Maintenance Planner

Life tastes better with ice cream

With 19.000 expert ice cream colleagues and iconic brands like Wall’s, Cornetto and Ben & Jerry’s, loved in 76 countries, we are the world’s largest Ice Cream company leading the industry.

We create iconic ice cream brands that are part of everyday life, bringing moments of joy to millions of people around the world. Everybody loves ice cream. And as the world’s biggest pure‑play ice cream company, we have the scale and ambition to make a real difference.

What truly sets us apart is how we work.

We move fast and keep things simple. We turn ideas into action, trust people to take ownership, and work as one team to win together with integrity. Our culture is high‑performance, collaborative and focused on getting things done.

We’re curious and ready for what’s next. We embrace digital, use data to make better decisions, and keep learning, including how AI can help us work smarter and serve consumers better.

The Role

The Maintenance Planner is responsible for developing, coordinating, and optimizing preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance plans for all plant assets to enable safe, reliable, and cost effective operations. The role ensures work is clearly scoped, risk assessed, resourced, and scheduled to protect people and product, meet compliance requirements, and sustain service levels. By partnering with Production, Engineering, Quality, SHE, and Supply Chain, the Maintenance Planner improves plan quality, increases planned work, reduces unplanned downtime, and strengthens asset performance through disciplined CMMS data and continuous improvement.

What you'll be responsible for

• Develops detailed preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance plans for all plant assets.
• Prepares job plans including task steps, required manpower, tools, spare parts, permits, and isolation/LOTO requirements.
• Builds and optimizes weekly and monthly maintenance schedules with Production to protect line service levels and minimize downtime.
• Converts approved requests into well-structured work orders with clear scopes and technical details.
• Ensures timely closure of work orders and accuracy of feedback in the CMMS.
• Identifies and reserves required spare parts, consumables, and tools before execution, balancing availability with cost and inventory controls.
• Coordinates with Procurement, Stores, and service providers to ensure resource availability and compliant contractor mobilization.
• Maintains accurate BOMs, spare parts lists, and planning data within the CMMS.
• Works closely with technicians, engineering leads, and production teams to align maintenance activities with operational requirements.
• Participates in maintenance and production meetings to communicate schedules, work status, and constraints.
• Supports cross-functional coordination during planned shutdowns or major maintenance events.
• Ensures shutdown/overhaul readiness by integrating scope, critical spares, contractor plans, and risk controls into the schedule.
• Analyzes maintenance and downtime data to identify recurring losses, plan-break drivers, delays, and improvement opportunities.
• Supports reliability initiatives (PM optimization, RCFA/RCA, FMEA, equipment health checks) and drives closure of agreed actions.
• Recommends improvements to maintenance strategies, asset care standards, and documentation.
• Ensures planned work complies with safety standards and permit-to-work requirements, including verified isolations/LOTO and risk assessments where required.
• Maintains accurate equipment history, job plans, BOMs, and technical records in the CMMS to enable audit readiness and decision-making.
• Supports audits, inspections, and compliance reviews related to maintenance activities.

We're looking for someone who

• College degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• 3–5 years’ experience in maintenance planning, maintenance execution, reliability engineering, or similar technical role within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Hands-on experience on preventive, corrective, and breakdown maintenance activities across multiple asset types with 24/7 or shift-based factory environment
• Experience working in a CMMS-driven maintenance environment
• Experience supporting planning for at least one of the following: processing or packaging equipment; utilities (boilers, compressors, refrigeration, water systems); or electrical/instrumentation systems. • Familiarity with equipment documentation (manuals, spare parts lists, job plans or work instructions)
• Working knowledge of permit-to-work, LOTO, and basic safety risk assessment (JSA/JHA).
• Working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and utility systems applicable to the site.
• Strong coordination and communication skills to work effectively with technicians, engineers, production teams, production planner and contractor
• Desirable/Preferred • Professional maintenance or reliability certification is an advantage (e.g., CMRP, TPM, Reliability or Planning certification) • Experience participating in TPM/ICMS lean activities. • Experience supporting improvement of PM Compliance, schedule adherence, equipment availability

What you'll get

Alongside meaningful work and strong development, we offer a reward package that typically includes

• Market-competitive pay and performance related rewards

• Flexible ways of working

• Support for health, wellbeing and life outside of work

• Time off to rest and recharge

• Ongoing learning and development opportunities  

• Specific benefits vary by location 

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Why join us?

This is a place for people who are passionate about ice cream and are growth obsessed - both for the business and for themselves. People who act like an owner and drive our business end-to-end. People who are driven by success to deliver more than we ever thought we could! 

You’ll thrive here if you value an inclusive culture, with low ego and hierarchy - and if you’re excited to continuously learn and challenge how we work, using digital, data, and new thinking to push us forward.

- Roles with real accountability and visible impact
- Free to move fast, experiment and challenge how things are done
- Continuous learning and development as the business grows
- Reward linked to performance and contribution.

Your career here is shaped by what you deliver, as you work across functions and markets and grow with the business.

Ready to build the future of Ice Cream?

If this sounds like the place where you'd thrive, we'd love to hear from you. Apply online and share your CV. We'll review your application and be in touch with the next steps. 

If you are an individual with a disability and require assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please let your Talent Acquisition Partner know.

Additional information

The Magnum Ice Cream Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. We encourage people with all backgrounds to apply including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and Māori and Pacific Peoples.