Senior Maintenance Planner - Kelso

In Australia, the J.R. Simplot Company’s core operations are food manufacturing and agriculture, encompassing potato, vegetable, seafood and sauce operations. We supply a wide range of frozen, shelf-stable and chilled products to Australia and New Zealand’s major retail and foodservice customers and are part of Simplot’s Global Food business. With 17 food manufacturing and processing sites, Simplot Global Food serves retail and foodservice customers in 37 countries, and employs 8,000 people across North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific.

 

In Australia, we are a leading provider of quality, nourishing and sustainable food, focussed on creating food that maximises value from the best Australian-grown produce and global seafood. Our iconic brands have been an integral part of Australian life for generations, and include Leggo’s, Birds Eye, Edgell, John West and Chiko.

Culture and Benefits

At Simplot, we are fueled by our purpose: We Contribute to Feeding Our World. We imagine a better future and set goals to reach it. We are committed to working as one Simplot and are guided by our shared values:
 

• Respect for Resources
• Spirit of Innovation
• Passion for People

We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion. We care about creating an environment that promotes safety and wellbeing and where our people feel supported, respected and empowered. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all our team members.

Simplot is passionate about cultivating a future where good ideas and inspiring possibilities have the chance to grow. We want our team members to build exciting and fulfilling careers with us and offer professional and personal growth opportunities.

The Perks

 

• Bonus incentive plan
• Discounted health insurance options
• Income Protection Insurance
• Novated car leasing agreements
• Fully supplied & laundered uniform, boots & PPE
• Training & development opportunities
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave

About Our Role

An exciting opportunity exists for the permanent full-time position of Senior Maintenance Planner at our Kelso manufacturing plant.  Simplot Kelso is our seafood and snacking processing plant, producing 75 SKUs for the retail and foodservice markets. The site employs about 100 people with approximately 95% of manufactured goods consisting of either Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) or Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) seafood.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, this senior role will manage operational planning & scheduling activities within the engineering department, with a focus on planning of maintenance activities in line with the site production plan whilst being guided by safety, quality, environment, cost and operational equipment effectiveness (OEE) targets.

Site equipment includes
 

• Slicer presser, fish finger and Formax processing
• Radio frequency tunnels
• Dusting, coating and frying equipment
• Spiral freezing and frozen stores
• 2 automated, robotic packing and palletising lines

What You Will Do

 

• Supervise and direct the Planning and Engineering stores team(s) to effectively plan and schedule all project / maintenance work activities in accordance with best practice systems, techniques and Simplot's maintenance work management businesses processes
• Plan and schedule continuous improvement activities and minor capital works as directed by the Engineering Manager
• Use of CMMS tools, project tools, Gantt charts, critical path analysis and visual scheduling boards
• Prepare work packages for opportunity maintenance activities
• Assist the Engineering Manager with the planning and coordination of un-planned maintenance activities including breakdowns and opportunity maintenance as required
• Coordinate the planning and scheduling of factory down days and shutdowns, and assist in the safe and effective coordination and execution as required by the Engineering Manager
• Conduct post down day and shutdown reviews to facilitate the continuous improvement of these activities
• Develop, maintain and optimise the site's CMMS such that all information and records are relevant, accurate, current, complete, recorded in a timely manner and supportive of the site's reliability strategy
• KPI reporting
• Assist with the preparation of contract documents, service agreements and calling of tenders as required
• Ensure that asset maintenance activities are planned and scheduled to meet statutory, corporate, legal, safety and environmental standards, codes and policies
• Liaison with regulatory bodies where appropriate
• Assist