Maintenance Planning Engineer - Day Shift, Growth & Benefits

E3 Recruitment; Pontefract; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension 10% matched

Private health care

KPI-driven bonus

Share option scheme

Training and career development

Job summary

The Engineering Maintenance Planner role is based near Nostell, Wakefield, offering a permanent, full-time position within a market-leading manufacturing business. You will plan electrical and mechanical maintenance, schedule weekly work with production, and drive TPM, 5S, and CMMS initiatives to improve efficiency and safety.

The candidate will coordinate with maintenance and production teams, monitor costs, and support continuous improvement across the factory.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable Knowledge & Expertise in Maintenance Planning on Industrial Plant & Equipment.
• High level of computer literacy in Microsoft Office and CMMS systems.
• High degree of Health & Safety awareness.

Responsibilities

• Plan electrical and mechanical maintenance activities by prioritising, developing scopes of work, method statements, risk assessments and parts lists.
• Schedule preventative and corrective work and agree the weekly schedule with production stakeholders.
• Participate in meetings to review daily/weekly work schedules and backlogs.
• Track and monitor job costs using purchasing and maintenance software.
• Carry out inductions, managing authorisation to work and work permits.
• Provide good communication skills to colleagues & production personnel to develop an understanding of the machinery operation so faults can be rectified efficiently.
• Promote the development and implementation of the Factory CMMS system.
• Apply TPM Tools & Techniques to generate Continuous Improvement throughout all areas of the Factory.
• Apply the 5S principles to deliver world-class standards of housekeeping.
• Support process improvement throughout the factory.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Communication with production

Continuous improvement

Tools

CMMS

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Engineering Maintenance Planner role is based near Nostell, Wakefield, offering a permanent, full-time position within a market-leading manufacturing business. You will plan electrical and mechanical maintenance, schedule weekly work with production, and drive TPM, 5S, and CMMS initiatives to improve efficiency and safety.

The candidate will coordinate with maintenance and production teams, monitor costs, and support continuous improvement across the factory.