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Job Title: Maintenance Planning Engineer Location: Plymouth - Hybrid 2+ days per week on-site Role Type: Permanent Salary: £45,000 - £57,000 depending on experience Our client, an established engineering consultancy, require an experienced Maintenance Planning Engineer to join their multi-disciplined team based in Plymouth. Please note we can only consider sole UK Nationals due to security clearance restrictions The role offers the opportunity to influence maintenance and investment decisions across complex, high-value assets while supporting operational performance and long-term business objectives within highly regulated industries. What the role of the Maintenance Planning Engineer entails: Some of the main duties of the Maintenance Planning Engineer will include: Maintenance Strategy - Develop and optimise maintenance strategies for existing and future assets, balancing operational risk, performance and business requirements.
- Define preventive, predictive, condition-based and corrective maintenance approaches, reviewing task frequencies using asset performance data.
Reliability Engineering - Lead Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM), maintenance task analysis and Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) studies.
Asset Management & Lifecycle Support - Support asset management plans, criticality assessments and lifecycle cost analysis to inform maintenance priorities and investment decisions.
- Provide maintenance and supportability input across asset acquisition, design, procurement, commissioning, modification and life-extension programmes.
Governance & Assurance - Develop and maintain maintenance procedures, technical guidance and engineering documentation.
- Support engineering assurance, audits, technical reviews and management of change processes, ensuring decisions are underpinned by robust technical justification and risk assessment.
Stakeholder Engagement - Collaborate with operations, maintenance, engineering and project teams, providing specialist advice on maintenance strategy and reliability improvement.
- Present technical findings to stakeholders and provide guidance to junior engineers and maintenance personnel where appropriate.
What experience you need to be the successful Maintenance Planning Engineer: - Degree or equivalent qualification in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Asset Management or a related discipline.
- Significant experience in maintenance engineering, reliability engineering, asset management or supportability engineering.
- Experience within infrastructure, maritime, defence, nuclear, utilities, transport, energy, manufacturing or other asset-intensive industries.
- Experience developing maintenance strategies for complex engineering assets.
- Experience conducting reliability analyses, maintenance optimisation studies and failure investigations.
- Strong understanding of asset lifecycle management principles.
- Experience analysing maintenance, operational and performance data.
- Excellent technical report writing, communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to balance operational performance, reliability requirements and lifecycle cost considerations.
This really is a fantastic opportunity for a Maintenance Planning Engineer to progress their career. If you are interested please apply as soon as possible as this position will be filled quickly so don't miss out! Services advertised by Gold Group are those of an Agency and/or an Employment Business.
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