Maintenance Planner

Maintenance Planner

Permanent | Darlington | £31,496 – £39,496

About the Role:

We are seeking a Maintenance Planner to join a well-established maintenance team, supporting the delivery of planned maintenance activities across a diverse portfolio of technical, laboratory, manufacturing, and facility assets.

This is a key coordination role responsible for planning, scheduling, and tracking maintenance activities, ensuring critical equipment remains compliant, operational, and available to support business activities. You'll work closely with Maintenance Engineers, Operations teams, contractors, and site stakeholders to ensure maintenance programmes are delivered efficiently and effectively.

The role combines planning, administration, systems management, stakeholder communication, and reporting, making it ideal for someone who enjoys organisation, problem-solving, and working with multiple priorities.

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What You'll Be Responsible For:

Maintenance Planning & Scheduling

• Develop and maintain rolling maintenance plans across site assets and equipment
• Coordinate preventative maintenance schedules and planned engineering activities
• Continually review and adjust plans as operational priorities change
• Provide forward-looking maintenance schedules to help operational teams plan around equipment availability
• Work closely with engineers, contractors, and site stakeholders to minimise disruption to ongoing activities

Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)

• Maintain and develop the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
• Manage maintenance schedules, asset information, and compliance records
• Ensure maintenance activities are accurately recorded and tracked
• Support the efficient delivery of the overall maintenance strategy through effective system management

Reporting & Performance Monitoring

• Produce maintenance reports, KPIs, and performance metrics
• Analyse maintenance trends and identify opportunities for improvement
• Support reporting activities for engineering and maintenance leadership teams
• Provide data that enables informed operational and maintenance decisions

Asset & Compliance Management

• Maintain asset registers and calibration records
• Support calibration planning and compliance activities
• Coordinate service contracts and maintenance documentation
• Ensure records, procedures, and compliance requirements are maintained to a high standard

Stakeholder Coordination

• Work closely with Operations teams to schedule maintenance around project and operational requirements
• Coordinate engineering activities across multiple sites and stakeholders
• Support communication between engineering, operations, and external contractors
• Help ensure maintenance activities are completed on time and to the required standards

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About You

You are highly organised, proactive, and comfortable working with large volumes of information, systems, and schedules.

You'll bring:

• Experience using maintenance planning, scheduling, asset management, or CMMS systems
• Strong planning and organisational skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills and confidence working with data and reports
• The ability to manage changing priorities and respond to operational demands

Desirable (but not essential):

• Previous experience in a maintenance planning role
• Maintenance, engineering, facilities, manufacturing, or technical operations experience
• Experience with preventive maintenance programmes
• Knowledge of calibration, compliance, or asset management activities
• Background within laboratory, pharmaceutical, biotech, manufacturing, or engineering environments

We're particularly interested in candidates who understand how maintenance functions operate, whether that's from a dedicated planning role or from a practical engineering or maintenance background.

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Why Join Us?

• Join a highly experienced and supportive maintenance team
• Excellent training and development from established planners and engineering professionals
• Opportunity to develop expertise in maintenance systems, planning, and asset management
• Varied role with exposure to multiple technical environments and stakeholders
• Competitive salary (£31,496 – £39,496)

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Location & Working Pattern

Based in Darlington, Hybrid working options available

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The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong organisational skills and systems experience to develop a career in maintenance planning. Whether you're already a Planner or come from an engineering, facilities, or maintenance background, you'll play a critical role in ensuring equipment, assets, and operations remain safe, compliant, and ready to support business activities