Assistant Maintenance Manager – Planning and Scheduling

|Industrial & Energy - Management|Christchurch

The Company
This is an opportunity to join an NZ company and a respected FMCG manufacturer with a strong reputation for producing high-quality, well-known products. The organisation continues to grow as it invests in new technology, improves its capability, and strengthens its operational performance. With a positive culture built on teamwork, continuous improvement, and shared success, this is a place where people are supported, their ideas are valued, and they’re encouraged to contribute to ongoing plant and process enhancement.
 
The Role
This is a newly created position within the company’s engineering function, reporting directly to the Maintenance Manager. The Assistant Maintenance Manager – Planning and Scheduling will combine a strong engineering background with ownership of the site’s maintenance planning and scheduling activities, supporting performance and continuous improvement across a high-speed manufacturing operation. The role works daytime hours Monday to Friday.
Key Responsibilities

  • Lead maintenance planning and scheduling for a high-speed, 24/7 manufacturing site.
  • Apply engineering expertise to develop and improve preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance strategies.
  • Create technically robust job plans, clearly defining scope, labour, materials, tooling and time.
  • Drive improvements to maintenance systems and CMMS utilisation.
  • Support the execution of maintenance activities, shutdowns and improvement projects.
  • Manage and coordinate engineering contractors, ensuring technical standards, safety and value for money.
  • Work closely with production and engineering teams to balance reliability, safety and output.
  • Analyse equipment performance and maintenance data to identify root causes and improvement opportunities.

 
About You
As the ideal candidate, you will be someone who is self-driven and experienced in leading maintenance planning and scheduling. You will be comfortable working in a dynamic environment where you have variety in your job function, and will have proven ability to drive improvement.
 
In addition, the successful candidate will have the following skills and experience:

  • 8+ years’ experience supported by a relevant engineering degree.
  • Engineering background, experience planning maintenance for high-speed, continuous or 24/7 production machinery.
  • Clear evidence of personally delivering change and improvement initiatives, not simply operating established systems.
  • Upgrading maintenance systems (preferably in FMCG).
  • Strong understanding of engineering maintenance best practice and reliability principles.
  • Confident communicator with the credibility to influence engineering, production and leadership teams.

 
Benefits
join a highly successful company that invests in improvements. As this is a newly created role, you have the opportunity to make it your own, and to have real influence over engineering and maintenance performance. You will be paid a competitive salary, and have progression opportunities within the engineering function.
 
Apply
If you are an engineer with a passion for planning, systems improvement and driving measurable change in a demanding manufacturing environment, we would like to hear from you. Please submit your application by clicking the relevant ‘apply’ button.
 
Please note, Technical Recruitment Solutions has a shutdown period from 22nd December to 5th January. For a confidential enquiry, contact Olivia at olivia@trs.co.nz