Maintenance Planner

Belcan; Southampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Belcan Workforce Solutions is seeking a Maintenance Planner (Metals Planner) in Southampton to join a major industrial maintenance and engineering operation. The role focuses on developing detailed maintenance work scopes for piping, structural steel, and mechanical systems, and producing work packs for efficient site execution.

The successful candidate will coordinate with operations and engineering teams, manage resources using SAP/CMMS, and support turnarounds and maintenance campaigns while

Qualifications

• Requires strong maintenance planning background and pipefitting experience.
• Able to develop maintenance scopes, work packs and cost estimates.
• Experience in refinery, petrochemical, or heavy industrial environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed maintenance work scopes and job plans for piping and mechanical activities.
• Produce comprehensive work packs including labour, materials, tools and contractor requirements.
• Manage maintenance activities through SAP or equivalent CMMS.
• Source materials and coordinate third‑party service providers.
• Support shutdowns, turnarounds and planned maintenance campaigns.
• Monitor maintenance backlogs and prioritise work activities.
• Prepare cost estimates and support annual maintenance planning.

Skills

Pipefitting experience

Maintenance planning

Metals planning

SAP CMMS

Isometrics reading

Education

Mechanical apprenticeship

Tools

SAP

CMMS

Job description

Belcan Workforce Solutions is currently recruiting for a Maintenance Planner (Metals Planner) to join a major industrial maintenance and engineering operation based in Southampton. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Planner with a strong maintenance background and previous pipefitting experience to support critical refinery operations on a large and complex process site.

About the Role

As a Maintenance Planner, you will act as a Metals Planner, developing maintenance work scopes for piping, structural steelwork and mechanical systems, producing detailed work packs, sourcing materials, and coordinating maintenance activities across the site.

Working closely with operations, engineering and maintenance teams, you will be responsible for planning routine and corrective maintenance activities, ensuring all labour, materials, tooling and contractor requirements are identified and available to enable the safe and efficient execution of work.

This is a hands‑on role requiring regular site visits to assess equipment, define maintenance requirements, obtain field measurements and develop detailed maintenance plans to support plant reliability and operational performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop detailed maintenance work scopes and job plans for piping and mechanical maintenance activities
• Produce comprehensive work packs including labour, materials, tools and contractor requirements
• Manage maintenance activities through SAP or equivalent maintenance management systems
• Source materials and coordinate third‑party service providers
• Support shutdowns, turnarounds and planned maintenance campaigns
• Monitor maintenance backlogs and prioritise work activities
• Prepare cost estimates and support annual maintenance planning activities
• Liaise with operations, engineering and maintenance teams to ensure effective work execution
• Conduct site visits and inspections to gather information required for planning activities
• Support continuous improvement initiatives within maintenance planning processes
• Ensure compliance with site safety procedures and management of change processes
• Previous pipefitting experience is essential
• Experience working as a Metals Planner, Mechanical Planner, Maintenance Planner or similar planning role within a refinery, petrochemical, oil & gas, energy or heavy industrial environment
• Recognised mechanical apprenticeship or equivalent trade qualification
• Strong understanding of piping systems, mechanical maintenance and associated work scopes
• Experience developing maintenance plans, job packs and work instructions
• Working knowledge of SAP or a similar Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, isometrics and technical documentation
• Strong organisational, communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities
• Previous refinery or petrochemical site experience
• Knowledge of maintenance reliability and asset integrity processes
• Experience preparing maintenance cost estimates and budgets
• Understanding of turnaround and shutdown planning activities

Why Apply?

This is an excellent opportunity for a Maintenance Planner to join a well-established industrial operation, offering competitive rates, long‑term contract potential and the opportunity to play a key role in maintaining critical plant assets. Candidates must have prior pipefitting experience together with a strong background in maintenance planning and metals planning activities.