Business Unit: Nestlé UK Ltd

Job Title: Maintenance Planner

Location: Halifax

Salary: £45000 + plus companywide benefits

Full time - Days Mon- Fri, Flexible Working

Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity within or Maintenance Team for a forward thinking highly motivated individual as a Maintenance Planner, to join our team based at our Confectionery Factory in Halifax. The team's short term and long-term goals include introducing a long-term maintenance strategy and continually developing it. Increasing asset intensity and reducing time stops, working towards being the best maintenance team in the UK.

The Maintenance Planner Role is a specialist role within the engineering management team.

Nestlé Halifax Factory in West Yorkshire is the home of the iconic confectionary brand Quality Street amongst several other well-known brands such as Rolo, Munchies and After Eight. These are produced through controlled process plant and automated filling and packing lines. These are produced through controlled process plant and automated filling and packaging lines.

Manufacturing in Nestlé is all about ensuring the consumer receives a perfect quality product, at the right time and place whilst driving losses from our business in order to maximise efficiency & productivity. 

This is particularly critical as we continue our journey towards being a LEAN Enterprise. This is the biggest change in the way we work that Nestlé have ever seen. It’s worldwide. It is exciting. You could play a key part in it.  

A day in the life of a Maintenance Planner ……………

• Manage existing assets - Planned maintenance: Execute the weekly maintenance planning routine including: tasks prioritisation, maintenance shutdowns scheduling in collaboration with production and work orders execution results review.
  Execute and coordinate with maintenance team review, creation and optimisation of maintenance plans in AMM to improve the quality and effectiveness of maintenance planning system, including facilitating the implementation of 5W&1H (SMPs and Task Lists) for scheduled maintenance.
• Coordinate 3rd party maintenance service providers to ensure high quality of service.
  Has a role of MWG and/or PM pillar member in a TPM factory
• Being part of the Continuous improvement process by leading some of the projects/initiatives.
• Build Engineering Capability:  Responsible to build AMM competencies within Engineering.
• Manage existing assets - Budget management: Provide supporting data for maintenance budget planning and tracking. Establish and deploy AMM predefined reports to facilitate review of maintenance indicators.
• Manage existing assets - Spare parts management:   Coordinate with the Technical Store creation of assets BOM and spare parts ABCZ classification.
  Participate in slow moving parts review.

• To optimise maintenance planning and strategy, ensuring engineering and hygiene compliance, to support in planning routine tasks to improve all performance KPI’s
• Provide team input to evolve the planning strategies and maintenance engineering strategies
• Support in safety and quality issue resolution
• Creating a robust weekly activity plan
• Contributing to the upkeep of all relevant technical documentation.
• Participating and positively contributing to site initiatives as requested to include HACCP, ISO9002, CDM etc.
• Raising purchase orders where required, liaising with the Maintenance Engineers and technicians.

What will make you successful?

You will:

• Proven Track Record in a maintenance role Fast Moving Consumer goods (preferable food)
• SAP User
• Microsoft Share Point
• Power BI (or equivalent) – compliance monitoring system
• Engineering background (academic or otherwise) Electrical or mechanical
• Apprenticeship in engineering (desirable)
• Educated to minimum NVQ level 3 in engineering
• Highly motivated
• A vision to build a plan
• Passion for Engineering solutions
• Wants to progress the role with their own insights and ideas
• Enthusiasm for Engineering maintenance

What you need to know

What can we offer in return? Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestlé – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus statutory holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.

The closing date for this role is 30th January 2025. We will be considering applicants as they apply, so please don’t delay in submitting your application

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect. When we embrace diversity and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business. People of all gender identities, ethnically diverse individuals, people with disabilities, and members of the LGBT+ community are strongly encouraged to apply. If there is anything we can do to accommodate you to participate fully in the application process, please let us know. We take pride in championing inclusion and diversity, our people make up a number of Colleague Networks who represent different experiences and communities who hold us accountable in creating a sense of belonging for all, and our values create the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution you bring. Find out more about our Colleague Networks here: Diversity, equity and inclusion | Nestlé (nestle.co.uk)

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