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Engineering Planner – Heavy Industry

Global Organisation | Major Manufacturing Site | Long-Term Career Progression

Are you an experienced engineer who has moved into planning and thrives in complex, high-risk industrial environments? Do you enjoy taking control of major shutdowns, influencing senior stakeholders, and driving structured change within a confident engineering team?

This is an opportunity to join a huge global organisation operating at scale within heavy industry. The site is critical to the wider business, highly invested in, and offers genuine, realistic career progression across multiple engineering and leadership disciplines.

The Role

As Engineering Planner, you will play a pivotal role in keeping the site operating safely, efficiently, and cost-effectively. This is a hands-off, high-impact role suited to someone with strong engineering credibility and the confidence to challenge, influence, and improve established ways of working.

You will be responsible for:

Planning and coordinating major planned shutdowns and outages

Organising and prioritising day-to-day engineering activities

Using SAP / CMMS to plan, schedule, and forecast future engineering works

Liaising closely with Purchasing and Supply Chain to ensure cost control and material availability

Working with senior engineering and operational stakeholders to align plans with business priorities

Producing and reviewing risk assessments, safe systems of work, and permits

Supporting and participating in audits and compliance activities

Driving change management initiatives to improve planning, efficiency, and execution

This is a busy, varied role that gives you real visibility of the wider business and how engineering decisions impact performance at a global level.

About You

Youll be an ex-engineer who understands the realities of heavy industry and has the presence to work effectively with experienced, confident engineering teams.

You will ideally have:

A minimum of NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Engineering Maintenance

A background in heavy industry, manufacturing, energy, metals, cement, chemicals, or similar

Strong experience in engineering planning and shutdown coordination

Working knowledge of SAP or other CMMS systems

Confidence engaging with senior stakeholders and technical specialists

A structured, safety-led mindset with strong knowledge of risk assessments and SSOW

The personal authority to implement change and challenge where needed

Whats On Offer

Competitive Salary and package.

A role within a stable, global organisation with long-term investment

Exposure to large-scale operations and complex engineering challenges

Clear and achievable career progression on site into multiple roles and disciplines

The opportunity to influence how engineering is planned and delivered

A professional environment that values safety, structure, and continuous improvement

If youre an experienced engineer-turned-planner who wants influence, responsibility, and a clear path forward in a world-class industrial operation, this role will genuinely stretch and reward you.

What Next?

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