Maintenance Planner & Scheduler: CMMS & Reliability Projects

Kilsaran; Dunboyne; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Kilsaran is seeking a Maintenance Planner / Scheduler to coordinate preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance across the site in Ireland. You will ensure maximum equipment reliability and availability through meticulous planning and CMMS mastery.

The role emphasizes developing maintenance systems, driving continuous improvement, and supporting annual maintenance shutdowns and capital projects, with collaboration across production, engineering, and safety teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-5 years in a maintenance planning, scheduling, or maintenance coordination role within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Proven experience implementing, configuring, and developing CMMS systems.
• Experience with ERP systems and maintenance budgeting.

Responsibilities

• Develop, plan, and schedule all preventive and predictive maintenance activities.
• Create weekly, monthly, and annual maintenance schedules aligned with production requirements.
• Coordinate maintenance shutdowns and planned outages to minimise operational disruption.
• Prioritise maintenance work orders based on risk, criticality, and business requirements.
• Ensure all maintenance activities are properly planned with labour, materials, tools, permits, and documentation available before execution.
• Assist in CMMS setup, implementation, and continuous development; maintain hierarchies, asset registers, and routines.
• Generate and distribute weekly and monthly maintenance performance reports; monitor KPIs.
• Coordinate contractor activities and maintenance service providers; ensure compliance with safety policies.
• Manage maintenance team availability and resource allocation; plan leave and training.
• Support annual maintenance shutdowns and capital projects; track progress, costs, and milestones.
• Identify opportunities for reliability improvements and standardise planning processes.

Skills

Organisational planning

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Tools

Excel

ERP systems

Job description

Kilsaran is seeking a Maintenance Planner / Scheduler to coordinate preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance across the site in Ireland. You will ensure maximum equipment reliability and availability through meticulous planning and CMMS mastery.

The role emphasizes developing maintenance systems, driving continuous improvement, and supporting annual maintenance shutdowns and capital projects, with collaboration across production, engineering, and safety teams.