Maintenance Planner

About this role

RPO Recruitment is recruiting for an established engineering firm. The company looks after commercial and industrial solar photovoltaic (PV) installations and battery energy storage systems (BESS). The Maintenance Planner will join the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) team to plan work and keep the assets running well.

What you’ll do

• Plan and schedule maintenance work so jobs are done properly and on time.
• Check that people, parts and other resources are available before work starts.
• Make sure maintenance requirements are dealt with efficiently.
• Keep work orders, asset records and maintenance documents accurate and up to date.
• Coordinate technical teams, contractors and materials.
• Stay in regular contact with site teams.
• Travel to client sites now and then when needed.

What you need

• A relevant technical or engineering qualification.
• Previous experience in maintenance planning, scheduling or coordination in an engineering, electrical, industrial or renewable energy environment.
• Experience coordinating technical teams, contractors, materials and maintenance schedules.
• Understanding of preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance.
• Good administrative skills and attention to detail.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to handle competing priorities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Willingness to travel to client sites when required.
• Advantageous: exposure to solar PV systems and/or BESS.
• Advantageous: experience with a maintenance management system (CMMS).

Is this job for you?

This role suits an experienced planner who likes to bring order to busy maintenance schedules. You should be comfortable working with technical teams and contractors, and keen on renewable energy assets. If you enjoy keeping records tidy and solving scheduling problems, this could be a good fit.

Tips before you apply

• Have your qualification certificates and a list of your past employers and job titles ready.
• On your CV, give examples of schedules you planned and how many people, contractors or assets they covered.
• If you have worked with solar PV, BESS or a CMMS, mention it clearly near the top of your CV.