Maintenance Planner

Imerys; Essex; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Imerys is seeking a Maintenance Planner & Scheduler to enhance operational efficiency at their facility in Essex. The successful candidate will oversee all engineering planning, ensure effective maintenance strategies, and support a broad range of engineering activities. This role requires robust engineering qualifications and significant experience in a manufacturing environment, as well as strong project management skills.

Benefits

28 days holiday plus bank holidays

Performance bonus

Generous pension plan

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Company Sick Pay

Discounts on external retailers

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• 5 years' experience in production/manufacturing.
• Competency in maintenance management and CMMS.
• Understanding of safety legislative requirements.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and manage preventive and reactive work orders.
• Ensure maintenance plans align with production requirements.
• Participate in hands-on maintenance tasks if required.

Skills

Experience in heavy production

IT maintenance systems and CMMS

Project planning techniques

Maintenance management

Mechanical knowledge

Electrical knowledge

Hydraulic knowledge

Pneumatic knowledge

Health and safety knowledge

Managing people

Education

Engineering qualification or apprenticeship

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Salary: Up to GBP50,000 depending on experience
Hours of work including shift pattern: Monday to Friday 8am-4pm

Capacity and willingness to respond to afterhours needs (physically and remotely).

The Maintenance Planner & Scheduler will ensure plant performance and efficient utilisation of engineering resources and tools, defining work procedures and methods within the Maintenance framework as defined by the Group, co-ordinated and managed locally by the Manager responsible for Engineering Services.

Why work for Imerys?

At Imerys every member of our team matters. Our priority is the health and safety of our people and our aim is to create diverse and inclusive workplaces. We are always striving to be better and to support our people to continuously learn, improve and innovate. This allows them to tap into their full potential and to take advantage of the wealth of career and development opportunities available.

The job role: The Maintenance Planner is responsible for implementation, development and administration of CMMS and overall responsibility for data gathering and communicating the engineering planning/scheduling information amongst the industrial team, which includes the following but not limited to;

• Prepare, schedule and allocate preventive, improvement and reactive work orders (WOs) and check WOs workflow and progress.
• Review and convert user requests into work orders and communicate progress of requests.
• Analyse work order feedback and reports, then plan any follow-up work.
• Participate in execution of maintenance tasks (hands-on jobs within the capabilities and competency of the incumbent) if required.
• Participate in managing engineering statutory and good practice activities and contracts (LOLER, PSSR, PAT testing etc.).
• Manage engineering contractors database and documents.
• Responsible for Shutdown Planning and Management procedure.
• Ensures that the plant has an annual/ weekly maintenance and shutdown plan that meets production s plan and equipment care requirements.
• Participate in preparation of tasks and acquire spares and special tools.
• Participate in maintenance budget planning.
• Manage engineering electronic database and physical library.
• Reviewing and updating plant process flow diagrams.

What s in it for you?

28 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays

Performance bonus

Generous pension plan

PMI (private Medical Insurance)

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Company Sick Pay

Discounts on external retailers

Cycle to work scheme

We also offer a comprehensive package to support the Wellbeing of our people which includes:

Employee Assistance Programme

Virtual GP

Flu and Eye care vouchers

Enhanced family friendly policies

Menopause Support

Private Medical Health Plan

You will: Have an Engineering/ manufacturing qualification or served an apprenticeship in engineering discipline and the following skills;

• 5 years proven experience and competency in heavy production / manufacturing / industrial environment, not necessarily as a maintenance planner.
• IT maintenance systems and CMMS.
• Project planning techniques and tools i.e. MS Project
• Maintenance management experience including preventive, proactive, condition monitoring and reliability centred (RCM) and proven experience of using performance indicators (KPIs), root cause analysis (RCA) and failure mode analysis (FMEA) tools
• Mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic and process systems knowledge.
• Reasonable understanding and experience of health and safety legislative requirements such as LOLER, PUWER, Working at Height, Confined Spaces, COSHH, and PSSR.
• Understanding of LOTOTO and permit to work system.
• Experience of managing people, projects and contractors.
• Understanding of cost control and budget planning.

We would like our application process to be accessible to all - if you require an alternative way to apply then please get in touch

IMERYS is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, and it is our policy to not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state or local laws.