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The key role of the maintenance planner is to own the maintenance plan for their area of responsibility. The planner works across short-, medium- & long-term planning horizons to develop & deliver the maintenance plan, aligning resource & timing requirements with Engineering and Production partners to ensure maintenance tasks are planned according to department objectives & executable on time in full.

The maintenance planner pulls together the plan of work for all tasks in partnership with engineering colleagues. The planner will detail out the task list needed in sequential order, appropriate maintenance procedures, known required parts and specialist tools and resources, craft requirements with time estimates, retest requirements, specifications, safety, Quality and environmental requirements needed to perform the work.

• Short, medium & long term maintenance planning
• Build and publish weekly schedule (in liaison with operations) & maintain changes to plan on a daily basis
• Develop cost estimates for planned & corrective work as appropriate
• Maintain long term maintenance plan identifying outage requirements and collaborate with Engineering and Production stakeholders to ensure PM due dates are achieved
• Collaborate with the Maintenance Manager in preparing turnaround plans for large outages
• Ensure all aspects of maintenance planning are considered and preparations in place to deliver successful execution of tasks (access, spare parts, external resources, service contracts. etc)
• Check availability of parts, tools, etc for maintenance work
• Work with Engineering Supervisors to ensure sufficient staffing is available for maintenance activities
• Ensure risk assessments and method statements are in place as appropriate for planned and unplanned work before locking tasks into plans. Escalate non-conformance as appropriate
• Organize service visits for equipment as required in collaboration with Maintenance Support Engineers
• Walk down area during job plan creation >1 week horizon
• Follow up on purchased engineering materials, services and spares to ensure availability for scheduled work. Escalate issues as appropriate
• Complete purchase requisitions & goods receipts as appropriate for purchased engineering materials
• Ensure all work is planned in accordance with Elanco SHE rules, Safe Systems of work, site maintenance & Elanco Engineering procedures
• Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
• Manage the CMMS interface for the whole MRO cycle e.g. alignment of outages to PM due dates, updates to task lists / job plans, estimated hours / frequency changes, work order scheduling, hours entry, parts list, file upload, etc
• Review and update planning/scheduling SOPs as required, including periodic reviews
• Provide technical coaching and advice relating to the CMMS and maintenance processes to operators/craft/Process Team members/advise & coach
• Preparation of Reports and Metrics
• Report metrics into the daily Maintenance huddle, weekly maintenance planning cycle and CRP resource planning meetings
• PM look ahead – maintain the short and long term view of PM & CM tasks
• Ensure risk of overdue PMs is escalated rapidly, and plan to complete
• Ensure cost estimates are in place for planned & unplanned work as appropriate (collaborating with Engineering & Maintenance partners as required). Measure & report actuals for CM & major PM tasks
• Learning & development
• Ensure own Learning Plan is up to date & ensure training is kept current
• Share specialist skills and information gained through experience
• Undertake training as appropriate, & assist in the training of new personnel when necessary
• Maintain own competency matrix & role RACI

(education, experience and/or training, required certifications):

• Engineering degree / HND / HNC or equivalent qualifications & experience with experience of engineering planning in a manufacturing environment.

• Experience of UK SHE legislative framework for manufacturing operations
• Understand high-level Basis of Safety of the processes and facilities
• Experience of engineering operations in a regulated environment – for example but not limited to COMAH, GMP, PSSR, DSEAR, LOLER, LOTO, PTW, L8.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!

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