Vacancy: Technical Maintenance Planner
Location: Royston
Job Family: Maintenance / Engineering
As the you will manage all planned maintenance activity for PGMS. Plan and prepare for the successful completion of future maintenance work producing requirements to facilitate short term and medium-term planning.
That includes communicating and liaising with production planning to ensure works are coordinated in conjunction with operational requirements. Plan and organise non-routine maintenance activities including periodic shutdowns. Schedule and organise resources (internal and external) including spares co-ordination.
This role will report into the Lead Maintenance Planner.
Platinum Group Metal Services (PGMS) is one of four businesses within Johnson Matthey, it distributes, refines and recycles precious metals and fabricates products using precious metals and related materials. The business unit also manufactures platinum group metals, minor metal compounds, organometallics and fine metal powders for high technology applications, as well as providing a range of management services for platinum group metals.
Johnson Matthey, a FTSE 250 organisation, is a global leader in sustainable technologies specialising in catalysis, precious metal products, chemicals and process technology. With operations in over 30 countries, we employ more than 12,600 people. We have more 200 years of success behind us; be part of the next stage of our growth journey and help maintain our reputation as one of the most admired organisations in our field. Our unique culture and people give us competitive advantage and will ensure our success for years to come. You can be part of that success story.

Your responsibilities:

• Proactively promote a positive Health & Safety culture and ensure adherence to JM policies (including HR/EHS/Security).
• Administer the Maintenance Planning Process as defined in the JM Maintenance Planning Procedure.
• Develop and issue the short (daily, weekly), maintenance plan for the PGMS.
• Management of scheduling activities for assets, e.g. resource requirements and availability, vendor readiness, materials availability etc. ensuring spare parts availability through spares co-ordination with stores
• The detailed integrated planning and scheduling of simultaneous operations to avoid escalation of business risk.
• Working with operations and reliability engineers, continuously review plant performance, adapting maintenance plans where necessary in order that overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) targets are met.
• Working with the Lead Maintenance Planner and wider maintenance team, seek opportunities to improve resource efficiencies

Requirements for the role:

• Experience of planning, Scheduling and Co-ordination skills in a maintenance and project role
• Ability to triage issues and prioritise based on results
• Ability to communicate effectively and allow people to see all opportunities available to them, ability to listen / simplify requests from operations
• Good knowledge of Asset Management Systems (CMMS)
• Communicate effectively and allow people to see all opportunities available to them, ability to listen / simplify requests from operations

How you will be rewarded:
We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package including bonus, excellent pension contributions and 25 days annual leave (varies for shift-based roles).
At JM, an inclusive culture is integral to our values and ambitions for the future. We are committed to ensuring that everyone can bring their full self to work and thrive in their career. Welcoming everyone to JM, regardless of their unique characteristics, experiences or thoughts allows us to bring many different voices and experiences together to tackle the world’s biggest challenges. Being truly inclusive means that all colleagues feel valued for their differences, views and contributions, and feel a sense of belonging at JM.
Johnson Matthey is open for discussion on part time, job share and flexible working patterns
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Your responsibilities:

• Proactively promote a positive Health & Safety culture and ensure adherence to JM policies (including HR/EHS/Security).
• Administer the Maintenance Planning Process as defined in the JM Maintenance Planning Procedure.
• Develop and issue the short (daily, weekly), maintenance plan for the PGMS.
• Management of scheduling activities for assets, e.g. resource requirements and availability, vendor readiness, materials availability etc. ensuring spare parts availability through spares co-ordination with stores
• The detailed integrated planning and scheduling of simultaneous operations to avoid escalation of business risk.
• Working with operations and reliability engineers, continuously review plant performance, adapting maintenance plans where necessary in order that overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) targets are met.
• Working with the Lead Maintenance Planner and wider maintenance team, seek opportunities to improve resource efficiencie

Requirements for the role:

• Experience of planning, Scheduling and Co-ordination skills in a maintenance and project role
• Ability to triage issues and prioritise based on results
• Ability to communicate effectively and allow people to see all opportunities available to them, ability to listen / simplify requests from operations
• Good knowledge of Asset Management Systems (CMMS)
• Communicate effectively and allow people to see all opportunities available to them, ability to listen / simplify requests from operation