Job Description

The role

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Reporting to the Engineering Manager your responsibilities will include:

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- Liaise with Engineering Team Leaders, Production, Stores, and other key stakeholders to ensure maintenance jobs are fully scoped and planned before scheduling.
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- Develop and maintain accurate, achievable weekly, monthly, and shutdown maintenance schedules.
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- Coordinate labour, materials, spare parts, tools, and contractor resources to support efficient maintenance execution.
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- Ensure completed maintenance work orders are accurately closed out and relevant records are maintained.
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- Maintain accurate maintenance data within the CMMS, including preventative maintenance schedules, job plans, work orders, and asset information.
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- Utilise MEX, SAP, or similar maintenance management systems to improve planning, scheduling, reporting, and asset performance.
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- Work closely with Procurement and Stores to ensure spare parts, materials, and equipment are available when required.
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- Support basic tender processes for contracted works, ensuring scope, costs, and deliverables are appropriately managed.
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- Assist with maintenance budgeting, cost tracking, and reporting to support effective financial control.
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Your Background:

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- Demonstrated experience in maintenance planning within a manufacturing environment. Experience in food manufacturing will be highly regarded.
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- Strong knowledge of preventative, corrective, and shutdown maintenance planning and scheduling practices.
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- Proficiency in CMMS platforms, with experience using MEX, SAP, or similar maintenance management systems.
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- Proven ability to coordinate tradespeople, contractors, materials, spare parts, and other resources to ensure maintenance work is delivered efficiently.
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- Sound understanding of maintenance budgeting, cost control, procurement, and performance reporting.
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- Solid communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across Engineering, Production, Stores, and external suppliers.
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What's on Offer?

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This is an excellent chance to join a leading food manufacturing organisation that is committed to its people, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.

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You will have the opportunity to work within a supportive and collaborative workplace culture, contribute to the reliability and performance of a major manufacturing operation, and further develop your career within a growing engineering environment.

📌 Maintenance Planner - Relocate to Regional Queensland!
🏢 Blackbook Recruitment
📍 Queensland