Maintenance Planning Coordinator

SIRE Life Sciences is recruiting a Maintenance Planning Coordinator for a client operating a large, modern manufacturing site in Veghel, Noord-Brabant (Sector: Food). The client produces high-volume consumer goods for an international market; the environment is fast-paced and highly regulated, with a strong focus on safety, quality, and continuous improvement. The technical landscape is diverse, covering production, packaging, and conveying systems.

The role: coordinate preventive and corrective maintenance planning to support reliable production. The Maintenance Planning Coordinator ensures that planned line stops are used effectively, work orders are prepared and scheduled properly, and the right resources are assigned so maintenance work can be executed safely and efficiently with minimal disruption.

Responsibilities: plan and schedule preventive and corrective maintenance activities around planned line stops; allocate prepared work orders to the right technicians based on skills, availability, and priority; work closely with production planning and maintenance team leads to align priorities and timing; prepare and manage maintenance plans and work orders using planning tools and systems (e.g., Excel and a CMMS such as SAP PM); re-plan and adjust schedules when urgent deviations or unplanned issues arise, ensuring clear communication to all stakeholders; support capacity and resource planning to ensure the right coverage during maintenance windows; contribute to improvements in planning processes, ways of working, and reliability performance; maintain accurate documentation and ensure work is coordinated with a strong safety and compliance mindset.

Requirements: proven experience in planning and scheduling within an operational or technical environment; strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize in a changing environment; excellent communication skills and confidence working with multiple departments; strong MS Office skills, especially Excel; fluent in both Dutch and English (spoken and written); experience with maintenance planning systems (e.g., SAP PM) is a strong advantage; a proactive, accurate, and collaborative working style.

This is a Temporary Full-Time Contract for 12 months. The role requires regular presence on site, with limited flexibility for remote working depending on operational needs.

Start Date: 11/6/2026 (6 November 2026).

Job ref: 59483.