Maintenance Planner

We are Lactalis Australia

We are owned by the Lactalis Group, the world’s largest producer of dairy goods.  With a range of more than 2,000 products, Lactalis is committed to playing a daily role in the health and well-being of consumers throughout the world, via the provision of nutritious dairy products—milk, cheese, yoghurt and other soft foods and beverages.

At the heart of our business locally, we have over 2,700 passionate employees, working closely and constructively with some 500 Australian farmers to produce the finest dairy products in the country.

Pillar brands such as Pauls, Oak, Ice Break, Tamar Valley Dairy, Vaalia, President and Galbani provide Lactalis Australia with a deep national footprint for growth and prosperity.

We are a growing global company that takes great pride in who we are.  We are humble, proud and resilient.  Our brands, people and know how define who we are. 

We provide a safe workplace that delivers the opportunity to drive your development, and believe that true success comes from us.

Collaboration, flexibility and diversity are pillars of our environment.  With knowledge and experience we encourage you to make a difference. 

About this Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Maintenance Planner to join our team in Rowville. Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, you will be responsible for planning, scheduling and implementing of maintenance strategies based on historical information and statutory requirements to ensure that equipment is maintained in the most cost effective manner. The performance of our operation relies heavily on a well-managed Maintenance program. The role of the Maintenance Planner is therefore pivotal to the success of plant maintenance activities.

Key responsibilities include:

• Preparing plant maintenance tasks, schedules and work instructions for all assets;
• Tracking plant maintenance schedules and work order for all assets;
• Preparing maintenance department performance KPI’s;
• Identifying trends and opportunities to improve asset reliability by analysis of manufacturing and engineering performance data;
• Planning and scheduling all day to day maintenance activities and resources utilising SAP;
• Maintaining the requirements of  SAP Plant maintenance module and continuously improve the SAP PM Module;
• Coordinating with Production, Maintenance Fitters, Electrician and External contractors to ensure all resources are effectively utilised during routine and shutdown maintenance;
• Ensuring all documentations related to asset management are well organised and easily retrievable;
• Contractor supervision and management;
• Assist Maintenance Manager with capital projects and other departmental duties, as required;
• Assist Maintenance Manager in stores management.

About You

The successful candidate will have:

• Trade qualified (ideally mechanical or electrical trade) or tertiary;
• Experience in reliability focused maintenance in a manufacturing or process plant environment;
• Knowledge of maintenance planning principles and procedures; and computerised maintenance planning systems is essential;
• Knowledge and understanding of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP);
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement improvement initiatives;
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills;
• Ability to build effective relations with internal and external stakeholders;
• Knowledge of Excel is mandatory;
• Knowledge of SAP is highly desirable but not essential.

We are seeking an individual who is ambitious and motivated to deliver on business objectives and be pro-active when it comes to implementing improvement initiatives. If you have the ambition, drive and competency to succeed in this role please submit your application, including current resume by selecting 'Apply' and following the prompts.

More about Lactalis Australia 

Click on the link to learn more about Lactalis Australia and our journey which has led us to become the World’s No.1 Dairy Company https://lactalis.com.au

We would like to take the opportunity to thank you in advance for applying for this position, however only short-listed candidates will be contacted.  If this isn’t your time to work with us we wish you all the best in your career search and welcome you to apply for positions with Lactalis Australia in the future.

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