Maintenance Planner

**Maintenance Planner**

We are excited to hire a Maintenance Planner for our manufacturing site in Thirsk, Yorkshire.

**Role**

The Maintenance Planner role is to ensure maintenance technicians have the tools and parts they need to complete work orders. Scheduling maintenance in a way that minimizes equipment downtime and impact on production. The role requires a strong background in engineering and understanding of Maintenance Planning and Scheduling

**Responsibilities**:
Working Safely:
Provide leadership and direction to engineers and technicians to create a culture which ensures that people are kept safe, engaged, focused, developed and delivering to their potential.

Creation of Task and Area based Risk Assessments for planned work tasks

Quality and Food Safety:
Ensuring you and your team are working within the Engineering Quality Procedure in the Quality Manual

Ensuring Workshop areas are maintained

Work Planning, Scheduling and Execution:
Plan and schedule corrective and preventive maintenance activities by task and priority level

Manage spare parts and alignment between the maintenance department and stock room

Manage work orders, documentation, and assets within the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS)

Train employees on how to use the CMMS

Coordinate plant-wide shutdowns

Reliability Engineering

Working closely with the Reliability team to ensure that Corrective Work Orders are being closed that are raised through CBM Routines

Monitoring Online CBM to ensure that Work Orders are being raised at the correct time

**Knowledge, skills and experience**:
Relevant Qualifications (HNC, HND, Degree level)

NEBOSH Certified with sound knowledge of behavioural safety at a site level

Knowledge of World Class Manufacturing and Best Practice Maintenance

Legionella and HACCP awareness

Experience of creating a Lean enterprise culture

Able to set, manage and optimise maintenance budgets

Experienced in the use and operation of CMMS

Computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Project Management, ideally with some project management certification

Able to mentor and support younger engineers with the desired career path

Reliability Management expertise (FMECA, RCM, Tribology, CBM, TPM etc)

**The Offer**:

- Location: Thirsk, Yorkshire (Hybrid)
- Salary: Competitive
- 10% annual company bonus scheme
- Hours: 40 hours per week - Monday to Friday (hybrid working)
- Pension: Employee contributions 3% / Employer contribution 8%(salary sacrifice company pension scheme)
- Holidays: 25 days + Bank Holidays
- Medicash Plan
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/pawternity
- Other Benefits: Free parking, tasty treats, bring your dog to work, discounted products & free hot drinks
- Choice of a series of non-contractual flexible benefits, including cycle to work, workplace nurseries and dental insurance. These are offered through salary sacrifice or pay deductions.
- Ability to purchase heavily discounted pet food.

**Company**

IPN is an innovative, well-established, and award-winning pet food manufacturer, employing over 850 people across our 4 UK manufacturing sites. Our family of brands include Harringtons, Wagg, Barking Heads & Meowing Heads, AATU, Blink, Butchers, Classic Cat and a selection of partner brands that trust us to produce food on their behalf. Our kitchens in Thirsk, Kinmel and Crick produce dry, wet, and baked foods which are enjoyed by dogs and cats all over the world.