Maintenance Planner - Ginning

We are now seeking an experienced Maintenance Planner to join our team in Wee Waa, NSW. This role is the responsible for day-to-day planning and scheduling of maintenance and repairs of our LDC cotton ginning production machinery and equipment to ensure the efficient, effective and safe operations. This position is critical for reducing unplanned downtimes, ensuring annual bale output targets are achieved, and ensuring all cotton ginning production machinery and equipment operate at capacity.Key responsibilities will be but not limited to:Develop an industry best practice maintenance programDevelop technical maintenance competency of Site Operator MaintainersCreate a maintenance plan for ginning machinerySupport cost control for Site Managers Maintenance BudgetPromote a safe working cultureOngoing support for Maintenance Management SystemCreate plan for reducing downtime at Cotton Ginning FacilitiesFacilitate Root Cause Analysis on major failuresConduct analysis of repair data to improve operational performanceSupport team members.Provide training initiatives in consultation with EGM.Provide strong safety culture within the team.Essential skills and experience:Experience in managing and maintaining a Maintenance Management SystemDemonstrate expertise in working with remote teams.Maintenance planning in a manufacturing environmentDeveloping a skilled and diverse group of personnel in a regional process/manufacturing industry Facilitative approach to implementing changeStrong communication skillsSound leadership and management skillsHigh level of commitment to SafetyDevelop and work within a budgetWork with capex and opexAbility to identify health and safety risks within and engineering workshopCompliance checks and reportingLead safety initiatives