Engineering Planner

at  Ornua Cooperative Limited

Job Title: Engineering Planner
Shift pattern: Monday to Friday, 36.35 hours per week
Reports to: Engineering Controller
Location: Leek Foods UK
Salary: Up to £50,000 depending on experience
Benefits: Free onsite parking, Generous annual leave entitlement, Matched Company Contribution Pension up to 8%, Subsidised Staff Canteen, Company shop offering discounts on Cheese and Butter, Sports & Social Club, Staff Lottery, Discount on Bikes & Tech Scheme, Confidential Employee Assist Programme
Ornua (meaning “new gold”) is Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, proudly bringing the unique taste of Irish dairy to the world for over 55 years.
Are you an Engineering Planner looking for the challenge of taking a mission driven organisation to its next level of success?
Ornua is actively seeking an engineering planner to join our Engineering department as we continue our growth trajectory. The Engineering Planner will have overall responsibility for the planning and scheduling of preventative and corrective maintenance activities within the engineering function and the wider operations team. As our next Engineering Planner, you will be the key communications hub between production operations and the engineering teams, ensuring that maintenance operations are carried out efficiently and in a timely manner. You will provide analysis and insight into engineering operations to drive continuous improvement and work closely with the engineering shift managers and stores team to ensure adequate resource availability.
Why Ornua?
Ornua operates from 10 business units worldwide, including 16 production facilities, and has sales and marketing teams working in-market across all four corners of the globe.
The Group is structured across two divisions: Ornua Foods and Ornua Ingredients.
Ornua Foods is responsible for the marketing and sales of Ornua’s consumer brands including Kerrygold, Pilgrims Choice.
Our co-operative ethos lies at the heart of how we do business as a purpose and values-led organisation, creating value for Irish dairy farming families.
Our Values lie at the core of everything we do. Our five values encourage us to Seek and Embrace New Ideas, Make It Happen, Be Our True Selves, Show You Care, and Achieve Great Things Together.
We invest in our people and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
Career Progression including Global Mobility opportunities.
Comprehensive Benefits with regional specific offerings.

WHY THIS ROLE IS VALUABLE:

The Engineering Planner is responsible for;
Planning and scheduling engineering works in the production and facilities areas
Material and Resource planning for planned and predictive maintenance
Analysing productivity and resource data to provide insight and actionable measures to drive efficiency improvements
Liaising with the operations teams to estimate workload, and balance available resources with plant attainment goals
Continuously evaluate existing effort estimations against actual and refine the planned maintenance regime
Administration and control of engineering documentation
Liaise with Engineering coordinator to optimize contracted engineering support

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE ROLE:

A background in maintenance planning or strong engineering background Excellent communicator Computer literate, preferably with experience in the use of a CMMS (Mainsaver) Experience in lean manufacturing and continuous improvement techniques
Ornua has ambitious growth plans and we’re building a team to help enable and accelerate that growth. We are looking for people who share our values, are curious, forward-looking, take ownership and work together to build a future for themselves and Ornua.
Would you like to make an impact?
To learn more, please visit Ornua at www.ornua.com
We are open to discussing full-time and part-time working options for this role’
Seek and embrace new ideas
Curiosity
Includes: Learning, Growth Mindset, Knowledge Sharing, Continuous Improvement, Innovative Thinking
Forward Looking
Includes: Social Conscience, Working Proactively, Flexibility, Change Management, Competitor Market Knowledge, Strategic Thinking
Proficient - Encourages others to learn and demonstrates the courage to lead creative initiatives.
Developing - Responds quickly to change and looks ahead to anticipate tasks, ensuring benefits to others.
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Make it happen
Expertise
Includes: Technical/Functional Skills, Analysis, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Decisiveness, Planning, Prioritising & Reviewing
Ownership
Includes: Action Focus, Empowerment, Accountability & Quality, Tenacity, Sustainable Growth, Managing Performance
Developing - To ensure excellence in own work, applies effective professional skill, analysis, problem solving, decision making, prioritising, planning and reviewing.
Proficient - Clarifies accountabilities, overlaps and gaps, facilitates empowerment, helps others remain motivated through difficult times.
Be our true selves
Integrity
Includes: Empathy & Respect, Inclusivity, Authenticity, Ethical Standards, Constructive Attitude, Role Model
Communicative
Includes: Listening, Impact, Informing, Honesty, Psychological Safety, Adapting Communication Style, Influencing, Leadership Style
Proficient - Supports and encourages constructive outcomes for others by demonstrating integrity, inclusivity and authenticity.
Experienced - Applies advanced communication skills, achieving an honest and constructive impact on the audience to deliver desired outcomes.
Achieve great things together
Working Together
Includes: Co-operating, Active Collaboration, Encouraging Others, Relationship Building, Team Effectiveness
Customer Focus
Includes: Customer & Members’ Needs, Customer Ownership, Customer Relationships, Commercial Awareness
Experienced - Ensures own team effectiveness; promotes, facilitates and leads cross-functional working and breaks down silos.
Experienced - Advocates for the customer, balances customer, commercial and business needs, and spots opportunities for growth