Maintenance Planner

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Supply

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships. Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

The Maintenance Planner is responsible for planning, scheduling, and coordinating preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities to maximize equipment reliability, minimize downtime, and ensure efficient utilization of maintenance resources. This role works closely with Production, Engineering, Reliability, and Maintenance teams to develop detailed work plans, manage spare parts availability, and support continuous improvement initiatives.

Your responsibilities

• Develop and maintain weekly, monthly, and annual maintenance schedules.
• Create detailed work orders, including labor requirements, materials, tools, permits, and safety requirements.
• Plan preventive maintenance (PM), predictive maintenance (PdM), corrective maintenance, and shutdown activities.
• Prioritize maintenance work based on equipment criticality, business impact, and operational requirements.
• Coordinate maintenance schedules with Production to minimize disruptions.
• Review and validate maintenance work requests.
• Ensure work orders contain complete technical information and standardized job plans.
• Monitor work order backlog and optimize work execution priorities.
• Track work completion status and ensure proper documentation in the CMMS.

The experience we're looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field.
• Diploma holders with significant maintenance planning experience may also be considered.
• 3-5 years of experience in maintenance planning, maintenance supervision, reliability engineering, or related roles.
• Experience using CMMS systems such as SAP PM, Maximo, Infor EAM, or similar platforms.
• Basic to intermediate English communication skills.