Maintenance Planning Manager

APM Terminals

Location: Valencia, Spain

At APM Terminals, a global leader in port and terminal operations, we enable global trade and drive sustainable growth. What drives us forward is a mindset of always improving — observing how work happens, identifying what creates value, and removing what gets in the way. We constantly look for smarter, simpler, and safer ways of operating. If you thrive in environments where people value learning and are committed to continuously improve daily operations, join us and be a part of our journey.

What We Can Offer

At APM Terminals, we foster a dynamic learning and training culture that empowers our employees to excel. Our commitment to improvement means every team member has the opportunity to develop their skills and advance their careers by continuously refining how we work. Experience a diverse, multinational workplace where your operational insights directly influence how we work.

• Shape the terminal’s transition from reactive maintenance towards a proactive, disciplined maintenance organisation.
• Work across maintenance, operations, inventory, procurement, finance, reliability and regional asset management teams.
• Develop planners and technicians through clear expectations, coaching, mentoring and delegated ownership.
• Use asset data, planning systems and performance analytics to improve reliability, cost control and operational continuity.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the terminal maintenance plan, ensuring its accuracy, planning horizon, quality and schedule adherence across rolling, annual and multi-year cycles.
• Forecast workload and resource requirements, including labour, materials, contractors, tooling and specialist support, and translate asset strategies into executable local work packages.
• Plan preventive and predictive maintenance, refurbishments, overhauls and major interventions, ensuring each activity is technically scoped, resource-loaded and ready for safe execution.
• Govern work order planning, scheduling and allocation across maintenance teams and contractors, with complete documentation covering labour, materials, standard time, permits, safety controls, tooling and instructions.
• Prioritise and manage the maintenance backlog using asset criticality, operational risk, service levels, availability, cost and local operational constraints.
• Build maintenance OPEX budgets and rolling forecasts from maintenance plans, historical performance, consumption patterns and expected workload, while supporting right-part, right-time availability.
• Use CMMS or ERP systems and analytics to monitor work control, plan adherence, scheduling performance and reporting, while partnering with terminal and regional stakeholders to improve processes and performance.

What We Are Looking For

• Continuous improvement mindset: we are looking for someone who brings a thoughtful improvement mindset—curious about how work gets done and motivated to make meaningful, sustainable improvements over time.
• Leadership expectation: We are looking for people who consistently put customers first, lead by example with respect for people, deliver results with integrity, and drive continuous improvement by solving problems at the root, developing people, and raising standards every day.
• Bring hands-on maintenance planning and scheduling experience gained in a heavy-asset environment such as ports, terminals, utilities, heavy industry or a comparable setting.
• Demonstrate supervisory experience leading maintenance technicians and/or planners, with the ability to coordinate effectively across operations, inventory, procurement and contractors.
• Apply strong technical knowledge across mechanical, electrical, civil and/or hydraulic disciplines, together with expertise in lifecycle planning, work scoping, demand planning, forecasting and risk-based prioritisation.
• Use CMMS or EAM platforms such as SAP, IFS, Maximo, Infor EAM or equivalent to govern work, plans, schedules and reporting, supported by confident numerical and analytical reasoning.
• Communicate fluently in Spanish and operate effectively in English, the corporate language, while influencing stakeholders through clear analysis, collaboration and attention to detail.

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