Maintenance Planner Limerick On behalf of its Client, Kenny-Whelan are hiring a Maintenance Planner for a Global Life Science Company in Limerick.Profile of the Role: The Maintenance Planner is responsible for planning, scheduling, coordinating, and overseeing all maintenance activities within their assigned area.
Acting as the central link between maintenance workstreams, this role ensures alignment across teams.
The Maintenance Planner serves as the main contact for the assigned maintenance crews, covering both Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I) and Mechanical disciplines.
Additionally, the planner manages maintenance tasks within the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS), ensuring all work is documented, compliant, and audit-ready at all times.Description of Duties: Ensure all maintenance activities are done safely, timely and compliantly in line with the company's LOTO system.Participate in continuous improvement & lean initiatives.Be the Point of contact for Safety & Quality related questions from craft.Be an advocate for Safety & Quality standards within the maintenance group, promoting and enforcing standards in all work completed.Troubleshoot maintenance issues within area of responsibility.Own the planning and scheduling (where applicable) of preventive and corrective maintenance activities to ensure that all preventive & corrective maintenance activities are completed as scheduled in the CMMS.Planning and documenting how work is to be completed.Ensuring spare parts are available & liaise with engineering stores.Co-ordinate the various craft disciplines and vendors to execute Maintenance activities to the highest standards.Ensure all work is documented appropriately following ALCOA+ principles.Updating of job plans to ensure accuracy.Schedule, chair & attend meetings to ensure maintenance activities are appropriately scheduled.Be the technical adviser for area of responsibility and escalate issues appropriately.Flexibility to support other areas within the Maintenance team & participate in Project and best practice initiatives within the Maintenance team.Investigate failures and propose solutions to prevent reoccurrence.First point of contact for craft personnel to troubleshoot issues/queries on the CMMS.Manage craft allocation to respond to changing priorities.Experience:Ø3+ years Pharmaceutical/Biotech/Med Device industry experience essential in a maintenance role.Demonstrated willingness to collaborate with work colleaguesProven ability to work independently and without direct supervisionDemonstrated commitment to safety and quality in the workplace.Education:§FETAC Level 6 or equivalent in either an E&I or Mechanical discipline.IT Systems: Ms Office Suite advancedCMMS experience essentialFrom time to time, there may be a need to travel offsite to other locations conferences, or off-site training in Ireland*** Please note this is an 'Onsite' Role Monday to Friday ***** Are you eligible to work in Ireland?
As this is a Contract role, you will need a Visa: either Stamp 1G or Stamp 4 **All applications will be treated with the strictest confidenceKenny-Whelan Contact: For further information please contact Carmel Synnott on or send your updated CV to