Maintenance Planner in Birmingham

• Artifex Interior Systems is pleased to confirm the below opportunity within our business:
• Maintenance Planner
• Main purpose of the job

To directly liaise with the Maintenance Manager to develop, implement, maintain and run the Shire Maintenance Management system and link to Stores Management System across the whole of the Elmdon facility.

Introducing maintenance best practices and generating KPI’s that can be used to identify future improvements across the whole site.

• Main missions and results
• Develop and maintain the Planned Preventive Maintenance (PPM) programme within Shire, creating, reviewing, and optimising PMs based on equipment performance, failure history and OEM recommendations.
• Plan and schedule maintenance work orders, ensuring labour, tooling, permits, contractors, and spare parts are available before work is released.
• Coordinate with internal departments and external contractors to ensure maintenance activities are completed safely, on time and with minimal disruption to production.
• Work closely with the Stores Coordinator to ensure critical spares, consumables and specialist tooling are available before planned work commences.
• Review completed work orders and use feedback to improve PM frequencies, job plans and asset reliability.
• Monitor PM compliance, schedule adherence and backlog, escalating risks and driving recovery plans where required.
• Support Root Cause Analysis (RCA) by identifying recurring failures.
• Drive continuous improvement through data analysis, reliability improvements, and optimisation of maintenance processes.
• Maintain accurate asset data within Shire, including BOMs, equipment hierarchies, task lists, and documentation.
• Produce and analyse KPIs including PM compliance, schedule compliance, backlog, overdue work orders, and asset reliability trends.
• Preferred skills and experience
• Preferably have a background in an engineering discipline or qualification, some background in maintenance would be preferable.
• PC literate (spreadsheets, databases, word processing and e-mail) to at least intermediate level.
• Proven ability to work to tight deadlines and under pressure and alone without supervision.
• Highly numerate with excellent accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent organisational and communicational skills as well as a strong sense of urgency and an ability to juggle priorities and work under pressure.

Note: this is not an exhaustive list.

All employees are expected to show flexibility and continued self-development to meet the ever-changing needs of the business.

All job descriptions / vacancy notices will be subject to continual development.

Internal closing date

Friday, 7th August 2026.

Please note if you apply after this date that you may still be progressed, but depending on the volume of applications we are unable to guarantee the ability to accommodate.

Artifex Interior Systems Limited is an equal opportunities employer committed to eliminating discrimination and fostering an inclusive culture for all.

Our aim is that our employees will be truly representative of all sections of society, that they feel respected and able to perform at their best.

We are committed to creating an environment in which individual differences and the contributions of all our colleagues is recognised.

Internal Mobility

We are always keen to support the development and progression of our existing employees.

To help ensure a smooth process end-to-end, please make your line manager aware of any roles you apply for internally.

In any case, line management will be informed by HR/Recruitment as part of the recruitment process, so early discussion is encouraged wherever possible.

Interested?

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