Maintenance Planner

A leading UK manufacturing business is seeking an experienced Maintenance Planner to join its engineering function at a large-scale production facility in Greater Manchester.

This is an excellent opportunity for a maintenance professional with strong planning and scheduling experience to play a critical role in improving equipment reliability, reducing downtime, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives across the site.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and scheduling maintenance activities to ensure maximum plant uptime and operational efficiency. You will work closely with engineering, production, and HSE teams to deliver effective preventative and corrective maintenance strategies.

• Develop and manage planned preventative maintenance schedules across manufacturing equipment and site assets.
• Coordinate reactive and corrective maintenance activities to minimise downtime.
• Work alongside production and engineering teams to prioritise maintenance workloads.
• Manage work orders, resources, and spare parts through the CMMS system.
• Monitor contractor activities and coordinate specialist service providers.
• Analyse maintenance KPIs and drive improvements in asset reliability and maintenance performance.
• Support continuous improvement, capital projects, and equipment upgrade programmes.
• Ensure all maintenance activities comply with health, safety, environmental, and quality standards.

The successful candidate will have previous experience in a maintenance planning, maintenance coordination, or engineering planning role within a manufacturing, FMCG, chemical, process, or industrial environment.

• Engineering qualification in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Maintenance, or a related discipline.
• Strong experience using CMMS systems for maintenance planning and scheduling.
• Knowledge of preventative and predictive maintenance methodologies.
• Experience tracking and reporting maintenance KPIs.
• Strong organisational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

• Salary of £43,000 - £44,000
• Competitive benefits package
• Flexible working (start and finish times)
• Opportunity to join a well-established manufacturing organisation
• Career development and progression opportunities
• Stable and growing business with ongoing investment in engineering and site improvements

For a confidential discussion or to apply, please submit your CV today.

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