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Regional Maintenance Planner - Scotland

29,951 per year (pro rata)
Perth, Scotland
Full-time
18th May 2026
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Regional Maintenance Planner - Scotland

Regional Maintenance Planner - Scotland

About us

Our purpose is simple: to save lives at sea. 24 hours a day, every day, RNLI lifesavers are ready to launch to the rescue.

We’re looking for a Regional Maintenance Planner to join our Lifesaving Operations team in Scotland. This role supports the RNLI by supporting the Regional Maintenance Team to ensure repairs and maintenance are carried out ensuring lifeboats, launch equipment and lifeguard equipment are always safe and available for use. This role will be based from our Regional Base in Perth, Scotland.

Some of the benefits

  • £29,951 to £35,236 (dependent on experience)
  • Flexible working
  • 26 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
  • Competitive pension scheme
  • Life assurance
  • Health and dental cash plan

Your role

As a Regional Maintenance Planner, you will be tasked with focus on the following areas:

  • To provide support within Lifesaving Operations to the Regional Technical cell and In Service Support Team. This will include but not limited to AX resource planning and scheduling for preventive and corrective maintenance activities, and modifications.
  • Support the management of remote warehouses for Lifesaving Operations and complete stock control activities within AX to ensure accurate data records.
  • Manage and organise the receipt, dispatch and return of stores items, to support all RNLI elements.
  • Act as support function for enquiries and issues, such as supply of parts and maintenance bills of materials relating to the In Service Support function in the region.
  • Work in partnership with other Lifesaving & Engineering teams to ensure bill of materials, modification kitting, forecasting and parts/materials routings information is undertaken.
  • Assist with generating monthly KPI reporting.

About You

You will be a good communicator who is organised and works well under pressure. You will enjoy working as part of a team but will be able to work in isolation without direct supervision. To be considered as the Regional Maintenance Planner you will need:

  • Education to A Level, Engineering BTec/NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) or suitable experience.
  • Desirable - Working in an engineering environment.
  • Stores management.
  • Extensive IT experience and aptitude including experience of Microsoft Dynamics.
  • Coordination and Planning of resource experience.

If you want to see how you can support our organisation’s aim to reduce drowning, this could be the role for you! Please apply via the button shown.