As our Engineering Planner, you'll co-ordinate and plan activities to continually drive out plant downtime through effective planned maintenance, driving the effectiveness of both weekday and weekend work plans to optimise the available resource.

Reviewing and improving the Planned Maintenance system which includes the following:-

● Detailed, accurate content

● Completion times and manpower / trade requirements

● Calendar or running hour based Preventative Maintenances (PM's) with frequencies which reflect the running hours of individual plants/lines

● To utilise the work plans and planned maintenance systems to achieve the required target completion rates

● Report on departmental score card on a weekly basis

● Report R&M spend and support Area Engineering Manager

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

● Located at site, reporting directly into the Site Services Manager

● Responsible for weekend and mid-week engineering workload and resource plans and availability of PM 'tasks'

● Responsible for maintaining all data held within the Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) system

● Responsible for reporting compliance, workloads and work backlog information

● Responsible for quality of PPM data

● Responsibility for coordinating the ongoing improvement of the PPM system through regular review of PPM effectiveness with the key stakeholders and Maintenance Leads

● Report engineering score cards with an emphasis on cost of maintenance

KP Snacks is proud to be part of the Intersnack Group. With an annual turnover of more than €3 billion, the Intersnack Group has grown and flourished to become a market leader in savoury snacks, present in over 30 countries across Europe, Australia, New Zealand and beyond, employing more than 14,000 employees and 44 factories globally (33 in Europe, 3 in Australia, 3 in New Zealand, 2 in India and 3 in Vietnam).

The multi-award-winning culture at KP Snacks is friendly, welcoming, supportive and collaborative. We encourage everyone to be the best they can be, working together to achieve great results.

We are also incredibly proud to have been named as one of the Top 25 Best Big Companies and one of the Top 10 Food & Drink Companies to work for in the UK (via Best Companies)

We wholeheartedly encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds to apply for this position. We are totally committed to creating a workplace where not one person feels they do not belong. Please just let us know if you need any modifications to the process if you have any special requirements.

Whichever method you are using to apply, please ensure that your application clearly demonstrates the relevant skills we are looking for, with clear evidence to support.

Up to £35k base salary

Bonus

Pension

Life assurance

Lots more great, flexible benefits to support your mental, physical and financial wellbeing

Job requirements

Key knowledge, skills and experience:

● Strong influencing skills

● Operational and hands-on

● Confident and assured – vocal when required

● Comfortable in conflict management and driving resolutions

● Use resources effectively to maintain standards

● Strong Excel Skills

● Practical experience gained within engineering function (desirable)

● Previous experience in a planning role (desirable)

● Knowledge of JDE or similar maintenance reporting/ERP system