Maintenance Planner

Location: melbourne
Job Type: permanent
Salary: $
Contact: Robert Scacco
About the business 

Our client is a market leading FMCG player that is a true home-grown success story, with a multi-decade track record of sustained, strategic investment underpinned by a premium product and high quality of service to it's market partners. 

Having continued to invest in core area of the business, including product, process, people and systems, the business is well placed to continue to be a leading domestic and international supplier for many years to come.

The role - what you'll be doing 

With core functional demands across Maintenance, People and Safety, the Maintenance Planner is a critical conduit for multiple sites, to tie in production and operations with the critical maintenance that helps keep sites running. This role will support the Maintenance Manager, and be responsible for a remit including:
  • Oversight of a multi-skilled trades team, encompassing both internal resources and contractors across mechanical/electrical aptitudes
  • Maintenance planning - looking at both proactive/preventative and critical/reactive maintenance and planning these requirements within an operational environment. Site runs 24 hours. 
  • Cross-functional engagement and continuous improvement - bringing that strong critical thinking mindset, how to tie in all the fundamental operational pieces together to look at site performance holistically across production/maintenance

What we are looking for/key selection criteria 

  • Qualifications in a relevant field - either tertiary qualifications in Mechanical/Electrical if you're a degree qualified engineer, or trades background in Mech/Elec
  • Circa 2-5 years experience in a maintenance planning role within an manufacturing setting - open to FMCG/industrial/pharmaceutical or similar.
  • High level communication skills - able to tailor communication to the relevant audience, be that shopfloor or leadership level, for those within the business and partners such as suppliers/contractors etc. 
  • Collaborative mindset 


Next steps 

Follow the APPLY NOW prompt for consideration or reach out to Robbie at Six Degrees via email (RobertS@sde.com.au) or 0419 754 442 for a confidential discussion.

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