Maintenance Planner

Company: Synergi Recruitment
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Location: Whittlesey
Job Description:

Job Title – Maintenance Planner

Location – Near Peterborough

Salary – £43,000

Shift – Monday – Friday (Days)

Do you thrive in a fast-moving environment? Enjoy working on high speed production equipment? We are recruiting for a Maintenance Planner to join a global FMCG company based near Peterborough The right Maintenance Planner will be looking to join an innovative FMCG site, who value teamwork, integrity and honesty.

The Maintenance Planner will:

  • Ensure that business health, safety and environmental procedures and policies are followed.
  • Develop and administer an effective CMMS System, as part of a business group initiative.
  • Co-ordinate and oversee the engineering stores operation on site, ensuring the Asset Care Team has the necessary resources to maintain PM compliance and react to failures.
  • Based on data and working with a variety of stakeholders optimise maintenance programmes for cost and time-utilisation.
  • Track maintenance KPI data through CMMS to continually improve asset uptime, minimise cost and drive skill transfer to operational teams.
  • Directly liaise with key stakeholders around the site regarding upcoming maintenance activities.
  • Work with Asset Care team to ensure the company is meeting its legal obligations in line with equipment maintenance and compliance, while maintaining service records.
  • Track and monitor costs and variances using on site accounting and maintenance software.
  • Participate in meetings with operations and maintenance teams to review daily/weekly work issues and backlogs.

The Ideal Candidate will have:

  • Proven experience in maintenance planning, ideally within an industrial or manufacturing environment.
  • Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and maintenance schedules.
  • Experience coordinating contractors and managing external labour resources.
  • Good knowledge of engineering principles, with an electrical bias desirable but not essential.
  • Experience with risk assessments, RAMS and maintenance compliance requirements.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Experience working with a CMMS or maintenance management system.
  • A proactive, practical approach and the ability to work effectively as part of an experienced engineering team.
  • Experience within heavy industrial, agricultural, manufacturing or FMCG environments would be advantageous.

Desirable Skills:

  • Experience with CMMS systems. Experience with any system is considered.
  • Knowledge of statutory maintenance and compliance requirements, including LOLER and PUWER.
  • Electrical engineering experience or qualifications.
  • Experience working with contractors and service-level agreements.
  • Experience in a dusty, industrial or heavy manufacturing environment.
  • Familiarity with maintenance performance measures such as downtime, reliability and OEE.

Benefits Include:

  • Company pension contribution of up to 10% when you contribute 5%.
  • Healthcare benefits.
  • Holiday entitlement.
  • Supportive and experienced engineering team.
  • Opportunities for development and career progression.
  • Employee wellbeing and support programmes.
  • Life assurance and additional employee benefits.

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please get in touch with us or apply below

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Posted: October 10th, 2026