Maintenance Planner - Asset Reliability & Planning

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

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 26 days increasing to 30

Competitive pension with employer cont

Bonus up to 7.5%

Healthcare plan

Gym and wellness benefits

Employee assistance

Job summary

United Utilities is seeking a Maintenance Planner for our Samlesbury site in the North West. The role focuses on safety-driven proactive maintenance planning for water treatment assets, coordinating with maintenance, scheduling and supply chain teams to ensure material and service availability.

Applicants should have deep maintenance knowledge, plant operations experience, and strong communication skills. SAP and MARS expertise, plus a UK driving licence, are preferred.

Qualifications

• Extensive maintenance knowledge with experience estimating time and materials.
• Familiar with plant operations and health & safety requirements.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office; SAP and MARS knowledge.
• Root cause analysis and problem solving.
• Strong communication across technical and non-technical colleagues.
• Holds a full UK driving licence.
• HNC/NVQ Level 3 in Mechanical, Electrical, or Instrumentation engineering.

Responsibilities

• Put safety first by identifying risks and building proactive maintenance plans for assets.
• Collaborate with maintenance, scheduling and supply chain teams to ensure materials and services are in place for planned work.
• Review and prioritise new maintenance tasks to minimise disruption to water treatment operations.
• Build and improve a library of job plans with input from operations and engineering teams for asset reliability.
• Work with schedulers and planning meetings to shape executable plans from one week to a year ahead.
• Request asset shutdowns when needed and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Maintenance knowledge

Microsoft Office

SAP

MARS systems

Communication

Education

HNC/NVQ Level 3 in Mechanical, Electrical or Instrumentation engineering

Tools

SAP

MARS

Job description

United Utilities is seeking a Maintenance Planner for our Samlesbury site in the North West. The role focuses on safety-driven proactive maintenance planning for water treatment assets, coordinating with maintenance, scheduling and supply chain teams to ensure material and service availability.

Applicants should have deep maintenance knowledge, plant operations experience, and strong communication skills. SAP and MARS expertise, plus a UK driving licence, are preferred.