Maintenance Planner

Convertech - Double E Group; Leicester; On-site; GBP 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Maintenance Planner in a dynamic food manufacturing environment. This role is essential for ensuring the efficient planning and scheduling of maintenance tasks, supporting the engineering team in maintaining high standards of safety and operational efficiency. You will develop a comprehensive maintenance plan, facilitate communication with stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement initiatives. With a competitive salary and a range of attractive perks, this opportunity is perfect for someone looking to make a significant impact in their next career move.

Benefits

25 days holiday + Bank holidays

Competitive Pension Scheme

On-site Parking

Subsidised Canteen

Staff Discount Shop

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar role within a manufacturing plant.
• Ability to manage and prioritize maintenance tasks effectively.

Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule maintenance of company assets on site.
• Develop and maintain a 52-week maintenance schedule.
• Facilitate planning meetings with key stakeholders.

Skills

Effective communication

Preparation & Planning skills

Pro-active approach

Ability to drive continuous improvement

Sense of urgency

Approachability

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Are you a Maintenance Planner looking for your next challenge within a food manufacturing setting?

In this role you will be responsible for planning the maintenance of company assets on site in Leicester. You will plan and schedule all planned maintenance using the CMMS system to ensure critical tasks are completed in a given timescale. Develop and maintain a 52 week maintenance schedule and ensuring any outstanding work is completed along with running regular reports and reporting to internal teams and stakeholders.

This role is a critical part of the engineering team and you will need to be organised to ensure all maintenance tasks are planned and prioritised in a busy food manufacturing environment. Working alongside the maintenance team and reporting to the engineering manager you will need to have previous experience in a similar role within a manufacturing plant.
The role as a Maintenance Planner:

1. Execute planning & scheduling strategy in alignment with PEMM
2. Generate weekly maintenance schedules with an outlook of up to six weeks
3. Facilitate planning/scheduling meeting with key stakeholders
4. Performs regular data analysis of work order management and asset performance
5. Custodian of data quality and data cleansing of the CMMS
6. Develop and maintain 52 week maintenance plan
7. Provides software training to end users (technicians) and new CMMS Administrators; serves as liaison for problem solving and escalation.
8. Uploading planned maintenance task lists, generating schedules to standardised time and frequency in alignment with 52 week plan
9. Prioritising work requests from internal customers, defining critical requests to support food safety and health & safety
10. To co-ordinate with external contractors on agreed service intervals, time and duration
11. Ensure alignment of CMMS planned tasks with statutory and mandatory requirements

Skills & Knowledge needed for this Maintenance Planner role:

1. Effective communication both written and verbal.
2. Ability to be direct
3. Pro-active, ability to drive through continuous improvement initiatives.
4. A sense of urgency.
5. To be approachable
6. Excellent Preparation & Planning skills

The package on offer for this Maintenance Planner role:

1. Salary package of £36,000
2. 25 days holiday + Bank holidays
3. Competitive Pension Scheme
4. On-site Parking
5. Subsidised Canteen
6. Staff Discount Shop
7. Long Service Awards

If you feel this Maintenance Planner opportunity is right for you please contact Amy Perks at Maintech Recruitment on 01543 212250, Click apply or connect with me on LinkedIn: Amy Perks.

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