Maintenance Planner

· You work at a production location with a diversity of people.

· You work in a pragmatic Dutch company and simultaneously benefit from the knowledge and network of the international parent company.

· A market-competitive salary and good secondary employment conditions.

· Opportunities and training to further develop yourself.

At Royal Lactalis Leerdammer we make cheese: Leerdammer and more!

We do this with more than 440 colleagues, spread across three locations in the Netherlands. Behind Royal Lactalis Leerdammer stands the largest dairy company in the world: Lactalis, with more than 90,000 employees and nearly 300 production locations in 52 countries.

At Royal Lactalis Leerdammer, we love being good at something, but we find it even more fun to look at how it can become increasingly efficient, safer, higher quality, or more sustainable. For our customers and consumers, but also for ourselves. If you work at Royal Lactalis Leerdammer, you are also certain that you can and may develop yourself. You do this by showing what you can do and by making your wishes known.

At Royal Lactalis Leerdammer, our ambition is clear: World-class. We love being the best in making semi-hard cheeses, working in a controlled and standardized manner, but we love even more looking at how it can be even more efficient, safer, higher quality, or more sustainable. For our customers and consumers, but also for ourselves.

Royal Lactalis Leerdammer in Wageningen packages approximately 23,000 tons of high-quality cheese products annually. The packaging process takes place in 4-shift rotations and includes the following sub-steps: foil removal-preparation semi-finished product-cutting-packaging-casepacking-palletizing.

The various phases of the process connect like a line. Disruptions in one part of the packaging process can have consequences for the quality of the cheese products, packaging, and production progress.

· Organizing well-prepared activities such as organizing people, resources, time, methods, and material within the set production planning, both quantitatively and qualitatively, based on the maintenance strategy, set maintenance frequency, and project planning;

· Internal coordination (Service Technicians, Production) and external coordination (suppliers, contractors) before maintenance activities are carried out;

· Responsible for drafting and implementing the monthly and annual planning (inspection and maintenance) of components, equipment, installations, and machines;

· Organizing coordinated progress by scheduling and monitoring progress in the maintenance information system for both Service Technicians and third parties;

· Supervising third parties (yourself or delegated to Service Technicians) for maintenance activities, including ensuring permits are obtained (with accompanying checks);

· Overseeing correct maintenance according to plan;

· Reporting in the maintenance information system (SAP) and ensuring the completeness and accuracy of documentation and data;

· You provide support to colleagues in Engineering & Maintenance during analyses and projects by providing input from your own field of expertise, both upon request and on your own initiative.

The Maintenance Planner function aims to prepare and coordinate the progress of maintenance activities, so that assignments and tasks can be carried out in a timely and efficient manner, within the annual maintenance schedule.

In this role, you report directly to the Maintenance Manager. You provide indirect leadership to 1-5 technicians and/or third parties and occasionally to WCOM improvement teams of 2-5 employees (functionally).

The Maintenance department is responsible for, among other things:

- preventive maintenance, to ensure the availability of installations;
- troubleshooting, to keep production downtime to a minimum;
- adjustments/modifications, to extend and secure service life;
- arranging inspections and calibrations, to demonstrate that minimum requirements are met;
- participation in projects, to make practical knowledge and skills available;
- supporting activities, such as warehouse management, software backup systems, and management of technical documentation;
- continuous improvement.

For certain installations, maintenance contracts with suppliers are in place.