Maintenance & Facilities, Planning and Scheduling Engineer

Position: Maintenance & Facilities, Planning and Scheduling Engineer
Location: Shropshire

We are now looking to recruit a Maintenance & Facilities Planning & Scheduling Engineer to join our team. This is a Day Shift Role.

The Role

You will be responsible for all aspects of planning and scheduling planned maintenance and facilities activities. This includes developing job plans, managing materials and quotations, raising purchase requisitions, kitting, and scheduling work to maximise the efficiency of the Maintenance & Facilities team. You will also play a key role in facilitating and supporting asset maintenance strategies, continuous improvement, and best-practice maintenance planning.

This role would suit an organised, proactive engineer with broad hands-on maintenance experience and strong communication skills

Key Responsibilities

Ensure all Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards are adhered to at all times
Ensure all Quality policies, procedures, and standards are followed
Manage work order requests, ensuring accuracy of job type, priority, and descriptions
Plan work orders, including materials, resources, equipment, and methods
Kit work orders so all materials and equipment are prepared in advance
Schedule work to maximise equipment availability and align all stakeholders
Utilise and improve CMMS functionality to enhance engineer efficiency
Facilitate and support root cause analysis and asset strategy reviews
Support the development and optimisation of planned preventative maintenance (PPM) strategies
Train and coach others in maintenance best practice
Apply 5S methodology
Align with departmental and site objectives
Support ad-hoc projects and reactive maintenance teams as required
Experience & Qualifications

Essential:

Time-served apprentice in mechanical and/or electrical engineering (or equivalent)
Minimum Level 3 engineering qualification (or equivalent)
Experience planning electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and/or hydraulic maintenance activities
Experience developing or improving PPM strategies
High attention to detail with a right-first-time approach
Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Ability to communicate technical issues to non-technical stakeholders
5S experience
Desirable:

Dual-skilled (mechanical and electrical) qualification
Experience in a reliability engineering role
Experience using and improving CMMS systems
HNC/HND in an engineering discipline
Experience in the castings sector or Tier 1 automotive supply
Health & Safety accreditation

Experience with die casting machines, furnaces, hydraulic presses, conveyors, assembly cells, ABB robots, Siemens PCs, CNCs, etc.

Personal Attributes

Strong problem-solving skills
Team-focused with a collaborative approach
Confident challenging the status quo
Target driven and results focused
Able to work effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Highly organised, able to multi-task and work under pressure
Proactive with a “can-do” attitude
Flexibility to travel overseas occasionally
Full UK driving licence
Eligibility to work in the UK
Work Environment

This role is based in a manufacturing plant environment with exposure to heat, cold, dust, hot objects, and loud noise.

Full Health & Safety training and PPE are provided