrations, and statutory compliance activities to ensure equipment reliability and regulatory compliance
• Schedule and manage maintenance work with internal teams and external service providers, ensuring activities are completed safely, efficiently and on time
• Maintain accurate, traceable maintenance records, certifications, service documentation, and equipment histories in line with compliance requirements
• Support the creation, execution, tracking, and closure of maintenance work orders, maintenance strategies, and asset data within SAP
• Monitor maintenance-related purchase orders, manage tool availability and certification status, and assign tasks to suitably qualified personnel
• Provide stakeholders with maintenance notifications, technical documentation, reporting, and updates on upcoming, due, and overdue activities
• Collaborate with operational, planning, and quality teams to drive continuous improvement, document control, equipment reliability and overall maintenance performance

Skills

Maintenance planning

Asset management

Quality management

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

MS Excel

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Mechanical/Electrical/Industrial Eng or Diploma in Quality Control

Engineering/Maintenance/Quality Management degree

ISO 1 Internal Auditor/Lead Auditor qualification

Tools

SAP

CMMS (e.g., SAP CMMS)

Job description

Vestas operates at the Seaham facility in County Durham, where a Maintenance Planner is sought to coordinate preventive maintenance, inspections and compliance for wind-turbine support equipment. The role involves SAP-based work order execution, asset data management, and collaboration with planning, quality and operations teams.

The ideal candidate will have 3–5 years in maintenance planning, relevant engineering qualifications, and experience with CMMS/SAP.