Maintenance Planner

Austin Fraser; Thurrock; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job description

Salary: up to £47,000 (Dependant on experience)

Hours of work including shift pattern: Monday to Friday - 8am-4pm

* Capacity and willingness to respond to afterhours needs (physically and remotely).

The Maintenance Planner & Scheduler will ensure plant performance and efficient utilisation of engineering resources and tools, defining work procedures and methods within the Maintenance framework as defined by the Group, co-ordinated and managed locally by the Manager responsible for Engineering Services.

Why work for Imerys?

At Imerys every member of our team matters. Our priority is the health and safety of our people and our aim is to create diverse and inclusive workplaces. We are always striving to be better and to support our people to continuously learn, improve and innovate. This allows them to tap into their full potential and to take advantage of the wealth of career and development opportunities available.

The job role:

The Maintenance Planner is responsible for implementation, development and administration of CMMS and overall responsibility for data gathering and communicating the engineering planning/scheduling information amongst the industrial team, which includes the following but not limited to:

1. Prepare, schedule and allocate preventive, improvement and reactive work orders (WOs) and check WOs workflow and progress.
2. Review and convert user requests into work orders and communicate progress of requests.
3. Analyse work order feedback and reports, then plan any follow-up work.
4. Participate in execution of maintenance tasks (hands-on jobs within the capabilities and competency of the incumbent) if required.
5. Participate in managing engineering statutory and good practice activities and contracts (LOLER, PSSR, PAT testing etc.).
6. Manage engineering contractors' database and documents.
7. Responsible for Shutdown Planning and Management procedure.
8. Ensures that the plant has an annual/ weekly maintenance and shutdown plan that meets production's plan and equipment care requirements.
9. Participate in preparation of tasks and acquire spares and special tools.
10. Participate in maintenance budget planning.
11. Manage engineering electronic database and physical library.
12. Reviewing and updating plant process flow diagrams.
13. Operating various equipment, tools and vehicles as trained for if required for execution of post holder's duties i.e. Fork Lift Trucks, Cherry Picker.

What's in it for you?

• 28 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays
• Performance bonus
• Generous pension plan
• PMI (private Medical Insurance)
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• Company Sick Pay
• Discounts on external retailers
• Cycle to work scheme

You will:

Have an Engineering/ manufacturing qualification or served an apprenticeship in engineering discipline and the following skills:

1. 5 years proven experience and competency in similar role in heavy production / manufacturing environment.
2. IT maintenance systems and CMMS. (SAP Hana experience is desirable).
3. Project planning techniques and tools i.e. MS Project
4. Maintenance management experience including preventive, proactive, condition monitoring and reliability centred (RCM) and proven experience of using performance indicators (KPIs), root cause analysis (RCA) and failure mode analysis (FMEA) tools
5. Mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic and process systems knowledge.
6. Reasonable understanding and experience of health and safety legislative requirements such as LOLER, PUWER, Working at Height, Confined Spaces, COSHH, and PSSR.
7. Understanding of LOTOTO and permit to work system.
8. Experience of managing people, projects and contractors.
9. Understanding of cost control and budget planning.

We would like our application process to be accessible to all - if you require an alternative way to apply then please get in touch.

IMERYS is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, and it is our policy to not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state or local laws.

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