Maintenance Planner

Job Role: Maintenance Planner

Job Type: Permanent 

Location: Chirnside 

Our client, a renowned and admired manufacturing business of paper products, is currently hiring for a Maintenance Planner to join their growing team. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Ensure all maintenance work/actions are planned/scheduled 48 hours in advance to support operational efficiency, including contractor work.
• Set up a plan for each night shift prior to leaving the site.
• Manage the planning system (MX and shift log) to support department supervisors.
• Ensure availability of all parts for planned work.
• Lead the PR and ordering on-site, supported by supervisors and Insite stores team.
• Plan, schedule, and coordinate all maintenance work 48 hours in advance.
• Coordinate planned and unplanned shutdowns.
• Conduct daily and weekly planning meetings and support department supervisors in maintenance meetings.
• Schedule internal and external resources, materials, and services.
• Communicate regularly with operations and maintenance departments.
• Maintain condition monitoring schedules and support maintenance engineers with TBM schedules.
• Lead ordering and designate required materials for planned maintenance activities.
• Set out work details, required resources, and labor hours.
• Ensure availability of drawings, manuals, and other documents.
• Support/supervise on-site store support and manage contractors in Mechanical and Electrical Departs.
• Create and review PM routines aligned with equipment criticality analyses.
• Ensure work orders are closed when completed.

Qualifications & Requirements 

• Minimum of 3 years experience planning, computer literacy, time management, organisational and communication skills, leadership skills/driven attitude, effective teamwork, experience in using SAP/MX, experience in paper or continuous process-related industries.
• HNC/HND or equivalent.
• Experience with CMMS.
• Minimum Professional, Academic or Other Qualifications: Educated to HND/Apprenticeship level in Engineering.

For more information regarding this role, please call Josh Kerr at 01453 829770, or to make an application directly, via [email protected]

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