MAINTENANCE PLANNER

MRM Mariakani is seeking to recruit a professional and experienced Maintenance Planner to plan, schedule, and coordinate preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities to ensure optimal equipment availability and reliability, while minimizing production downtime and maintenance costs. This position reports to the Maintenance Manager.

Description

Key responsibilities:

• Develop, implement, and continuously improve preventive and predictive maintenance (PPM) schedules for all plant equipment.
• Create and manage work orders, maintenance plans, and job packages in the CMMS (e.g., SAP PM).
• Coordinate with production, mechanical and electrical teams to plan maintenance activities without disrupting production.
• Maintain accurate equipment maintenance history, failure records, and performance data to support reliability improvement initiatives.
• Ensure timely procurement of spare parts, tools, and consumables by collaborating with stores and procurement teams.
• Analyse maintenance trends and equipment performance to identify recurring failures, suggest corrective actions, and maintain records of RCAs
• Lead weekly maintenance planning and scheduling meetings with relevant departments.
• Ensure all maintenance activities are compliant with safety standards, SOPs, and statutory requirements.
• Coordinate and maintain IMS ISO standards documentation and records in the maintenance department.
• Maintain and update technical documentation, including machine manuals, drawings, BOMs, and specifications.
• Monitor maintenance KPIs (e.g., MTTR, MTBF, equipment availability, cost) and generate reports for management review.
• Prepare BRM, BPP & performance review presentations.
• Support shutdown and turnaround planning, including job sequencing, manpower planning, and contractor coordination.
• CAPEX project identification, costing, approval, and monitoring

Requirements

Qualifications required:

• Minimum academic qualification: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical /Electrical Engineering
• Qualifications as an added advantage: SAP-ERP Experience / Project Management
• Professional registration: Engineers Board of Kenya

Experience required:

• General work experience (years): 8 years
• Specific to the position (level/discipline/years): 5 Years
• Industry: Manufacturing Industry

Key competencies and skills:

• Strong planning, organizing and coordination skills.
• Good knowledge of Hydraulic & pneumatic systems.
• Ability to read and interpret machine, hydraulic and pneumatic schematic drawings.
• Excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in MS Office, especially Word, Excel, MS Project, and other engineering software tools.
• Project management skills
• Presentation skills
• Strong safety and quality compliance skills
• Internal auditor certification (IMS ISO).
• Analytical, problem-solving skills and data-driven decision-making skills

Language requirements:

1. English
2. Kiswahili

Computer literacy:

• Office Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, Outlook)
• SAP ERP

Personality profile:

• Excellent technical knowledge
• High adaptability
• Good teamwork skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritise and plan effectively

Additional/specific work requirements:

• Knowledge of the ERP SAP PM Module
• Planned Maintenance (TBM, CBM, Corrective Maintenance)
• Autonomous Maintenance & Gemba Kaizen knowledge.
• TPM (Total Productive Maintenance)