Maintenance Planning Engineer

Job Title

Maintenance Planning Engineer

Location

Pencoed, South Wales

About the role

We are looking for a Planning Engineer to be responsible for building and sustaining a robust planning and scheduling process for maintenance activities to improve asset availability, reduce downtime, and control maintenance cost.

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• 30 days annual leave + Bank Holidays
• Aviva Pension
• Company bonus scheme
• Free on-site parking
• Electric car charging facilities
• Life Assurance 4x annual salary
• Westfield Health Cashback Healthcare Scheme and Rewards Scheme

What you bring

• Relevant qualification in an engineering discipline
• Previous experience within a maintenance or planning role
• Capability to use Maintenance Management Systems e.g. SAP
• Strong communications skills, both written and spoken
• Good understanding of reliability methodologies
• Knowledge of predictive maintenance techniques

What you will be doing

• Reviewing SAP notifications and work orders, ensuring clear scope definition, priority levels and technical detail
• Developing high-quality job plans with method steps, labour estimates, spares, tools, permits, and safety requirements
• Creating short, medium, and long term maintenance schedules aligned to asset criticality and site priorities
• Optimising schedule stability, minimising break‑in work and supporting operational constraints
• Building detailed shutdown and down day plans collaboratively with cross‑functional teams
• Coordinating contractor work planning including scope, scheduling, permits, and integration into overall plans
• Monitoring shutdown execution and capturing lessons learned; identifying long‑lead materials early
• Maintaining and improving SAP PM effectiveness through consistent work orders, task lists, and high‑quality data
• Promoting standard planning processes minimum data standards, and lead times across the organisation
• Tracking and reporting planning KPI’s (schedule compliance, work readiness, backlog health, plan accuracy)
• Recommending and implementing planning process improvements and digital planning solutions to increase efficiency
• Ensuring all planning aligns with EHS standards, LOTO requirements, permits‑to‑work, and compliance obligations

Closing Date

24th May 2026

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