Maintenance Planner at Kerry

About the role

• The Maintenance Planner is fundamental to our team. You will be responsible for the planning and scheduling of all maintenance work performed in the area.  You will maintain liaison and coordination between the production and maintenance organizations and maintain appropriate records and files to permit meaningful analysis and reporting of results or work done.

Key responsibilities

• Establish, maintain and improve the Maintenance Planning and Scheduling business flow process.
• Scope the full extent of maintenance work needed to conduct the relevant repair / preventive / predictive / design-out activities on the organization’s plant and equipment
• Develop cost and time estimates of planned maintenance work
• Purchase all necessary parts, equipment, services and documentation to perform the maintenance work
• Write applicable maintenance procedures that promote defect-free maintenance work quality
• Responsible for up-keep and accuracy of equipment maintenance history and job records database
• Responsible for up-keep and accuracy of technical information on processes, plant and equipment
• Convert the organization’s asset management and maintenance strategy into workplace activities
• Able and competent in root cause failure analysis leadership and investigations
• Apply good stores management practices and parts management to ensure parts and equipment retain full reliability while stored
• Schedule maintenance work into production plan
• Ensure key performance indicators are captured and reported for equipment reliability, maintenance department performance and planning and scheduling business flow proces
• Continually improving planning, scheduling, purchasing, stores, data management and job reporting systems to increase planning effectiveness and efficiency
• Collaborate with maintenance supervision to schedule manpower and resources for the most effective production and maintenance outcomes
• Makes recommendations for system improvement. 
• Promotes the conservation of energy. 

Qualifications and skills

• Relevant completed Diploma.
• 4 years' experience in FMCG Manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge and proficiency in SAP.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in Maintenance Planning in the FMCG Industry.