Maintenance Planner

**Position Snapshot**

Location: Broadford, Victoria.
Duration: Full time, permanent
3+ years' experience relevant to this role

**Position Summary**

Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest Food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, we are a human environment - passionate people driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future.

An exciting opportunity exists for a Maintenance Planner to join the Engineering team at our Broadford Factory. This role is responsible to ensure that all maintenance activities are planned and executed in an optimized manner, considering factors such as available manpower, production schedule, potential failure severity, safety, food safety, and availability of tools and spare parts.

**A day in the life**

Reporting to the Engineering Manager and acting as the key liaison with other departments and operational users, key responsibilities include:

- Enable world class maintenance planning in Operations (including operators and technicians), providing assets' Maintenance in according to the Nestlé Strategy while using TPM as the multi-disciplinary approach to maintain/improve fixed assets, and AMM to manage their life cycle.
- Support and contribute to have a proper technical store management.
- Support with data in building the maintenance budget (zero base), supported with the foreseen planned maintenance in each asset, in line with Guidelines.
- Ensure that the maintenance activities in industrial services are planned properly.
- Support the technical stores management through a proper link between the planned maintenance activities and the required spare parts, in advance, to help the whole technical store optimization process.
- Ensure the planning of all maintenance activities are performed considering constrains on safety, food safety, energy/water consumption at factory level by analysing the potential impact of any variable (e.g. high-risk activities, spare parts quality, materials, etc).

**What will make you successful**
- Joining a collaborative team of specialists, you will be a strong professional with a drive to deliver quality outcomes.
- 3 years' experience in a technical field, preferably food manufacturing or consumer goods industry (as Technician, Engineering Supervisor, maintenance Engineer, or other similar position)
- Experiences as Maintenance Planner, including the planning and coordination of maintenance activities, including maintenance budget, safety permits, coordination with other operational areas, tracking of maintenance KPI's, etc.
- Participation in the coordination and planning of maintenance activities, including mechanical, electrical, electromechanical, instrumentation, industrial services, E&A, and operators basic maintenance activities.
- Exposure to TPM, preventive maintenance planning techniques and maintenance execution preferred.
- Experience participating in a basic SH&E and Food Safety training preferred.
- Recommended to have had participation in the start-up or commissioning of technical equipment and/or production line(s).
- Self-management following defined KPIs/Objectives and proactively tracking them.
- Proven track record in delivering results by working with cross-functional teams.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills and a proven capacity to influence and negotiate to drive high standards of performance and quality.

**Applicants must have full Australian working rights**

Applicants will be required to undergo pre-employment checks, including but not limited to health checks, prior to appointment to this role.

**Our Story**

At Allen's, it's no secret that Lollies are our passion. Our vision is to be Australia's most trusted confectionery company. We're dedicated to providing quality fun treats including Party Mix, Snakes Alive and Minties in a safe, sustainable and cost effective way.

You can realise your full potential at Nestlé Australia, leading a team of Maintenance Tradespeople. As part of a global network, you can use your skills to influence others and make a positive impact where you own a piece of the action.

Be a force for good. You feel this is you as well, we look to hear from you