Engineering Planner in Evesham

Job Title: Engineering Planner

Location: On-site, Evesham

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: £50,000

Hours: Monday – Friday 40 hours

Main purpose of the role:

Responsible for the short to midterm management of the Engineering Planning function in Kanes. To deliver an efficient plan using a Computer Management System (CMMS). Deliverables include, labour scheduling, parts on time and upkeep of the engineering KPI’s.

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the day-to-day Planning function
• Responsible for the improvement and upkeep of the CMMS
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety, Food Hygiene and Environmental Legislation & Company Policy, and demonstrate best practice ways of working
• To ensure all appropriate specifications and standards are available for reference and fully implemented
• To ensure all jobs of work are completed to an excellent standard in a timely manner, and each is accurately recorded according to an agreed methodology which is consistently applied across all facilities.
• Review job requests daily to identify any areas where additional support is required or potential areas for improvement
• To ensure planned preventive maintenance is carried out as per schedules, and is accurately recorded and managed according to an agreed standard and methodology which is consistently applied across all facilities
• Regularly review the planned preventive maintenance records to spot trends and identify areas for improvement, raising these to the Engineering Management Team
• Write/coordinate new PPM’s as and when necessary (e.g. when new equipment is installed)
• Liaise with production on a day-to-day basis, supporting the Engineering/Site Service Managers to provide a timely and effective service to operations, and ensuring that there is a robust and routine engineering management presence throughout the facilities.
• Liaise with supply chain and the planning function
• Where necessary escalate issues to Production Management team to resolve problems and drive any necessary changes
• Review the routine site fabric audit to close out all non-conformances and fabric jobs
• Deliver projects (small works contractors)
• Analysis and review at a weekly KPI meeting, and use this data as a basis to manage the team to drive continuous improvement
• Organise weekend working for all engineers, to plan and manage work schedules and labour across the site
• Liaise with stock-management service provider to ensure that the on-site stock holding is appropriate to meet the needs of the business
• Uphold and apply all current people management policies and procedures, and manage the team of engineers with a fair, consistent and engaging management style.
• Identify, set, agree and monitor people development objectives so that the engineering skill base reflects the requirements of the business
• Ensure that all Engineers are fully trained to meet statutory and customer COP requirements, and make recommendations for skills and development training
• Organise apprentice work program on a month-to-month basis
• Stay within the budget set for you & monitor spends
• To be involved in issuing and monitoring permits to work
• Create weekly plans with 2 weeks in advance
• Create an Audit ready culture and have always up to date records

Job requirements:

Skills & Experience required to do this role…

• Planning skills in any sector
• Logical thinking
• Works to an excellent standard of customer care, and demonstrate good personal organisation
• Solid people management skills
• Stakeholder engagement
• Forward thinking and pro-active
• Good standard of IT skills
• Commitment to and sound understanding of Health & Safety legislation and practices
• Working knowledge of a CMMS

Qualifications:

• No formal engineering qualification required
• CMMS Superuser training or similar
• Computer knowledge
• Engineering knowledge is desirable

Company Benefits:

• 25 Days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Company pension contributions 5%
• Health Cash Plan – Westfield Health
• Life assurance up to 4x annual salary