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Maintenance Planner at Metsä Tissue in Mariestad

Metsä Group is a successful corporation in the forestry industry with roots in the Finnish forests – our parent company is a cooperative of over 90,000 forest owners. Metsä Group's business area for tissue and food and baking paper, Metsä Tissue, manufactures hygiene products for household and professional use, as well as food and baking paper. Our high-quality locally produced brands – Lambi, Serla, Mola, Tento, Katrin, and SAGA – create a cleaner everyday life.

We welcome people from diverse backgrounds and life stages. Metsä has space and opportunities for many different talents regardless of age, gender, ethnic background, sexual orientation, disability, or other characteristics – Metsä is for everyone. Read more: metsagroup.com/metsaforall.

Maintenance Planner at Metsä Tissue in Mariestad

Do you want to work in a technical environment where structure, coordination, and problem-solving are at the center? We are now looking for a Maintenance Planner who wants to contribute to high operational reliability and effective maintenance work.

As a Maintenance Planner, you will be a key person in ensuring that the right maintenance actions are planned, prepared, and executed on time. You will work closely with production and maintenance personnel as well as external suppliers to ensure that the right resources are in place at the right time and to create order, foresight, and quality in the maintenance process.

The role is central to optimizing the factory's availability and contributing to a long-term maintenance strategy. The position suits you if you thrive in a coordinating role where both technical understanding and good communication are crucial.

The position is a permanent employment and you will report to the Maintenance Manager, Mariestad.

Your main responsibilities

• Plan and prioritize maintenance activities in close collaboration with production and other stakeholders
• Ensure that work orders are complete, clear, and correctly documented
• Compile weekly plans and plans for scheduled stops
• Coordinate resources, materials, and contractors for planned stops
• Follow up on completed work and contribute to continuous improvements
• Actively work with preventive maintenance and development of maintenance plans
• Participate in analysis of root causes and improvement work related to operational reliability
• Ensure that the maintenance system is kept up to date and that data/information is correct

Who are you?

You are structured, communicative, and thrive in a role where you can create order and drive processes forward. You find it easy to collaborate and see the value in building good relationships with both internal and external parties.

We believe you have:

• Experience in maintenance planning or a similar technical coordinating role
• Good technical understanding, preferably within mechanics, electrical/automation, or process industry
• Experience working in maintenance systems (e.g., SAP PM, Maximo, or similar)
• Ability to work in a structured manner and manage multiple parallel tasks
• Good experience working with various IT systems and digital tools
• You will communicate internally and externally in an international environment, which requires good knowledge of Swedish and English, both spoken and written.
• We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

We offer

The role gives you the opportunity to work in a stable and future-oriented industry where you have significant influence over how maintenance work develops. You will be part of an engaged team with a strong focus on safety and good opportunities for professional development and further education.

Want to know more? Contact us!

Since the application process is anonymous, we do not store any information about individuals who contact us. Do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions about the position or the recruitment process.

For more information about the position, contact Maintenance Manager, Jonas Mörnsjö at [email protected] or +46 761288496

How to apply for the position

We apply anonymous recruitment. Read more about how it works and why we use it: www.metsagroup.com/anonymousrecruitment

Anonymous recruitment – this is how it works

This is an anonymous recruitment process. The applicant's gender and date of birth are not requested in the application form. Personal information such as name, native language, study period, name of educational institutions, and contact details are hidden until the interview phase. Attachments (such as CV) are also hidden.

Recruiters have access to the contact details of those called for an interview once the applicant has been selected for an interview.

Our system guides you through the application process. The questions in the application form help you present your skills and experiences anonymously. Answer all questions carefully. If you are called for an interview, your CV will be shown to the recruiters as support for the interview.

If your qualifications and personality match the above – submit your application via the link "Apply". Please note that attachments are not visible in anonymous recruitment before the interview phase, so fill out the application form carefully.

The application is open until 2026.01.31 and selection is ongoing.

We look forward to hearing from you – warmly welcome with your application!