Onsite Engineering Planner: Maintenance & Outages

Syngenta Crop Protection; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension

Private medical & life insurance

Up to 31.5 days annual leave + 8 bankH

Job summary

Syngenta Crop Protection, Huddersfield, seeks an Onsite Engineering Planner to plan, scope and deliver detailed work packages for routine maintenance and outages across electrical, instrumentation, mechanical and civil disciplines.

You will gather on-site information, align activities with safety and production requirements, and coordinate with engineers, operations and contractors to ensure timely execution.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in maintenance planning or engineering in chemical manufacturing, petrochemical, oil & gas, pharma or heavy process industries.
• Experience planning across electrical, instrumentation, mechanical, or civil disciplines.
• Experience in shutdown/turnaround/outage planning with detailed job lists and schedules.
• Proficiency with SAP Plant Maintenance for work orders, equipment history and task lists.
• Knowledge of scheduling tools and engineering docs (P&IDs, drawings, specs).
• Familiarity with permit-to-work systems and site safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Attend job face to gather information and develop accurate job scopes across multiple disciplines.
• Prepare detailed work packages with sequences, resources, materials, drawings, and permits.
• Build and maintain master plan for routine maintenance and outages with critical paths.
• Coordinate with Asset Engineers, Operations, Projects and Contractors to align activities.
• Lead scheduling meetings and report schedule adherence and resource use.

Skills

Maintenance planning

CMMS SAP Plant Maintenance

Scheduling tools

P&IDs knowledge

Permit to work

Stakeholder management

Multi-scope management

Education

HNC/HND in engineering

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

Job description

Syngenta Crop Protection, Huddersfield, seeks an Onsite Engineering Planner to plan, scope and deliver detailed work packages for routine maintenance and outages across electrical, instrumentation, mechanical and civil disciplines.

You will gather on-site information, align activities with safety and production requirements, and coordinate with engineers, operations and contractors to ensure timely execution.