Maintenance Planner

PE Global is recruiting for a Maintenance Planner on behalf of our biopharmaceutical client in Cork. This is an initial 12-month contract, fully onsite role.

Job Description:

The Maintenance Planner Scheduler will be responsible for the scheduling and planning of all maintenance activities on site. Working as part of the Maintenance Operations team of multi-skilled maintenance Technicians, Engineers and outsourced service providers in a Biologics Drug substance manufacturing facility.

As a key contact and liaison between all departments on site, the Maintenance Planner / Scheduler will ensure all work requests are addressed and followed up in a timely manner.

They will be responsible for both long range and short-term scheduling and planning. The Maintenance Planner/Scheduler will be an advanced user of the computerized management system (CMMS) and be responsible for assuring that all the departments’ electronic records are accurate and audit ready.

The Maintenance Planner/Scheduler will be responsible for achieving continuous improvement and maintaining records and files essential to meaningful analysis and reporting of maintenance/reliability related matters.

Key Responsibilities:

• Planning and scheduling of all Maintenance activities, including reactive, proactive, calibrations and preventative maintenance both internally and externally through specialist vendors and providers.

• Conducting daily and weekly planning & scheduling meetings with customers to determine work order priorities and analysing Preventative Maintenance Plans for accuracy and effectiveness.

• Work with Maintenance Operations Manager and all departments on site to plan jobs for effective execution by Maintenance Technicians.

• Forecasting maintenance workloads over the business year, interacting with other departments to ensure all engineering work is scheduled appropriately and efficiently.

• Maintain notification backlog using the CMMS and ensure that data is kept up-to-date.

• Evaluating work requests, developing scope of work, and inspecting job locations to determine requirements and estimating resource hours, parts, materials, equipment and special tools required to complete proactive jobs in a safe and cost-effective manner.

• Planning, scheduling and execution of annual plant maintenance shutdowns as required.

• Lead investigations for failures of major pieces of equipment to establish causes as required.

• Complete deviations, CAPAs and Change Controls as required.

• Develop and maintain a catalogue of standard job plans.

• Develop and implement department procedures relating to the effective scheduling and planning of work.

• Develop and maintain department metrics to ensure efficient running of Maintenance Operations team.

• Execute standard work deployment and improvements.

• Work with Stores and Purchasing to acquire all necessary parts required to effectively complete maintenance work on equipment.

• Gathering relevant technical documentation such as drawings, schematics, specifications, spare parts lists from equipment histories, OEM manuals and the Knowledgebase system and verifying the availability of parts prior to scheduling the job

• Improving work order planning and scheduling effectiveness through the review process and use of the maintenance metrics, determining and reporting trigger points for Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and initiate/facilitate RCA events.

• Administration and Maintenance of the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) at Shanbally.

• Training of new users on the CMMS system.

• Participate in plant safety initiatives/processes.

• Audit preparation and maintenance of areas to regulatory standards.

• Provide the maintenance/reliability information as required for Change Management and Deviations.

• Development and enhancement of site maintenance and calibration programmes.

Scope:

The Maintenance Planner/Scheduler has scope to initiate process, cost and continuous improvement ideas.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

To be considered for this varied and challenging role, you will demonstrate a high level of competency in Computerised Maintenance Management Systems and ideally previous maintenance scheduling / planning experience or 5 years Maintenance experience or equivalent combination of technical 3rd level education with appropriate experience will also be considered.

• Work related experience in GMP work in a Bio-pharmaceuticals or equivalent industry.

• Must have the ability to plan electrical and mechanical repairs and maintenance work and identify and repair electrical and mechanical maintenance problems and administrate corrective action is a plus.

• Must be self-directed and possess the ability to work with diverse groups of people in a team environment.

• Must have good oral and written communication skills.

• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Good presentation and public speaking skills.

• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks/projects and meeting all required deadlines.

• Strong sense of urgency in meeting customer needs.

• Good understanding of safety and the desire to following all established procedures are required.

• Previous CMMS system experience is essential.

Interested candidates should submit an updated CV.

Please click the link below to apply, call Paul Wheatley on 083 094 0199 or alternatively send an up-to-date CV to paul.wheatley@peglobal.net

***Please note our client cannot assist with any visa sponsorship and candidates must have the correct visa to live and work in Ireland***