Maintenance Planner

Synergi Recruitment; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension up to 10%

Healthcare benefits

Holiday entitlement

Development opportunities

Employee wellbeing programmes

Life assurance and additional benefits

Job summary

Synergi Recruitment is seeking a Maintenance Planner near Peterborough for a fast-moving FMCG site. The role focuses on developing a robust CMMS, coordinating stores, and optimising maintenance programs to improve asset uptime and reduce costs.

You will work with an experienced engineering team, manage multiple priorities, and ensure compliance with safety and regulatory requirements while driving continuous improvement aligned with site objectives.

Qualifications

• Proven maintenance planning experience in industrial/manufacturing environments.
• Strong organisational skills to manage multiple priorities and schedules.
• Experience coordinating contractors and external labour resources.
• Knowledge of engineering principles; electrical bias desirable.
• Experience with RAMS and maintenance compliance requirements.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience using CMMS or maintenance management systems.
• Proactive, practical approach and team player in engineering teams.
• Experience in heavy industrial, agricultural, manufacturing or FMCG environments advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Ensure health, safety and environmental procedures are followed.
• Develop and administer an effective CMMS system.
• Coordinate and oversee engineering stores to support PM compliance.
• Optimize maintenance programmes based on data and stakeholders.
• Track maintenance KPI data in CMMS to improve asset uptime and reduce costs.
• Liaise with key site stakeholders about upcoming maintenance activities.
• Ensure legal obligations in line with equipment maintenance and compliance are met; maintain service records.
• Monitor costs and variances using on-site accounting and maintenance software.
• Participate in meetings with operations and maintenance teams to review issues and backlogs.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Organisational skills

Contractor coordination

Engineering principles (electrical)

RAMS & maintenance compliance

Communication & stakeholder management

CMMS experience

Proactive, practical approach

Teamworking in engineering

Tools

CMMS software

Job description

Job Title – Maintenance Planner

Location – Near Peterborough

Salary - £43,000

Shift – Monday – Friday (Days)

Do you thrive in a fast-moving environment? Enjoy working on high speed production equipment? We are recruiting for a Maintenance Planner to join a global FMCG company based near Peterborough The right Maintenance Planner will be looking to join an innovative FMCG site, who value teamwork, integrity and honesty.

The Maintenance Planner will:

• Ensure that business health, safety and environmental procedures and policies are followed.
• Develop and administer an effective CMMS System, as part of a business group initiative.
• Co-ordinate and oversee the engineering stores operation on site, ensuring the Asset Care Team has the necessary resources to maintain PM compliance and react to failures.
• Based on data and working with a variety of stakeholders optimise maintenance programmes for cost and time-utilisation.
• Track maintenance KPI data through CMMS to continually improve asset uptime, minimise cost and drive skill transfer to operational teams.
• Directly liaise with key stakeholders around the site regarding upcoming maintenance activities.
• Work with Asset Care team to ensure the company is meeting its legal obligations in line with equipment maintenance and compliance, while maintaining service records.
• Track and monitor costs and variances using on site accounting and maintenance software.
• Participate in meetings with operations and maintenance teams to review daily/weekly work issues and backlogs.

The Ideal Candidate will have:

• Proven experience in maintenance planning, ideally within an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and maintenance schedules.
• Experience coordinating contractors and managing external labour resources.
• Good knowledge of engineering principles, with an electrical bias desirable but not essential.
• Experience with risk assessments, RAMS and maintenance compliance requirements.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working with a CMMS or maintenance management system.
• A proactive, practical approach and the ability to work effectively as part of an experienced engineering team.
• Experience within heavy industrial, agricultural, manufacturing or FMCG environments would be advantageous.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience with CMMS systems. Experience with any system is considered.
• Knowledge of statutory maintenance and compliance requirements, including LOLER and PUWER.
• Electrical engineering experience or qualifications.
• Experience working with contractors and service-level agreements.
• Experience in a dusty, industrial or heavy manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity with maintenance performance measures such as downtime, reliability and OEE.

Benefits Include:

• Company pension contribution of up to 10% when you contribute 5%.
• Healthcare benefits.
• Holiday entitlement.
• Supportive and experienced engineering team.
• Opportunities for development and career progression.
• Employee wellbeing and support programmes.
• Life assurance and additional employee benefits.