Strategic Engineering Planner: Maintenance & Outages

Syngenta; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Bonus scheme

Private medical & life insurance

Up to 31.5 days annual holiday + 8 UK?

Job summary

Syngenta is seeking an Onsite Engineering Planner at the Huddersfield Manufacturing Centre. The role focuses on planning, scoping and delivering detailed work packages for maintenance across electrical, instrumentation, mechanical and civil disciplines.

You will gather site information, develop executable job scopes and ensure plans are fully resourced and aligned with safety and production needs. Key duties include building master maintenance schedules, coordinating with Asset Engineers,

Qualifications

• Experience in maintenance planning within chemical, petrochemical, oil & gas, pharma or heavy process industries.
• Proven ability to plan across electrical, instrumentation, mechanical or civil disciplines.
• Experience in shutdowns, turnarounds or outages with detailed job lists and schedules.
• Strong CMMS knowledge, especially SAP Plant Maintenance and work order management.
• Familiarity with scheduling tools (MS Project, Primavera P6).
• Understanding of permits-to-work, risk assessments, and site safety procedures.
• Proven stakeholder management across multiple functions.
• HNC/HND in an engineering discipline or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Attend job faces across disciplines to gather information and define accurate job scopes.
• Create detailed work packages with sequences, resources, materials, drawings, isolation plans, and risk assessments.
• Maintain master plan for routine maintenance and outages, identifying critical paths.
• Coordinate between engineering, operations and contractors to align activities with schedule and safety.
• Manage CMMS data and ensure accurate work orders and histories.
• Lead weekly scheduling meetings and report on progress and resource use.
• Coordinate parts, consumables and tools in advance of work.
• Review plans post-execution and drive continuous improvement in planning quality.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Stakeholder management

Scheduling

Discipline knowledge (electrical/instr

Education

HNC/HND in engineering

Tools

SAP Plant Maintenance

MS Project

Primavera P6

Job description

Syngenta is seeking an Onsite Engineering Planner at the Huddersfield Manufacturing Centre. The role focuses on planning, scoping and delivering detailed work packages for maintenance across electrical, instrumentation, mechanical and civil disciplines.

You will gather site information, develop executable job scopes and ensure plans are fully resourced and aligned with safety and production needs. Key duties include building master maintenance schedules, coordinating with Asset Engineers,