Maintenance Planner at Addiction Foods NZ Ltd.

Position: Maintenance Planner. Location: 240 Jellicoe St., Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Minimum required hours: 40 hours per week. Salary Range: NZ$80,000-95,000 per annum. Number of vacancies: 1. Job Purpose Primarily plan, schedule, coordinate and monitor plant maintenance work to keep equipment safe, compliant, reliable and production‑ready. The role is mainly a Maintenance Planner role, with strong ownership of work planning, CMMS/Limble discipline, backlog control, stores/spares readiness, shutdown preparation and coordination with Maintenance, Operations, QA, Warehouse/Stores, Procurement and contractors. Planning, CMMS, spares/stores and coordination account for around 70% of the role. The role also requires practical mechanical technical capability. The employee must be able to support plant‑floor inspections, troubleshooting, repair scoping, parts identification, safe handover, return‑to‑service checks and maintenance execution assistance when needed. This mechanical capability supports better planning and reliability; it does not replace the core planning focus of the role. Once planning, stores and CMMS discipline are stable, the role will place increasing focus on reliability improvement, RCA/5‑Why, PM optimisation, repeat‑failure reduction and practical defect elimination. Final technical decisions and engineering approvals remain with the Maintenance & Project Engineering Manager or authorised Site Engineering Lead. Job Responsibilities Maintenance Planning, Scheduling & Shutdown Coordination Build daily, weekly and monthly maintenance schedules aligned with production, sanitation, shutdowns, labour, parts, permits and plant priorities. Convert work requests, defects, PM tasks and approved improvement actions into clear work orders or job plans with scope, steps, estimated duration, skills, parts, tools and safety controls. Plan PM, corrective, condition‑based, shutdown and approved improvement work so jobs are ready before execution. Coordinate access windows with Operations, QA, Warehouse/Stores, Planning and Maintenance to reduce production disruption. Manage backlog, track schedule attainment, reschedule missed work and eclipse safety, quality, downtime or resource risks. Coordinate planned shutdown work, carry‑over work, post‑shutdown defects and follow‑up actions. CMMS/Limble Work Management & Data Discipline Govern CMMS/Limble workflow from work request to closure, including PM tasks, corrective work, breakdown follow‑ups and approved reliability actions. Maintain accurate work orders, PM templates, job plans, asset records, attachments, closure notes and equipment history. Ensure work‑order closure captures work done, parts used, labour, failure information, readings/photos, permits and return‑to‑service evidence. Track and report planning KPIs such as PM completion, schedule attainment, backlog, emergency work, closure quality, repeat work and overdue actions. Use CMMS data to support planning, prioritisation, spares readiness and recurring‑issue visibility. Spares, Stores Readiness & Job Preparation Support critical spares control, min/max levels, re‑order points, lead times, alternates, stockout risks, slow‑moving items and wrong‑part issues. Coordinate with Warehouse/Stores and Procurement so parts, tools, consumables and materials are identified, reserved and staged before planned work or shutdowns. Support preparation of parts, tools and materials for PM, corrective work, shutdowns and approved reliability actions. Escalate stockout risks, obsolete parts, long lead‑time items and recurring parts issues. Recommend updates to critical spares, re‑order points, min/max levels and planning assumptions, subject to approval. Mechanical Technical Support & Maintenance Execution Assistance Support plant‑floor maintenance work when needed, including inspections, fault finding, repair scoping, installation support, alignment, testing and return‑to‑service checks. Work with equipment such as pumps, gearboxes, bearings, conveyors, motors, guards, mixers, compressors, pneumatic/hydraulic systems, packaging machines and process equipment, as applicable. Assist breakdown response by identifying the fault, confirming likely root cause, supporting safe temporary containment where approved, and converting follow‑up work into planned corrective actions. Read drawings, manuals and parts information to identify repair methods, required spares, tools and safe work steps. Follow LOTO, permits, machine guarding, hygiene/GMP controls, line clearance, housekeeping and safe handover requirements before and after maintenance work. Reliability Improvement, RCA & PM Optimisation Support Review CMMS, downtime, breakdown, inspection and spare‑parts data to identify repeat failures, chronic downtime, high‑risk assets and poor PM effectiveness. Prepare history, photos, failure codes, parts use, downtime, operator feedback and work‑order data for RCA/5‑Why or defect‑elimination reviews. Recommend practical PM, inspection, job‑plan, spares or repair‑method improvements, subject to technical approval. Convert approved reliability actions into work orders, PM updates, inspection tasks, shutdown packs or follow‑up schedules. Track repeat failures, unplanned downtime, emergency work, MTBF/MTTR, PM completion and action closure, and reflect lessons learned in future plans. Ad hoc Perform other tasks that may be assigned either individually or as part of a committee or team. From time to time, you may be directed to realign your efforts with the changing needs of the business. Job Requirements At least 2 years relevant experience in maintenance planning, scheduling, CMMS work management, backlog control, spares coordination or stores support in food manufacturing, FMCG, pet food or an industrial plant. Demonstrated mechanical technical capability, preferably from a Mechanical Fitter, Mechanical Technician, Field Engineer or hands‑on maintenance background. Hands‑on exposure to mechanical fault finding, repair support, PM execution, installation, alignment, testing and safe return‑to‑service checks is required. Experience with pumps, gearboxes, bearings, conveyors, motors, guards, mixers, compressors, pneumatic/hydraulic systems, packaging machines or process equipment is preferred. Working knowledge of CMMS/Limble or similar system: job planning, PM administration, closure notes, history capture, failure coding, reporting and backlog discipline. Experience coordinating with Operations, Maintenance, QA, Warehouse/Stores, Procurement, contractors and suppliers is preferred. Exposure to RCA/5‑Why, defect elimination, PM optimisation, downtime analysis, asset criticality or basic reliability tracking is an advantage. #J-18808-Ljbffr