Engineering Planner
- Employer
- KP Snacks
- Location
- Ashby-De-La-Zouch, Leicestershire
- Salary
- Up to £25,000
- Closing date
- 6 Nov 2019
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Function
- Engineering, Planning, Production
- Business Sector
- Food Manufacturing
Job Details
Engineering Planner
KP Snacks Ashby
About Us:
KP Snacks is home to some of the most iconic British snack brands including; McCoy’s, Hula Hoops, KP Nuts, POM-BEAR, Skips, Space Raiders, Discos, Nik Naks, Wheat Crunchies, Penn State, Butterkist, Popchips and Tyrrells. We also produce many fantastic products for the UK’s leading retailers. We are proud that millions of people enjoy our snacks, every day! We employ around 2,000 people in the UK across our seven production sites and our head office in Slough. KP Snacks is also proud to be part of the Intersnack Group, Europe’s leading producer of savoury snacks, operating in around 30 European countries. At KP Snacks we are passionate about people and proud of the exciting, rewarding careers we offer. We’re always on the lookout for talented and self-motivated individuals to bring added expertise and enthusiasm to our growing business.
The role:
To co-ordinate and plan activities to continually drive out plant downtime through effective planned maintenance, driving the effectiveness of both weekday and weekend work plans to optimise the available resource.
Reviewing and improving the Planned Maintenance system which includes the following:-
Detailed, accurate content
Completion times and manpower / trade requirements
Calendar or running hour based Preventative Maintenances with frequencies which reflect the running hours of individual plants/lines
To utilise the work plans and planned maintenance systems to achieve the required target completion rates
Key duties/responsibilities:
Located at site, reporting directly into the Area Engineering Manager/Engineering Manager.
Responsible for weekend and mid-week engineering workload and resource plans and availability of PM tasks
Responsible for maintaining all data held within the Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) system
Responsible for reporting compliance, workloads and work backlog information
Responsible for quality of PPM data
The candidate:
Strong influencing skills
Operational and hands-on
Comfortable working in a factory environment
Confident and assured – vocal when required
Comfortable in conflict management and driving resolution`
Use resources effectively to maintain standards
Knowledge, Skills & Experience:
Practical experience gained within engineering function
Previous experience in a planning role
Basic engineering knowledge
Company
At KP Snacks we are passionate about our people and proud to offer exciting rewarding careers across our business.
Do you like the idea of joining KP’s awesome team of happy snackers? We have a brilliant culture and opportunities in many different functions, so if you’re talented, enthusiastic and up for a challenge, we want to hear from you.
Wherever you work at KP Snacks, you’ll receive excellent training and support to help you be the best you can be.
We’re an expanding company and – as part of the privately owned Intersnack Group – there’s always the possibility to develop your career further afield in Europe as well as in the UK
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