Maintenance Planner

Sanofi Group; Waterford; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanofi Waterford is seeking a Maintenance Planner for a 23-month fixed-term contract located in Waterford. The role focuses on preventative maintenance, shutdown coordination, and optimization of the asset maintenance program within a hi‑tech manufacturing facility.

You will work cross-functionally with operations, ensuring GMP-compliant processes and accurate system records while supporting KPI development and project initiatives.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a technical role.
• Background within a sterile manufacturing environment, with knowledge of GMP.
• Excellent communicator with cross-functional collaboration abilities.

Responsibilities

• Taking charge of preventative maintenance activity and manage Shutdowns.
• Assisting with the management of the Infor CMMS Maintenance System.
• Owning and managing the maintenance SLA process.
• Ensuring all work in GMP areas is recorded/managed through appropriate systems e.g. GMP Permit/Infor.
• Developing and managing KPIs and processes for Eng/Maintenance teams.
• Aiding other projects.

Skills

Technical experience

GMP knowledge

Cross-functional communication

Education

Junior/Senior trades certificate or equivalent

Diploma/Degree or equivalent

Computer qualifications

Job description

Job Title: Maintenance Planner Location: Waterford Job Type: Full-time, 23-month Fixed-Term Contract Shift Pattern: Days/Standard

About the job How would you like to transform patients lives through delivering best in class products day in, day out? You could be part of shaping the company’s asset maintenance program and strategy! Working with your peers, your skills could help the site with maintenance planning and scheduling, working cross functionally with operations to hone your skills as part of Waterford’s hi-tech manufacturing facility. Ready to get started? Join a global network that powers how Sanofi delivers — seamlessly, purposefully, and at scale. In Manufacturing & Supply, you’ll help reimagine how life-changing treatments reach people everywhere, faster.

About Sanofi: We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

Main responsibilities

• Taking charge of preventative maintenance activity & manage Shutdowns
• Assisting with the management of the Infor CMMS Maintenance System
• Owning and managing the maintenance SLA process
• Ensuring all work in GMP areas is recorded/ managed through appropriate systems eg: GMP Permit/ Infor
• Developing and managing KPI’s and process for the Eng/Maintenance teams
• Aiding other projects

About you

• Significant experience in a technical role
• Background within a sterile manufacturing environment, with knowledge of GMP and manufacturing technology
• Excellent communicator, influencing ability and working cross functionally
• Junior & Senior trades certificate or an equivalent third level qualification
• Diploma/Degree qualification or equivalent
• Computer qualifications

Why choose us?

Shape the future of medicine and vaccine delivery with cutting-edge technology, ensuring seamless launches and a resilient global supply. Transform lives worldwide by delivering life-changing treatments anywhere, anytime. Grow, thrive, and make an impact in a workplace that empowers you to bring your best self every day, with pride. Help deliver 30+ new product launches by 2030, ensuring patients get treatments faster than ever. Pursue progress, discover extraordinary Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people. At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity. Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!

The salary range for this position is :€54 800,00 - €73 067 Final compensation will be determined based on demonstrated experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. We are an R&D driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and creating compelling growth. Our team is guided by one purpose: we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We want to build a healthier, more resilient world, and turn the impossible into the possible by discovering, developing, and delivering medicines and vaccines for millions of people around the world. Discover more about us visiting www.sanofi.com or via our movie We are Sanofi Start a career that makes a difference. Reinvention is in our DNA. It’s what drove our evolution from a small French enterprise to one of the world’s leading biopharma companies. Whether it’s using AI to shorten drug-discovery times or building trust in healthcare, you could be helping our teams make life better for patients, partners, and communities. This is where you grow your career. We open the door for you to explore new opportunities, push your limits, and connect with people who are driven by a shared purpose: we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.