About the Role
CHI Limited, a leading Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) company and the undisputed market leader in fruit juices and dairy products in Nigeria, is seeking a results-driven Maintenance Planner to join our dynamic engineering team. In this pivotal role, you will coordinate and optimize maintenance activities to ensure maximum equipment reliability, minimal downtime, efficient resource utilization, and effective spare-parts management across our high-speed manufacturing operations.
Key Responsibilities- Develop and manage weekly, monthly, and annual maintenance plans, encompassing preventive and predictive maintenance, weekly care, TPMS, and periodic overhauls.
- Coordinate maintenance schedules seamlessly with Production, Operations, Utilities, and Engineering teams to minimize unplanned downtime and production disruption.
- Establish detailed job plans, ensuring the availability of manpower, specialized tools, permits, technical documentation, and required spare parts.
- Manage maintenance work orders and backlog efficiently through CMMS or SAP PM, ensuring proper planning, execution, and closure.
- Review maintenance-spares requisitions to validate technical specifications, quantities, stock availability, and alignment with approved maintenance requirements.
- Monitor critical maintenance KPIs, including schedule compliance, PM completion rates, MTBF, MTTR, and the ratio of planned versus reactive maintenance.
- Support plant shutdown planning, equipment reliability improvement initiatives, maintenance budgeting, and cost optimization strategies.
- Ensure strict compliance with HSE, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), food safety standards, and statutory maintenance requirements.
- Bachelor's degree (B.Sc.) or Higher National Diploma (HND) in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Mechatronics, Instrumentation Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 5 to 7 years of proven maintenance experience within a high-speed FMCG or process-manufacturing environment, including at least 2 years specifically in maintenance planning and scheduling.
- Demonstrated practical exposure to production, process, and packaging equipment, alongside industrial utilities.
- Strong working knowledge of CMMS or SAP PM software, work-order management, maintenance scheduling, and backlog control.
- Extensive experience in spare-parts planning, inventory control, and the technical evaluation of maintenance requisitions.
- Solid understanding of preventive and predictive maintenance methodologies, asset criticality, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and reliability improvement techniques.
- Strong analytical, planning, cross-functional coordination, and cost-management skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel; prior experience with Power BI or advanced project scheduling tools is a distinct advantage.
- Possession of a recognized maintenance or reliability certification will be considered an added advantage.
- Competitive salary package commensurate with industry standards.
- Comprehensive health insurance coverage for employee and dependents.
- Opportunities for professional development, continuous training, and career progression.
- A collaborative and fast-paced work environment within a market-leading FMCG company.