Maintenance Planner

About Vynova Group

Vynova is a leading European manufacturer of chlor-alkali products and PVC resins. With production sites in five countries and more than 1,275 committed employees, we generated annual sales of 1 billion euros in 2023. Although we are a young company, we can build upon decades of experience operating under the umbrella of major international chemical companies. At Vynova, we foster a respectful, rewarding work environment and promote a culture of continuous improvement and personal development.
For more information, visit www.vynova-group.com.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Maintenance Planner on our Manufacturing Site in Runcorn. This is a full time permanent position reporting to the Maintenance / CE Engineering Manager where the successful candidate will have responsibility for co-ordinating and directing maintenance resources, activities and control materials on a day to day basis to ensure that engineering maintenance is carried out safely and effectively.

The Runcorn Vynova Asset is currently undergoing a major investment programme, with the new plant currently undergoing commissioning. This is an excellent time to join our dynamic team as there will be substantial responsibility from day 1 as you will help drive the asset through this critical period.


Responsibilities include:

Technical:

  • To own the CMMS system and ensure all data is kept up to date from a day to day operational perspective
  • Update and implement job plans and PM’s
  • Work with Engineering/Projects to ensure the CMMS data is updated accordingly in line with new projects.
  • Plan all none breakdown maintenance activities to ensure method, materials and resource requirements are identified.
  • To routinely monitor overall standards of performance and identify areas for improvement.
  • Agree scopes of work with external contractors to liquidate planned maintenance activities.
  • Work with Stores to ensure spares are in place to support planned work.
  • Supervise external vendors to ensure work scopes are completed safely and efficiently.
  • To ensure the most efficient use of resource in accordance with the maintenance planned/preventative work and production requirements.
  • Develop and publish 2 weekly maintenance plan with support from Maintenance Cooridinators
  • Develop and support shutdown maintenance plan
  • KPI Reporting; Schedule compliance, Reactive work vs planned work, and monthly PM’s due vs completed PM’s in the month
  • Assist Maintenance teams during shutdowns.
  • To undertake other duties as may be required
  • Identify improvement to CMMS
  • Partecipate in critical spares identification process.
  • To exercise autonomy and judgement
  • To monitor and control costs within approved limits.
  • To ensure the efficient use of Contractors’ labour resource to assist in the reduction of overall contractors’ costs.

Ideal Candidate:

  • Proactive and team player
  • External Contractor Interface with various trades
  • Acts as a bridge between maintenance and process teams
  • Standards support for Maintenance Superintendent
  • ONC or NVQ L3 time served trades
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in maintenance / engineering activities
  • Experience of engineering maintenance planning systems, SAP and Microsoft IT packages

What we can offer:

We offer an attractive salary and benefits package with a generous holiday allowance, pension plan and subsidised healthcare.


Contact:

Are you interested in this position? Don’t hesitate and apply via www.vynova-group.com