Maintenance Planner - Renewable Energy Industry
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Overview
RPO Recruitment’s client, an established engineering firm, is looking to appoint a Maintenance Planner to support its Operations and Maintenance (O&M) team, responsible for commercial and industrial solar photovoltaic (PV) installations and battery energy storage systems (BESS). The successful candidate will coordinate and schedule maintenance activities, ensuring proper planning, resource availability, and efficient maintenance.
Requirements
- Relevant technical or engineering qualification
- Previous experience in maintenance planning, scheduling or coordination within an engineering, electrical, industrial or renewable energy environment
- Exposure to solar PV systems and/or battery energy storage systems (BESS) is advantageous
- Understanding of preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance practices
- Experience coordinating technical teams, contractors, materials and maintenance schedules
- Good administrative skills for maintaining accurate work orders, asset records and maintenance documentation
- Strong organisational and time-management abilities
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office; experience with maintenance management systems (CMMS) is advantageous
- Willingness to travel to client sites when required
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and schedule maintenance activities
- Ensure work is properly planned and resources are available
- Attend to maintenance requirements efficiently
- Contribute to improved plant reliability, operational performance and service delivery
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