Maintenance Planner: Drive Asset Uptime & CMMS

Synergi Recruitment; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension up to 10%

Healthcare benefits

Holiday entitlement

Development opportunities

Employee wellbeing programmes

Life assurance and additional benefits

Job summary

Synergi Recruitment is seeking a Maintenance Planner near Peterborough for a fast-moving FMCG site. The role focuses on developing a robust CMMS, coordinating stores, and optimising maintenance programs to improve asset uptime and reduce costs.

You will work with an experienced engineering team, manage multiple priorities, and ensure compliance with safety and regulatory requirements while driving continuous improvement aligned with site objectives.

Qualifications

• Proven maintenance planning experience in industrial/manufacturing environments.
• Strong organisational skills to manage multiple priorities and schedules.
• Experience coordinating contractors and external labour resources.
• Knowledge of engineering principles; electrical bias desirable.
• Experience with RAMS and maintenance compliance requirements.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience using CMMS or maintenance management systems.
• Proactive, practical approach and team player in engineering teams.
• Experience in heavy industrial, agricultural, manufacturing or FMCG environments advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Ensure health, safety and environmental procedures are followed.
• Develop and administer an effective CMMS system.
• Coordinate and oversee engineering stores to support PM compliance.
• Optimize maintenance programmes based on data and stakeholders.
• Track maintenance KPI data in CMMS to improve asset uptime and reduce costs.
• Liaise with key site stakeholders about upcoming maintenance activities.
• Ensure legal obligations in line with equipment maintenance and compliance are met; maintain service records.
• Monitor costs and variances using on-site accounting and maintenance software.
• Participate in meetings with operations and maintenance teams to review issues and backlogs.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Organisational skills

Contractor coordination

Engineering principles (electrical)

RAMS & maintenance compliance

Communication & stakeholder management

CMMS experience

Proactive, practical approach

Teamworking in engineering

Tools

CMMS software

Job description

Synergi Recruitment is seeking a Maintenance Planner near Peterborough for a fast-moving FMCG site. The role focuses on developing a robust CMMS, coordinating stores, and optimising maintenance programs to improve asset uptime and reduce costs.

You will work with an experienced engineering team, manage multiple priorities, and ensure compliance with safety and regulatory requirements while driving continuous improvement aligned with site objectives.