❗Maintenance Planner❗

United Utilities

The Role

Overview

Plan and schedule maintenance tasks for water treatment plant assets.

Key Responsibilities

  • asset shutdown
  • job plans
  • task prioritisation
  • materials coordination
  • schedule collaboration
  • risk identification

Tasks

-Request asset shutdowns when needed, report missed maintenance opportunities and use insights to drive continuous improvement. -Build and improve a library of job plans, adapting them with input from operations and engineering teams to boost asset reliability is a responsibility of the Maintenance Planner. -Review and prioritise new maintenance tasks, aiming to minimise disruption to water treatment operations. -Work closely with maintenance, scheduling, and supply chain teams to ensure the right materials and services are in place for planned work. -Collaborate daily with schedulers and attend planning meetings to shape executable maintenance plans from one week to a year ahead. -Put safety first by identifying risks early and building proactive maintenance plans for short, medium, and long-term asset care.

Requirements

  • hnc/nvq3
  • maintenance
  • sap
  • mars
  • microsoft office
  • driving licence

What You Bring

-Works well both independently and as part of a team, with strong communication skills across technical and non-technical colleagues. -Qualified to HNC/NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Mechanical, Electrical, or Instrumentation engineering, with hands-on experience and a strong maintenance background in the water or similar industry is required for the Maintenance Planner. -Has deep maintenance knowledge and can accurately estimate time, materials, and skills needed for jobs. -Holds a full UK driving licence. -Understands plant operations, equipment, and health & safety processes inside out. -Is confident using Microsoft Office and has a good grasp of SAP and MARS systems. -Is familiar with industry safety standards and work authorisation procedures. -Can apply root cause and failure analysis to solve problems effectively.

Benefits

-Mental health first aiders -Enhanced parental leave schemes -A generous annual leave package of 26 days, which increases to 30 days after four years of service (increases one day per year), in addition to 8 bank holidays -Salary Finance -Employee Assistance Plan -EVolve Car Scheme -A competitive pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution, 21% combined, and life cover -MyGymDiscounts - gym and wellness benefit that offers up to 25% off on gym memberships and digital fitness subscriptions -A comprehensive healthcare plan through our company-funded scheme -Wealth at Work courses -MORE Choices flexible benefits -Deals and discounts -Up to 7.5% performance-related bonus scheme, as well as recognition awards for outstanding achievements

The Company

About United Utilities

-It operates across North West England, supplying drinking water and treating sewage. -The company manages vast infrastructure, including thousands of kilometers of pipelines and nearly 600 treatment works. -Typical projects include reservoir management, leak detection, and wastewater upgrades. -Specializing in water and wastewater services, infrastructure upkeep, and renewable energy generation.

Sector Specialisms

Water

Energy

Infrastructure

Utilities

Industrial

Residential

Commercial

Buildings

Heavy Civil

Marine

Transport

Solar

Wind

Nuclear

Government