Job Title: Maintenance Planner

Location: Portsmouth (HM Naval Base)

Service Area: O&M, Service Delivery

Hours of Work: 37 Per week

Salary: Competitive

What You’ll be doing:

As a member of the Service Desk team, the Maintenance Planner will play a key role in scheduling maintenance activities to support the operation of Portsmouth Naval Base, ensuring work is programmed to deliver maximum efficiency, whilst ensuring full compliance with all relevant statutory obligations.

The successful applicant will play a key role in Planned and Reactive assisted scheduling activities. With the use of a list of standard tasks, hours and SQEP / resource availability, you will be responsible for identifying opportunities to deliver increased efficiencies, through consolidation of tasking based on type and / or geographical placement.

You’ll also support the tasking of reactive activities through systematic trend analysis of historic failure types / rates and liaising with the Operation and Maintenance Manager to reduce the likelihood of rework and ensure a ‘right first time’ approach; providing increased efficiency in rectification and value for money.

You’ll Have:

Computer Aided Facility Management (CAFM) user knowledge and experience (ideally) and have had experience in working with technical specifications and have a good understanding of safe systems of work.  As a self-motivated planner and organiser with a strong work ethic and high personal standards, you’ll have worked successfully as a member of a small team, having developed excellent communication skills and have the ability to work with others to accomplish objectives and deliver a positive result while developing and maintaining open, honest and constructive relationships.

About you:

With a strong collaborative ability, you’ll have strong listening skills, an analytical thought process and excellent planning ability.

By remaining flexible to an ever-changing changing environment, you will employ a customer centric ‘can do’ attitude within the team ensuring that the customer’s needs are met. Lastly, you will demonstrate excellent collaboration with various internal and external customers which will be critical for creating a team delivery ethos and ethic.

You’ll get:

A competitive salary coupled with 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, an enhanced pension scheme and life insurance. Also, you will have access to our in – house benefits and discounts programme for all colleagues, cycle to work scheme and continued professional career development and training. Lastly, you will also have access to flexible parental benefits (if applicable) and our internal employee assistance network, giving you the opportunity to reach the heights of success within your new position.

Application process:

Applications are urged to apply prior to the advertising closing date of Wednesday 30th April 2025 with a view of interviews scheduled to commence week commencing Monday 5th May 2025. For all queries, please contact recruitment@kbsmaritime.com Team in the first instance who will advise accordingly.

About Us:

KBS Maritime delivers Asset Management, Facilities Management and Energy Solutions across the maritime and defence environments. With parent companies KBR and BAE Systems, the JV has the pedigree of two global organisations, but we have the ethos of a small business where our people are valued and empowered to succeed. It’s a great place to work and we bring opportunity to all our team.