Senior Maintenance Planner

What if you could work with remarkable people on extraordinary things? What if the end result was something a little bit special? What if your role was mission critical?
For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have a critical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK’s ultimate deterrent - Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions.
It takes a special sort of person to work at AWE. What if that person was you?
A WE is currently recruiting for a Senior Maintenance Planner to manage and provide p lanning oversite of maintenance delivery planning. Line manage and develop staff and ensur e company assets are maintained and p lanned in a way to ensure that the site and its residents are kept safe, clean and secure.
Senior Maintenance Planner
Location: Reading / Basingstoke area
Salary: £ 44 ,9 10 - £ 51 ,000 depending on experience
Closing date: 26th January 2024
As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave (plus every other Friday off work)
  
• Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time.
  
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training.
  
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
  
• A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution)
  
• Life Assurance
  
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
  
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family.
  
• A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site.
  

What will you be responsible for?

• Appraise, monitor and arrange staff training to certify the competence of staff in accordance with facility and trade competency assessment requirements.
  
• Monitor and ensure reasons for the non-completion of maintenance tasks are valid, accurately documented and facility management / facility engineering are suitably advised and informed.
  

• Bring to the attention of line management, facility management, Principal Maintenance and Reliability Engineer (PMRE) and Principal Asset Engineer (PAE), any matter, revealed during maintenance delivery that has indicated that the performance, safe operation or condition of the plant may have been affected.
  
• Monitor and demonstrate proactive means of self-assurance that planning task execution, staff behaviours and relevant documentation is suitable and sufficient to demonstrate Asset Management (Plant and Equipment) compliance and AWE core values.
  
• Agree maintenance programmes and schedules with facility management and planning; assist the review and development process regarding the planned maintenance programme.
  
• Delegate and develop planning staff as necessary, identify resource numbers and skills to ensure they are appropriate to deliver functional requirement.
  
• The Company may require you to fulfil any other reasonable duties aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs.
  

What will you need to be considered?

• A broad base of maintenance planning and maintenance delivery principles
  

• K nowledge of safety management arrangements and systems
  

• E xperience of operational maintenance service delivery
  
• Experience in maintenance planning
  

• Expert knowledge of Asset Management and maintenance arrangements
  

• Experience in Management of planning teams
  

• Extensive experience in the use of either an Enterprise Asset Management system or CMMS
  

• Workplace safety, Legislative compliance & safety
  

• Champion planning and maintenance process improvement events.
  

Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role.
Please note that you must be a British National to apply for a role with us.
Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide us will be used to encourage and support you through the application process and will be held only for this purpose in accordance with GDPR.