At a Glance
- Tasks: Plan and coordinate engineering maintenance to keep our packaging lines running smoothly.
- Company: Join a leading brewery known for its vibrant culture and community focus.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, generous holiday, and free drinks!
- Other info: Great opportunities for career growth and continuous learning.
- Why this job: Be part of a team that drives innovation in brewing and packaging.
- Qualifications: Engineering background with experience in maintenance planning and problem-solving skills.
The predicted salary is between 47000 - 47000 £ per year.
Function: Supply Chain – Brewery Operations
Location: Hereford
Salary: circa £47,000 per annum dependant on experience & benefits listed below!
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 8th September 2026
Please note: We may close vacancies early where we receive a high number of applications, so don’t delay!
About the role
As a Maintenance Planner in Packaging, you will be an integral part of the engineering team on site in Hereford ensuring that engineering maintenance plans are completed OTIF and our packaging lines run efficiently. This role is crucial in ensuring Heineken’s Packaging assets operate reliably, efficiently, and in full compliance with both regulatory and company standards. You will be responsible for developing, coordinating, and monitoring engineering maintenance plans (corrective and preventive), supporting compliance and budget control, and driving continuous improvement across the site.
Key responsibilities include:
- Creating and communicating weekly maintenance schedules for APM days (engineering and CILT days) and other maintenance windows in packaging based off line priorities to improve unplanned downtime through preventive and corrective maintenance.
- Planning and executing annual shutdown plans to reduce packaging unplanned downtime, utilising the whole packaging engineering team and contractors to do so.
- Daily and weekly monitoring and reporting of unplanned downtime trends to better schedule maintenance work based off priorities.
- Support significant breakdowns by coordinating planning, resources, contractors, parts and follow‑up work as required.
- Supporting TPM deployment and continuous improvement initiatives, including 5S, AM (steps 0–5), RCFAs, centrelining and Kaizens.
- Monitoring and reporting repair and maintenance costs against budget, highlighting risks and opportunities to Maintenance Managers.
- Tracking and reporting KPIs such as APM day effectiveness and CMMS (SAP) usage to support performance targets and audits.
- Collaborating with site stakeholders and external contractors to resolve maintenance planning obstacles and ensure effective execution of plans.
- Optimising spare parts and repairable stock management, working with our onsite stores team, other Heineken sites and the maintenance HUB to reduce inventory costs.
- Be the subject matter expert for our CMMS system (SAP but will move to Maximo).
Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for a technically skilled person who has the drive to match and likes problem‑solving. The ideal candidate will have:
- Time served as an engineer with a recognised qualification such as an apprenticeship, HNC/HND or degree ideally with a formal safety qualification (IOSH/NEBOSH).
- 3–4 years' experience using CMMS (preferably SAP PM) in an engineering or FMCG environment.
- Strong planning and organisational skills.
- Prior exposure to process/packaging operations and execution of continuous improvement methods such as LEAN, TPM or general CI Methodologies.
If you want to grow and develop your skills, gain hands‑on experience with a wide range of technologies and sharpen your problem‑solving abilities, we want to hear from you.
Here’s a flavour of what we offer:
- Discretionary Annual bonus.
- Double‑matched pension (up to 10%).
- 32 days’ holiday, plus three listed public holidays (Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year's Day).
- Life assurance (subject to policy terms).
- Optional Private Medical Insurance – comprehensive cover for you and your family.
- Free ciders and beers (including low and zero alcohol options).
- Wellbeing support, including Mental health champions, free Counselling, access to Colleague Networks.
- Comprehensive opportunities to develop.
- Option to join our Colleague Networks to connect, share and build inclusion.
Please note: Rewards and benefits can vary from role to role. Some benefits are taxable and may be based on employee contributions. We’re happy to discuss further throughout the application process.
We're all about brewing the Joy of True Togetherness, and that starts with our people. We believe in bringing everyone together, making sure you feel supported, valued, and included from day one – because every one of our colleagues has a role to play in shaping the future of beer, cider, pubs and beyond.
It’s a brilliant time to join us. We’re pioneering in low and no alcohol products, continuing to wow the world with creative marketing campaigns, investing into pubs and brewing a better world for people and the planet. We're a place where you can build a meaningful career, with plenty of opportunities for continuous learning and development.
Our Upskill-Reskill programme makes sure you have the capabilities you need both now and, in the future, while our in‑house platform, UBrew, is packed with learning resources. For those just starting out or looking for a change, our apprenticeships let you earn valuable qualifications while you work. And for our managers and leaders, our LEAD talent programme provides the tools and guidance to inspire drive long-term success.
This is your chance to step up, raise the bar and brew a great career.
Maintenance Planner in Hereford employer: Heineken
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