Maintenance Planner - Bakery Manufacturing
- Milton Keynes
- On-site
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Join a leading global bakery group powered by ambitious people that are truly passionate about delivering the best in everything they do.
With business in mind and people at heart we always work together to influence our road ahead. We want you to be part of our growth journey and of a great, global family.
📍 Bedford
🕒 Monday to Friday | 37.5 hours per week
🏭 Food Manufacturing / Engineering
We're looking for a proactive and organised Maintenance Planner to join our engineering team at our busy Bedford bakery. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced maintenance professional who enjoys coordinating maintenance activities, driving continuous improvement, and making a real impact on operational performance.
Working closely with the Engineering Manager and Maintenance Manager, you'll be responsible for planning and scheduling preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance activities across a 24/7 manufacturing operation. Your work will help maximise equipment reliability, improve workforce productivity, and ensure maintenance activities are completed safely, efficiently and with minimal disruption to production.
What You'll Be Doing
- Planning and scheduling all maintenance activities in line with production requirements
- Managing maintenance work orders and ensuring jobs are completed on time
- Coordinating labour, materials, tools, parts and contractor requirements
- Supporting the development and optimisation of the site's CMMS system
- Maintaining accurate maintenance records and producing performance reports
- Liaising with production and engineering teams to prioritise maintenance activities
- Driving improvements in planning processes, work request procedures and maintenance effectiveness
- Helping to develop asset hierarchies and maintenance strategies within the CMMS system.
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Skills & Requirements
What We're Looking For
- Previous experience in a Maintenance Planner, Maintenance Coordinator or Engineering Planning role
- Strong understanding of maintenance practices within a manufacturing environment
- Experience using a CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management System)
- Excellent organisational and communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
- A continuous improvement mindset with a focus on efficiency and reliability
- Experience within food manufacturing, FMCG or a similar fast-paced production environment would be highly advantageous.
The Person
You'll be someone who:
- Takes ownership and works proactively
- Has excellent attention to detail
- Builds strong relationships across departments
- Is comfortable challenging existing ways of working to drive improvement
- Enjoys balancing office-based planning activities with time spent out on site
- Thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Why Join Us?
This is a great opportunity to play a key role within a well-established engineering team, helping to drive maintenance excellence across a large-scale manufacturing site. You'll have the chance to influence processes, improve equipment reliability and contribute directly to the success of a major operation.
About the company
Lantmännen Unibake is a leading global bakery company within the Lantmännen Group. With expertise in bakery products for food service and retail, we serve consumers around the clock and across the world every day. The aim is to make bread and pastry a profitable business for our customers through tasty, high-quality products and innovative solutions and based on a sustainable mind-set and excellent food safety standards. Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Lantmännen Unibake operates modern bakeries around the world and has sales in more than 60 countries. The brand portfolio comprises a range of well-established B2B and BtC brands e.g. Schulstad Bakery Solutions, Schulstad, Bonjour, Vaasan, Pastridor and Hatting. Lantmännen Unibake has a turnover of EUR 1.5 billion and employs more than 6,000 people in 20+ countries. Appetite for more? More about Lantmännen Unibake
#1It goes right. Right from the start. New people start at Lantmännen Unibake every day. We’re used to creating the right beginning, right from day one. We’re ready for you.
#2Baking is a people business. Lantmännen Unibake has flour on its hands and people at its heart. The whole process of making everyday products takes team work, open-ness and mutual respect.
#3It's a group thing. Working for a global business is different. You feel connected to something bigger. Your team has a higher purpose. Ripples turn into waves.
#4It's about baking the future. We are taking baking further. Not just geographically but in terms of innovation. We have a proud heritage but we want to explore new products, markets and opportunities.
#5Diversity is a reality. Not an ambition. Not only are we global, we hire a multitude of nationalities. At the moment, your future colleagues come from more than 40 countries.
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