PE Global is recruiting for an Engineering Planner on behalf of our biopharmaceutical client in Dublin. This is an initial 12-month contract, hybrid role.
The Engineering Planner who will execute scheduling and planning of GMP maintenance activities in manufacturing and Laboratory areas.
Reporting to the Lead Engineering Planner, the Engineering Planner will play a critical role within the GMP Reliability team in delivering a best in class maintenance and reliability programme to ensure equipment uptime is maximised for manufacturing of medicines for our patients.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
· Prioritising safety in work planning – identify risks associated with any tasks and putting in place mitigations as required.
· Development of daily, weekly, monthly Maintenance/Calibration plans & scheduling/Assignment of all GMP maintenance activities through the site CMMS system
· Working closely with the wider Reliability team, including Technicians and Engineers to develop the current planning strategies for optimum use of downtime windows and resources.
· Laise with External vendors to Schedule Vendor Maintenance activities ensuring all documentation is in place (RAMS, permits)
· Co-ordination with other functional groups and area owners to minimise impact to operations
· Assess incoming unplanned Work Orders and prioritise work accordingly.
· Follow up on completed work to ensure work orders are closed
· Assist in continuous improvement of Job plans, schedules and SOPs to ensure activities optimised
· Co-ordination with stores Dept. to ensure spare parts available for all planned work
· Lead daily planning meeting to communicate plan to site Technicians and Engineers.
· Develop and publish Team metrics/KPI's using data analysis reports and monthly management reports to demonstrate team performance and continuous improvements.
Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills Required:
· The successful candidate would ideally possess at minimum a Level 7 Engineering Related qualification. Level 8 is desirable.
· Maintenance/ Calibration planning experience in a regulated industry (Pharma, Medical device).
· CMMS experience in Maximo, SAP or similar.
· Strong communications, organizational and analytical skills, use of Analytical tools (e.g. Tableau, Spotfire, PowerBI) an advantage.
· Strong understanding of Microsoft applications (Excel, SharePoint)
· Ability to work independently and also as part of a team.
· Flexible and amenable to change with ability to work independently and remotely when required
Interested candidates should submit an updated CV.
Please click the link below to apply, call Paul Wheatley on or alternatively send an up-to-date CV to
***Please note our client cannot assist with any visa sponsorship and candidates must have the correct visa to live and work in Ireland***