About the role

Belize Sugar Industries is hiring a Mechanical Planning Trainee at its Tower Hill factory. Under supervision, the trainee helps plan, prepare, coordinate and close out mechanical maintenance work across the factory, building skills in job scoping, work orders, scheduling, shutdown planning and maintenance reporting.

Responsibilities

Assist with field inspections and job scoping for preventive, corrective, shutdown and improvement work
Gather equipment information, drawings, manuals, measurements and job history to define work scope
Prepare draft job plans, task lists, estimates and planning packages for review
Support weekly scheduling, stop-day planning, shutdown preparation and backlog reviews
Identify spare parts, consumables, specialist services and rental equipment, and coordinate with Stores and Procurement
Build hazards, permits, isolations, PPE and other safety precautions into job plans
Keep work-order, asset, backlog, schedule and materials data accurate in the maintenance system
Support basic failure analysis and root-cause reviews
Complete assigned technical, safety and professional-development training on time

Requirements

Associate degree, diploma or bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Technology, Industrial Maintenance, Manufacturing Engineering or a closely related field
Recent graduates, or up to 2 years of industry, internship, apprenticeship or maintenance experience
Basic knowledge of industrial mechanical equipment such as pumps, gearboxes, bearings, conveyors and piping
Basic understanding of preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance
Able to read manuals, drawings and bills of materials
Clear written and verbal communication and teamwork
Analytical, organised and detail-oriented
Able to work safely around operating and isolated equipment

Preferred qualifications

English and Spanish