Production Planner

Maintenance Planner/Material planner/Inventory planner/ Production Planner

9 months, temp to perm conversation possible

Location: Fir Tree Lane, Groby, Leicester, LE6 0FH

Experience in maintenance planning is desirable but not essential.

Task:

Own the computerised maintenance management system (CMMS) and processes including planning, scheduling and inventory management to support the equipment maintenance team including:

• CMMS data entry, auditing and updates including: Assets, Inventory and Schedules

• Create daily/weekly work schedules for the maintenance technicians

• Using CMMS data to provide insight to the maintenance team to improve equipment mean time between failure and line reliability

• Management of the maintenance spares

• Raising purchase requests and following through internal sign off process to convert to Purchase Orders

• Communicating with Contractors, to arrange site visits, request risk assessments and method statements, and post works service reports

• raising of Permits and Booking into the business V/M system.

Role:

Managing competing priorities between reactive breakdowns and planned maintenance schedules in a fast-paced environment

Ensuring CMMS data accuracy and team adoption to enable effective planning and reliability improvements

Balancing spare parts availability vs. cost control while avoiding production delays

Coordinating multiple stakeholders (technicians, production, contractors) with conflicting timelines and priorities

Driving plant reliability and continuous improvement while maintaining strict health, safety, and compliance standards

Essential skills:

• Have experience using Microsoft applications (Excel, Word, power point & Outlook)

• Have an excellent telephone manner, be motivated and hard working with a can-do attitude

• Experience with works order planning and part procurement in an engineering environment

• Process minded with database experience

• Good verbal and written communicator

• Drive and determination to succeed in any given task with a flexible approach

• Team player; willing to assist with achieving company goals & objectives

• Pro-active; can work effectively under own initiative

• Organised; able to plan and prioritise work effectively

• Self-determination and drive to learn and succeed

• Strong organisational and planning ability

• Logical, methodical thinker and problem solver

• Flexible attitude to work

• Conscientious and self sufficient

Desirable:

• Experience with maintenance planning and inventory management

• Experience with SAP

• Experience with SSG Insight Agility

• Experience in a maintenance engineering environment

Soft skills:

Ability to remain calm under pressure and reassure others (e.g. on the phone) that issues are being handled effectively (deescalation)

Strong organisation and time management to plan, prioritise, and meet deadlines

Excellent communication skills, especially when coordinating with technicians, stakeholders, and contractors

A strong problem-solving mindset to respond quickly to breakdowns and improve processes

High level of attention to detail, particularly when managing CMMS data and compliance requirements

Proactivity and adaptability to handle changing priorities and work independently

Tools/Software:

Using SAP/ERP systems

Working with the SSG management system, where jobs are uploaded and assigned to engineers for execution

Education:

No formal educational background is required; the role prioritises attitude and interpersonal strengths, with planning experience seen as beneficial but not mandatory.