Maintenance Planner

Position Title: Maintenance Planner (Electrical & Utilities) Position Type: Regular - Full-Time Requisition ID: 39472 In every role McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences—together. With a customer‑first mindset we make doing business with McCain easy. About the role. Join McCain Foods at our renowned Ballarat Potato Plant as a Maintenance Planner and play a pivotal role in maintaining our world‑class standards for safety, reliability, and operational excellence. As a key member of the Maintenance team you will develop and execute well‑structured work packages, collaborating with cross‑functional experts to deliver a robust preventive maintenance program under the MDI (McCain Driving Impact). This critical position champions a culture of safety, continuous improvement, and teamwork while ensuring strict compliance with local, international, and McCain regulations for food safety and operational standards. If you are passionate about driving results, partnering with diverse teams, and optimizing maintenance activities using the latest methodologies and technology, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact in a vibrant FMCG environment. What you’ll be doing. Plan and optimise complete maintenance work packages for electrical utilities and building equipment. Lead and foster a culture of safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement within the maintenance department. Coordinate preventive maintenance activities across departments in line with the MDI strategy. Manage and prioritise new maintenance work requests daily. Identify source and ensure availability of necessary parts and materials for maintenance tasks. Develop and manage service agreements with third‑party contractors and oversee on‑site contractor compliance. Maintain accurate records of all maintenance activities including work orders, manuals, services, and inventory using SAP as the CMMS. Support Inventory Controller by optimising spare parts and materials. Collaborate with Engineering on new installations and equipment upgrades. Ensure compliance with McCain food safety, OH&S and all relevant internal policies and procedures. What you’ll need to be successful. Minimum five years experience in a FMCG (Fast‑Moving Consumer Goods) environment; ideally seven years. Proven experience managing contractors and high‑risk work in an industrial setting. Confident collaborator able to work effectively at all organisational levels. Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics) or related field. Strong computer literacy, data analysis capability and experience using SAP (CMMS). Demonstrated Lean manufacturing knowledge (e.g., TPM, Six Sigma, MDI frameworks). Proficient in root‑cause analysis, condition inspection techniques, and problem‑solving. Ability to work independently, prioritise tasks and take initiative. Advanced skills in Microsoft 365 (Sharepoint, Teams), Excel and AutoCAD (desirable). Familiarity with the operation and maintenance of industrial services such as boilers, compressed air, waste treatment and refrigeration (desirable). About the team. You’ll be joining a high‑performing and collaborative team that prides itself on delivering results while maintaining a supportive and enjoyable work environment. We work hard, tackle challenges together and make sure to have fun along the way. About McCain. Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters. Leadership principles. At McCain our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results. The McCain experience. We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together. McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family‑owned company we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience and success and makes our business. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms) please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions. Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCains Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy as applicable. You can understand how your personal information is being handled here. Job Family: Manufacturing Location(s): AU - Australia : Victoria : Ballarat Company: McCain Foods (Aust) Pty. Employment Type: Full Time Department / Functional Area: Manufacturing Experience: years Vacancy: 1 #J-18808-Ljbffr