Maintenance Planner

United Utilities; Chester; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days annual leave

Pension up to 14%

Performance bonus up to 7.5%

Healthcare plan

Gym discounts

Best Doctors

EVolve Car Scheme

Employee Assistance Plan

Mental health first aiders

ShareBuy

MORE Choices

Job summary

United Utilities in Huntington is seeking a dedicated Maintenance Planner to coordinate planned maintenance across UU sites in a defined area. You will work with maintenance teams to develop accurate job plans, specify personnel, durations, materials, tools, and safety requirements to keep assets reliable and compliant.

This role emphasizes safety, proactive planning, and continuous improvement, including spares management, work order validation, and scheduling effective downtime.

Qualifications

• Qualified to HNC or NVQ level 3 in Mechanical, Electrical or Instrumentation engineering.
• Significant experience from time-served apprenticeship or hands-on work.
• Experience in water or similar industry.

Responsibilities

• Plan and develop maintenance job plans with resources, durations and safety requirements.
• Coordinate asset downtime to minimise disruption and maintain treatment continuity.
• Manage spares, materials and services with accurate BOMs for critical assets.
• Review new corrective work for priority and readiness to be scheduled.
• Create and improve library of maintenance job plans with operations teams.
• Drive continuous improvement and support regular planning meetings.

Education

HNC or NVQ3 in mechanical/electrical/instrumentation engineering

Engineering background

Root cause analysis

Maintenance planning

SAP

MS Office

Communication

Health & Safety

Tools

SAP

MS Office

Job description

The Role

You will be responsible for the planning and of specified maintenance activities across a number of UU sites in a defined area. You'll be working with the maintenance teams to deliver safe and cost effective asset reliability, playing a key part in the move from reactive to proactive maintenance. Liaising with the maintenance and operational teams you will develop maintenance job plans that are accurate and ready for work scheduling and execution. This will include; people, skillsets requirements, estimated job duration, materials or parts requirements, special tools/ equipment, developing work instructions which include essential safety requirements

What You\'l Be Doing

You will be responsible for ensuring safety is at the forefront of planning activity and hazards are identified upfront for all planned maintenance activity, developing and issuing the short, medium and long term maintenance plan for assets within a designated area. You will also be responsible for:

• Manage and request spares, materials and services for maintenance activities, ensuring accurate specifications and building bills of materials for critical and repeat-failure assets.


• Review all newly raised corrective work to confirm appropriate priority and readiness for planning.


• Proactively plan asset downtime to minimise operational disruption and maintain treatment continuity.


• Create, update and improve the library of maintenance job plans, adapting them with operations, maintenance and engineering teams to enhance asset reliability.


• Drive continuous improvement within the planning and scheduling function, supporting the development of executable schedules and contributing to regular short- and long-term planning meetings.


• Coordinate required asset availability or shutdowns for proactive maintenance and report on missed opportunities to support ongoing process improvement.

What We\'re Looking For

To be considered for this role you will need to be qualified to either HNC or NVQ level 3 (or equivalent) in a Mechanical, Electrical, or Instrumentation engineering discipline and have significant experience gained through either a time served apprenticeship or hands‑on experience, which is essential to meet the needs of the business in relevant related fields. You will have a detailed engineering background along with initiative and attention to detail together with experience of maintenance across a water or other similar industry. You will also have:

• Strong maintenance expertise with the ability to accurately estimate labour, materials and skill requirements, supported by solid knowledge of plant operations, equipment, and Health & Safety processes.


• Proficient in Microsoft Office, with a good working understanding of SAP, MARS ways of working, work orders and maintenance planning principles.


• Skilled in root cause and failure analysis, applying logical, efficient planning to maximise resource use and asset availability.


• Excellent communicator with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams as well as independently.


• Awareness of industry safety standards, work authorisation procedures

A Full UK Driving Licence is required for the role.

What We Offer

• A generous annual leave package of 26 days, which increases to 30 days after four years of service (increases one day per year), in addition to 8 bank holidays


• A competitive pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution, 21% combined, and life cover


• Up to 7.5% performance-related bonus scheme, as well as recognition awards for outstanding achievements


• A comprehensive healthcare plan through our company-funded scheme


• MyGymDiscounts - gym and wellness benefit that offers up to 25% off on gym memberships and digital fitness subscriptions


• Best Doctors


• Salary Finance


• Wealth at Work courses


• Deals and discounts


• EVolve Car Scheme


• Employee Assistance Plan


• Mental health first aiders


• ShareBuy


• MORE Choices flexible benefits


• Enhanced parental leave schemes

Salary - £51,233
Work Type - Onsite
Job Location - Huntington Water Treatment Works, Aldford Road, Huntington, Chester, CH3 6DQ
Role Type - Permanent
Employment Type - Full Time
Working Hours - 37.0 Hours per Week

United Utilities’ (UU) purpose is to deliver great water for a stronger, greener and healthier North West of England. We are committed to providing our services in a way that respects the environment, supports the economy, and benefits society.

We value diversity, inclusion and innovation in our workplace, and we foster a culture where our people can grow, excel, and be themselves.

We uphold our ethics, values and business model to fulfil our mission and, by setting clear goals and objectives, we create sustainable long-term value for our colleagues, customers and communities. Whether you work with a team that shares your vision or join a network of peers with similar interests, you will find a welcoming and supportive organisation to be part of.

We’ve got a lot to offer. You’ll be part of a thriving FTSE 100 company and will enjoy a range of core benefits that reflect your value and value contribution.

We rely on every employee to ensure our customers receive the best possible service, day in, day out. In return, we ensure that you will be well rewarded for your efforts, from an excellent salary through to development opportunities that will really kick start a thriving career here at UU.