Lead Engineering Planner

British Steel; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Defined contribution pension

27 days leave per year

Life Assurance

Sick pay

Health Cash Plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Standby pay

Family leave

Job summary

British Steel in Scunthorpe, UK, is seeking a Lead Engineering Planner to lead the planning and coordination of maintenance across rotating equipment and workshop assets. You will manage maintenance plans in SAP, prioritise work, and ensure safe, reliable operation in line with business needs.

You will drive continuous improvement, develop maintenance strategies, monitor KPIs, and work with engineers, plant managers and operations teams to deliver efficient maintenance across HRS activities.

Qualifications

• Maintenance planning experience in heavy industry.
• Experience with SAP maintenance modules.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to lead engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain maintenance plans for assets.
• Allocate P1 and P2 work activities and manage priorities.
• Oversee contractor activities and compliance programmes.
• Drive continuous improvement and reliability initiatives.

Skills

Maintenance planning

SAP experience

Asset management

Analytical skills

Coaching & leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Engineering qualification

Tools

SAP

Job description

Role - Lead Engineering Planner

Salary - £42,500 p.a

Location - Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN16 1XA

Pattern of Work - Days

What you need to know about the role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Lead Planner to join our Heavy Repair Services (HRS) team in Internal Logistics based in Scunthorpe.

In this role, you will be responsible for leading the planning, coordination and continuous improvement of maintenance activities across rolling stock, static engines, generators, pumps and workshop infrastructure. You will manage maintenance plans through SAP, ensuring work is effectively prioritised, scheduled and completed safely to support asset reliability and operational performance.

Your primary responsibilities will include developing and maintaining maintenance plans, allocating P1 and P2 work activities, managing SHE-critical tasks, and overseeing work completed through HRS work centres and planner groups. You will work closely with engineers, plant managers and operational teams to ensure maintenance activities are delivered efficiently and in line with business requirements.

The role also plays a key part in driving engineering excellence and continuous improvement. You will support the development of maintenance strategies, monitor performance through agreed KPIs, identify opportunities to improve reliability and asset performance, and help embed best practice principles such as CAMF, Autonomous Maintenance and MTI workshop methodologies.

Alongside planning responsibilities, you will provide technical guidance to the static engine team, oversee servicing programmes, manage contractor activities, support compliance programmes, and ensure statutory inspections and safety-critical activities are completed in accordance with company standards.

This is a varied and challenging position that offers the opportunity to influence maintenance performance across a wide range of critical assets whilst developing your own capability as an Improvement Engineer.

What we need to know about you

To be considered for this position, you should have significant experience within maintenance planning, engineering, asset management or reliability-focused roles in a heavy industrial, rail, manufacturing or engineering environment.

You will have a strong understanding of maintenance planning principles and be confident working with maintenance management systems, ideally SAP. Experience of coordinating maintenance activities, managing priorities, allocating resources and driving work completion is essential.

You should have excellent organisational and communication skills with the ability to work effectively with engineers, managers, contractors and operational stakeholders. The successful candidate will be able to analyse asset performance data, identify improvement opportunities and implement practical solutions to improve reliability and efficiency.

Knowledge and experience of safety management systems, risk assessments, statutory compliance activities and continuous improvement methodologies would be advantageous.

Ideally you will possess

• A relevant engineering qualification (Mechanical, Electrical or related discipline).
• Experience using SAP or similar maintenance management systems.
• Knowledge of asset management and reliability improvement principles.
• Experience coordinating contractor activities and compliance programmes.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• A commitment to health, safety and continuous improvement.
• The ability to lead, coach and support engineering teams.

Knowledge of rolling stock, static engines, generators, pumps or heavy industrial plant would be beneficial but is not essential, as training and development opportunities will be provided.

What we can offer you

If you are ambitious and looking for the opportunity to shape the future of British Steel, we'd love to hear from you.

This is a rare opportunity to join British Steel at a defining moment in its history.

Following nationalisation, British Steel is embarking on a significant transformation journey with a clear ambition to improve performance, build capability and secure long-term success

We know our employees are our greatest asset and alongside the great benefits packages we offer, we continue to invest in their careers by providing a huge range of training and development opportunities.

Whatever your stage in life, you'll find a range of benefits to complement your work-life balance. The benefits you'll enjoy include:

• Defined contribution company pension scheme
• 27 personal annual leave days + statutory bank holidays
• Life Assurance
• A comprehensive Company sick pay scheme
• Health Cash Plan via our partnership with Simply health
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Standby and call-out payments
• Family friendly benefits including enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.

British Steel is an armed forces friendly company, and we actively encourage applications from ex-Armed Forces Personnel, Reservists, Armed Forces Veterans and military spouses/partners.