Maintenance Planner at Orkla Foods Sverige in Kungshamn

Orkla Foods Sverige AB · Full-time

Hagaberg 1, Kungshamn, Sweden

Company Description Orkla Foods Sverige prepares food and beverages in Sweden with care and consideration for people, the ocean, and the environment. We are a local community player that, with over 1400 employees, makes a difference and contributes to a more sustainable and healthier everyday life. Approximately 90 percent of the food and beverages we sell in Sweden are prepared locally at one of our 8 facilities around the country. We lead the way in sustainable product development and innovation through our well-known brands such as Felix, Grandiosa, Abba, Kalles, BOB, Ekströms, Risifrutti, Önos, FUN Light, Anamma, Krögarklass, and Paulúns. We have an annual turnover of approximately 6 billion kronor and our head office is in Malmö. Our vision is to create "A good future" by living up to our values – courageous, reliable, and inspiring. About the Role Would you like to help create operational reliability at the heart of Swedish food production? We are now looking for a maintenance planner for our operations in Kungshamn – an important role for someone who wants to combine technical interest, structure, and problem-solving in a production environment where quality, safety, and continuous improvement are at the center. Here you will plan and coordinate maintenance activities that contribute to increased operational reliability, more efficient working methods, and stable production of some of Sweden's most well-known brands. As a maintenance planner, you are responsible for planning, allocating resources, and scheduling the factory's preventive and corrective maintenance. You will have a central role in creating structure, foresight, and the right conditions for maintenance work to be carried out safely, efficiently, and with minimal impact on production. The role is based in Kungshamn and you will work closely with the maintenance manager, production, technicians, procurement and warehouse staff, and external suppliers. In this role, you will be an important person in developing the factory's maintenance processes. You ensure that the right resources, spare parts, materials, and documentation are in place before planned activities, while also helping to identify improvements, drive technical initiatives, and develop more long-term working methods together with the team. What You Will Have the Opportunity to Work With Plan the factory's maintenance based on optimal maintenance windows, production needs, and available resources. Coordinate maintenance work with internal technicians, production, procurement, and external suppliers. Ensure that the right components, spare parts, materials, and documentation are available before planned activities. Obtain quotes, compile decision-making materials, and contribute to planning of major maintenance work and technical improvements. Follow up completed work, analyze deviations, and contribute to improved operational reliability, efficiency, and quality. Develop the maintenance strategy and the long-term maintenance plan together with the maintenance manager. Actively work with continuous improvements, standardized working methods, and clearer structure in the maintenance process. Requirements We are Looking for You If To succeed and thrive in this role, we believe you are a structured, thorough, and solution-oriented person who enjoys creating order, driving things forward, and getting people and processes to work together. You find it easy to prioritize, communicate clearly, and adapt when conditions change in a dynamic production environment. You have a genuine technical interest and enjoy a role where planning, collaboration, and practical problem-solving go hand in hand. We would like to see that you have experience from industrial operations and an understanding of how well-functioning maintenance contributes to safety, quality, delivery capability, and efficient production. We would like to see that you have: Technical education or equivalent experience that we consider comparable. Experience from industrial operations, preferably within maintenance, production, or technical planning. Good computer skills and experience working in a structured way with digital systems. Ability to gain an overview, prioritize, and coordinate multiple activities simultaneously. Good communication skills and ease of collaboration with different functions. It is advantageous if you have experience with SAP or other maintenance/business systems. We place great emphasis on your personality and are looking for someone who shares our values: you are courageous, reliable, and inspiring. For us, this means you dare to take initiative, keep your promises, and contribute to open and engaged collaboration in everyday work. Why You Will Enjoy Working Here Orkla Foods Sverige is one of Sweden's largest food companies, with local production in seven locations in Sweden and several of the country's most beloved brands. Our approximately 25 brands and over 500 products are part of people's everyday lives in millions of homes, every day. With us, you get to contribute to products that many have a strong connection to – while we develop tomorrow's food production with care for people, the ocean, and the environment. Working in Kungshamn is stepping into one of Sweden's most unique production environments, close to the sea and with a long tradition of craftsmanship, quality, and pride. Products are manufactured in seafood and caviar with strong local roots and high recognition, including brands such as Abba and Kalles. As a maintenance planner, you will have an important role in creating stability and development in an operation where technology, tradition, and the future meet. Your Application Does this sound like the next step in your career? Then we look forward to hearing from you. Please apply as soon as possible or recommend someone from your network who you think would be a good fit for the role. Read the full job posting and apply most conveniently via our career page at Orkla Foods Sverige. To ensure a fair and GDPR-compliant recruitment process, we are unfortunately unable to accept applications via email. Due to high interest, we sometimes have limited ability to answer questions unless you have specific questions that are important for you to make a decision about an application. In that case, you are warmly welcome to contact HR Nadine Tehyrell at [email protected]. We hope to have the opportunity to get to know you and tell you more about what it is like to be part of Orkla Foods Sverige. Warm welcome with your application. As part of Orkla, we are part of an international brand company with strong positions in the Nordic region and several markets around the world. This gives us the opportunity to combine the strength of a larger context with local commitment close to the market and the people who encounter our products every day.