Engineering Planner
Blunham (Onsite)
We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Engineering Planner to join our team at our Blunham site. This is a pivotal role within the engineering function, responsible for ensuring all maintenance and engineering activities are effectively planned, scheduled, and executed to the highest standards. Working closely with the Engineering Manager and Engineering Team Leadeer you will play a key role in driving efficiency, reliability, and continuous improvement across the site.
Role responsibilities:
- Develop, implement, and continuously improve maintenance plans and schedules
- Coordinate planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and corrective work
- Prioritise tasks in line with operational needs and business objectives
- Plan and allocate labour, materials, tools, and equipment effectively
- Liaise with stores and procurement to ensure parts availability
- Track progress against plans, identifying gaps and driving corrective actions
- Validate completion of work orders, ensuring accurate documentation and closure
- Ensure all work is carried out safely and in line with site standards
- Identify risks to production and engineering activities and implement mitigation plans
- Analyse data to identify trends, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities
- Produce reports on performance, progress, and key metrics
- Act as a key link between engineering, operations, and external contractors
- Plan and coordinate contractor activities, ensuring compliance with site requirements
What we would like to see:
We are looking for someone who is organised, analytical, and thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Previous experience in an engineering or maintenance planning role
- Strong organisational skills with a high level of attention to detail
- Ability to analyse data and make informed decisions
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Experience working cross-functionally with multiple stakeholders
- Experience using SAP PM or a similar maintenance management system (desirable)
- Knowledge of CMMS systems and maintenance planning methodologies (desirable)
- Experience within manufacturing, packaging, or FMCG environments (desirable)
What we can offer you:
- Competitive salary
- Qualifying Sick Pay scheme
- Pension scheme & Life insurance
- Share Save scheme
- Income Protection
- 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Virtual GP, Occupational Health & free Flu vaccine
- Cycle to Work and shopping discounts
We are DS Smith, together with International Paper, we are a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions and other fibre-based products. We believe a better, more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people, who challenge and support one another to enact positive change. We employ more than 65,000 colleagues in North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), who are experts in innovation, manufacturing, design, sales, sustainability, supply chain, and much more. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Become part of a world-leading organisation and do your best work with us!
Our people come from diverse backgrounds, bring different perspectives, ideas and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges. We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria.
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Skills Required
- Previous experience in an engineering or maintenance planning role
- Strong organisational skills with high attention to detail
- Ability to analyse data and make informed decisions
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience working cross-functionally with multiple stakeholders
- Experience using SAP PM or a similar maintenance management system
- Knowledge of CMMS systems and maintenance planning methodologies
- Experience within manufacturing, packaging, or FMCG environments
DS Smith Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about DS Smith and has not been reviewed or approved by DS Smith.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered okay to good across many roles, with some plants indicating competitive or above‑market hourly rates for operators and similar positions. This supports a broadly fair perception of base pay even as experiences vary by site.
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Healthcare Strength — U.S. offerings include day‑one medical/vision and dental, employer HSA contributions, and 100% company‑paid life and short/long‑term disability, alongside an EAP. Some role descriptions also highlight mental‑health and fertility options.
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Retirement Support — Packages commonly reference a 401(k) with company match and, in some locations, pension eligibility or company‑funded retirement contributions. This positions retirement benefits as a meaningful component of total rewards.
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DS Smith provides innovative packaging solutions, paper products and recycling services with a commitment to sustainability and a circular economy. Our core purpose is to Redefine Packaging for a Changing World, and our expert teams work closely with like-minded partners to incorporate renewable resources for products that minimize our environmental impact, reduce complexity and increase profitability through supply chain optimization
