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Astute's Power team is partnering with a leading O&M company in the power generation sector to recruit an E&M Planner for its CHP facility in Seascale, Cumbria.
The E&M Planner role comes with a competitive salary and excellent benefits package, offering the opportunity to play a key part in maintaining and optimising the reliability of a high-performing Combined Heat and Power facility.
If you're an E&M Planner and are looking to work for an organisation that puts integrity, safety and people at the forefront of everything it does, then submit your CV to apply today.
Responsibilities and duties of the E&M Planner role
Reporting to the Maintenance Engineer, you will:
Plan and schedule all Statutory Inspections, Planned Maintenance routines, defects, projects, and emergent work in line with site operational priorities.
Maintain a 12-month lookahead Maintenance Delivery Plan to support budget submissions for the Annual Operating Plan.
Manage the site's Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to ensure all planned maintenance is completed ahead of compliance deadlines.
Issue weekly schedules for programmed maintenance, defect rectification, and project work with a rolling 3-week lookahead.
Produce monthly reports to demonstrate CMMS performance and highlight any issues requiring escalation.
Administer the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (PSSR) system and ensure compliance with key legislation.
Coordinate contractor activities and support the grouping and scheduling of outage work.
Act as custodian of the Postponement process, ensuring no overdue maintenance.
Professional qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:
Level 3 qualification in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent.
IOSH Managing Safely (or willingness to obtain).
Experience with a CMMS system (ideally Maximo or similar).
Competence in MS Excel and MS Project to develop reports, schedules, and outage plans.
Strong understanding of key maintenance legislation, including Pressure Systems Safety, DSEAR, Electricity at Work, and PUWER.
Personal skills
The E&M Planner role would suit someone who is:
Highly organised, detail-oriented, and proactive in managing maintenance priorities.
Capable of balancing multiple workstreams within a safety-critical environment.
A strong communicator, able to coordinate with engineers, contractors, and operational teams.
Committed to maintaining compliance, safety, and asset reliability.
Salary and benefits of the E&M Planner role
Competitive salary
Excellent company benefits package
Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
