Engineering Planner - Chesterfield

Do you want to work for a progressive organisation with a good history, who makes a product that our customers want and need.

We are looking for permanent engineering planner to join our engineering team.

This is a days-based role working 7am - 3.30pm Monday to Wednesday and 7am - 3pm Thursday - Friday.

This role offers varied tasks and the chance to support the electrical and mechanical engineering teams.

if you have previous experience in mechanical or electrical engineering and planning, we want to hear from you!

Job Opportunity

The engineering department at our Chesterfield site requires a dedicated engineering planner to build and communicate weekly and monthly maintenance schedules to assist in the completion of planned maintenance activities, ad-hoc repairs, and statutory inspections.

main duties include:

• Use of the CMMs system to priorities work requests and ensure all work is planned effectively.
• Issue work orders to the teams and monitor completion and progress against tasks.
• Producing weekly plans in advance for engineering resource at Chesterfield
• Planning all work and resources on a day-to-day basis and for planned maintenance outages.
• Work closely with the mechanical and electrical engineering managers to ensure all engineering tasks are carried out safely with permits to work, LOTO procedures, risk assessments and SOPS are being followed at all times and developed where necessary.
• Ensure that parts and services are purchased economically and available for planned work activities.
• Use SAP system to ensure that critical spares are always held in stock.
• Support the engineering team to build programs of work into engineering shut plans.
• Have an active involvement in maintenance activities at the mill
• Supervise contract resource to execute the engineering plan to achieve shut down timings and mill availability

Benefits

• Company pension
• Life assurance
• Free company products
• Free on-site parking
• Food, retail, holidays, cinema, and gyms discounts
• Wellness programmes, including Employee Assistance Program and OnDemand GP service
• Free early access to pay scheme
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Employee referral scheme

Essential Skills

The following are essential for this role.

• Completed a recognised mechanical engineering apprenticeship preferably with a City & Guilds or equivalent NVQ qualification.
• Highly proficient with CMMS and SAP systems.
• Experience in mechanical maintenance engineering.
• Proficient in Microsoft project or excel.
• Proven experience in maintaining complex automated manufacturing equipment.

About Company

Northwood is a family-owned group of associated companies that provide the manufacturing, supply and transportation of paper hygiene and wiping products for both the away-from-home and consumer market.

Our mission is to be the market-leading partner of choice in the away from home tissue industry. One of only a small handful of companies in the UK market that is fully vertically integrated; Northwood is involved at each point in the supply chain, from raw material supply, tissue and towel manufacturing, end-user product converting, storage and transportation.

Our remit is huge, with a portfolio of products covering two key systems brands, professional wiping, commodity, consumer paper and private label. We sell into a distribution network spanning the UK, Ireland and Europe, which in turn service markets such as healthcare, hospitality, hotels, engineering, janitorial, catering and education.

We are a highly successful, award-winning and ambitious business that has grown from a humble paper sales business to a market leader employing over 800 colleagues, across 11 sites in the UK and Spain.

We differentiate ourselves by excelling in product quality alongside market-leading service and sales support.

DE&I

At Northwood, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone is welcomed and respected. We strive to promote a workplace that celebrates diversity and encourages individuals to express their opinions and beliefs. We are dedicated to providing equal opportunities for all.

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Location: Walton, GB

Posted Date: 11/30/2024