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You will manage maintenance plans through SAP, ensuring work is effectively prioritised, scheduled and completed safely to support asset reliability and operational performance.\nYour primary responsibilities will include developing and maintaining maintenance plans, allocating P1 and P2 work activities, managing SHE-critical tasks, and overseeing work completed through HRS work centres and planner groups. You will work closely with engineers, plant managers and operational teams to ensure maintenance activities are delivered efficiently and in line with business requirements.\nThe role also plays a key part in driving engineering excellence and continuous improvement. You will support the development of maintenance strategies, monitor performance through agreed KPIs, identify opportunities to improve reliability and asset performance, and help embed best practice principles such as CAMF, Autonomous Maintenance and MTI workshop methodologies.\nAlongside planning responsibilities, you will provide technical guidance to the static engine team, oversee servicing programmes, manage contractor activities, support compliance programmes, and ensure statutory inspections and safety-critical activities are completed in accordance with company standards.\nThis is a varied and challenging position that offers the opportunity to influence maintenance performance across a wide range of critical assets whilst developing your own capability as an Improvement Engineer.\nWhat we need to know about you\nTo be considered for this position, you should have significant experience within maintenance planning, engineering, asset management or reliability-focused roles in a heavy industrial, rail, manufacturing or engineering environment.\nYou will have a strong understanding of maintenance planning principles and be confident working with maintenance management systems, ideally SAP. Experience of coordinating maintenance activities, managing priorities, allocating resources and driving work completion is essential.\nYou should have excellent organisational and communication skills with the ability to work effectively with engineers, managers, contractors and operational stakeholders. The successful candidate will be able to analyse asset performance data, identify improvement opportunities and implement practical solutions to improve reliability and efficiency.\nKnowledge and experience of safety management systems, risk assessments, statutory compliance activities and continuous improvement methodologies would be advantageous.\nYou will possess:\nA relevant NVQ Level 3 engineering qualification (Mechanical, Electrical or related discipline) or equivalent. \nExperience using SAP or similar maintenance management systems.\nKnowledge of asset management and reliability improvement principles.\nExperience coordinating contractor activities and compliance programmes.\nStrong problem-solving and analytical skills.\nA commitment to health, safety and continuous improvement.\nThe ability to lead, coach and support engineering teams.\nKnowledge of rolling stock, static engines, generators, pumps or heavy industrial plant would be beneficial but is not essential, as training and development opportunities will be provided.\nWhat we can offer you\n\nIf you are ambitious and looking for the opportunity to shape the future of British Steel, we'd love to hear from you.\nThis is a rare opportunity to join British Steel at a defining moment in its history.\nFollowing nationalisation, British Steel is embarking on a significant transformation journey with a clear ambition to improve performance, build capability and secure long-term success\nWe know our employees are our greatest asset and alongside the great benefits packages we offer, we continue to invest in their careers by providing a huge range of training and development opportunities.\nWhatever your stage in life, you'll find a range of benefits to complement your work-life balance. The benefits you'll enjoy include:\nDefined contribution company pension scheme\n27 personal annual leave days + statutory bank holidays\nLife Assurance\nA comprehensive Company sick pay scheme\nHealth Cash Plan via our partnership with Simply health\nEmployee Assistance Programme\nStandby and call-out payments\nFamily friendly benefits including enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.\nBritish Steel is an armed forces friendly company, and we actively encourage applications from ex-Armed Forces Personnel, Reservists, Armed Forces Veterans and military spouses/partners.\nFor more information about us and our journey please visit - www.britishsteel.co.uk\nHow to apply\n Internal candidates please apply for this role by logging in to your ESS account.\nExternal candidates can apply by clicking on the ‘apply online’ button below.\nWe may close this vacancy sooner than planned if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. 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