Engineering & Maintenance Planner

Engineering & Maintenance Planner

Main Purpose of Job:

The Engineering & Maintenance Planner is accountable for delivering all key performance areas relating to the successful planning, preparation and execution of all maintenance activities including overhauls/turnarounds.  Ensuring all spare parts, tools, equipment, external and leveraged resources are available on time and on budget whilst adhering to Safety and Quality procedures and working in accordance with a Continuous Improvement process.

Key Accountabilities:

• Planning and coordinating maintenance activities to avert equipment failures and mitigate downtime, ensuring minimum disruption to the operations/production schedules.
• Develops detailed work schedules for routine maintenance tasks including changeovers and overhauls.
• Creates and manages work orders to ensure all planned activities are completed on time and within budget.
• Ensures all OSHA and TDL’s safety protocols are adhered to during all maintenance activities.
• Ensures proper tracking and analysis of maintenance history, including work order compliance, manpower utilization, changeover times, rework jobs, PM compliance, life cycle plans and other relevant department KPIs.
• Reviews and fully utilizes maximum capabilities of assigned Computer Maintenance Management System (‘CMMS’).
• Reviews critical spare parts inventory, min/max reorder quantities and regularly audits spare parts management.
• Manages acquisition of parts, labour and equipment required to execute overhauls.
• Provides support to E&M in testing, commissioning, and hand over of equipment to operations after completion of overhauls.
• Develops estimations for parts, materials and labour required for maintenance tasks.
• Identifies ways to optimize maintenance processes and reduce costs.
• Communicate with Operations, E&M and other departments to ensure successful coordination of maintenance activities.
• Assists the Maintenance Planning Engineer with developing annual OPEX budgets for maintenance activities.

Required Qualifications Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Process/ Mechanical/ Electrical/Industrial Engineering.
• Post Graduate qualifications, while not essential, would be an asset.
• Proven Project management experience
• 3 years’ experience in maintenance planning, execution and safety leadership.
• Strong understanding of equipment maintenance, repair procedures and safety regulations.
• Experience in carrying out risk analysis and development of corresponding mitigations plans
• Experience in change management and implementing step improvement projects.

Required Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities:

• Resilient, self- motivated, ability to work at a fast pace and to prioritize multiple projects and respond to numerous requests.
• Working knowledge of process and quality management systems in beverage manufacturing.
• Self-starter capable of planning, implementing, completing, and evaluating maintenance activities
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Project, Word, and other necessary computer programs e.g. SAP, or other CMMS.
• Strong ability to analyze data and identify trends to improve maintenance processes.
• Financial management and project controls skills.
• Excellent relationship building, problem solving, negotiation and communication skills.
• Developed understanding of cost & schedule impacts using planning reports

Relationships

• Professional relationships with key stakeholders’ (Executive Management Team, Operations, Engineering, Procurement, Contractors and OEM).

Kindly submit applications 

on or before January 25, 2026