24149 - Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Engineer
TR/080009
Posted: 24/11/2025
- Competitive
- Ireland, County Tipperary, Clonmel
- Contract
Orion Group Life Sciences are currently recruiting a Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Engineer on behalf of our Multinational Biopharmaceutical Client based in Tipperary on an initial 11-month contract with potential to extend.
Functions:
To excel in this role, you will more than likely have:
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.
Functions:
- Assist in the development, implementation, and day to day operation of the site Maintenance system.
- In conjunction with the Maintenance Manager, coordinate the Work Scheduling process to ensure site specific targets on maintenance backlog management are achieved.
- Plan PM & CM work orders by visiting job sites, booking/ordering materials, writing task lists, performing risk assessments etc. working closely with contract providers to plan work requests.
- Continue to develop the PPM (Planned and Predictive Maintenance) system including writing job plans and assigning maintenance frequencies.
- Operation and execution of the Planning and Preventative Maintenance (PPM) Change Control System.
- Support the equipment breakdown process in finding root cause and identifying correct CAPA’s.
- Purchasing of spare parts and supporting inventory control.
- Gate Keeping Role to review incoming work requests to ensure data accuracy, correct work type and to manage CM (Corrective Maintenance) Backlogs.
- Plan, estimate, and assist in the coordination all aspects of maintenance and project activities associated with the Maintenance Shutdowns.
- Support the development of the equipment annual review and support the team in the development of periodic OOT trend report.
- Support the implementation maintenance best practice methodologies/technologies including the MPS, OPPS and 8 Step processes.
- Liaise with Reliability Engineers on criticality assessments in developing new maintenance strategies/plans for new assets.
- Contractor Management responsible for ensuring all GMP documentation in place prior to executing work.
To excel in this role, you will more than likely have:
- Trade qualification and or a 3rd level qualification in a relevant discipline.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in maintenance, preferably in a manufacturing GMP environment.
- Knowledge and experience of CMMS systems is essential. SAP and ProCal, an advantage.
- Experience of managing vendors and contractors.
- Good understanding of World Class Maintenance practices and expectations.
- Knowledge of maintenance systems and work practices for both electrical and mechanical crafts.
- Knowledge of predictive and condition-monitoring maintenance techniques and their applications.
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.
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