Maintenance Materials/Planner

Rousselot, Inc. is the world's leading producer of gelatin and is a recognized partner in the pharmaceutical and food industries. The Dubuque facility operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and is seeking to hire a full-time Maintenance Planner/Scheduler. This position earns a competitive wage and excellent benefits! Our benefits include medical, dental, vision, vacation, sick time and a 401k plan with company match and safe harbor. Do you want a successful career in manufacturing with a company that cares? Do you have a broad spectrum of maintenance experience? If so, you may be perfect for this position! Apply today!

Job Summary:

As an integral part of the Maintenance Management Team, the Maintenance Materials/ Planner is responsible for supporting all of the goals and directives of the Maintenance Department Head.

The primary responsibilities of the Maintenance Materials/ Planner is to; Ensure adequate spare parts and inventory by performing all duties related to stores management, such as; Managing and controlling maintenance inventories, performing timely and cost effective ordering of materials and spare parts. Monitoring delivery and shipment of parts and other materials needed by the maintenance department, stocking inventory parts and kitting materials for jobsite use.

Other duties include; managing the flow and accuracy of maintenance work orders, issuing and tracking purchase orders from cradle to grave, performing maintenance job planning functions, and supervising union maintenance personnel as needed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Safety

• Observes, interprets, and actively supports and enforces safety procedures and policies.
• Advises management on opportunities to improve safety by:
  • Reporting unsafe conditions or activities.
  • Determining appropriate actions beyond guidelines.
• Provides guidance on the proper use of equipment and materials.
• Monitors service providers and contractors to ensure compliance with safety policies.
• Assist Safety and Health coordinator, providing technical support and advice.
• Interprets company policies to workers and enforces safety regulations

Security

• Observes and actively supports food defense programs and policies.
• Maintains buildings and structures in support of facility security objectives.

Quality

• Observes and actively supports organizational quality objectives and policies.
• Looks for ways to improve and promote quality.
• Applies feedback to improve quality performance within the maintenance department.
• Monitors own work to ensure quality.

• Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness in the performance of duties
• Follows all food safety procedures and practices to promote our food safety culture.

Purchasing

• Performs all aspects of material and supply procurement for the maintenance function, as needed. This includes but is not limited to:
  • Soliciting vendors and obtaining competitive bids where appropriate.
  • Issuing purchase orders and placing orders for needed materials.
  • Monitoring Vendor delivery performance and verifying receipt of materials.
  • Providing guidance to maintenance team members, when assigned to support these tasks.
  • Provides needed information to management on purchasing and contracting decisions.

Spare Parts and Inventory

• Responsible for maintenance spare part and inventory effectiveness and efficiency.
• Maintains adequate parts inventory and spares to ensure minimal downtime to lack of parts.
• Actively supports policies and procedures to manage and control inventory accuracy and costs.
• Develops and maintains critical spares lists.
• Advises plant and maintenance management on critical spare parts needs.

Maintenance Operations

• Supports the maintenance department in a manner assuring high quality, cost-efficient maintenance of the Company's equipment, buildings and grounds by:
  • Studying production schedules and estimating worker hour and material requirements for completion of job assignments.
  • Establishing and adjusting work procedures and schedules to meet production needs.
  • Suggesting and implementing changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of shop, department, or work crew.
  • Analyzing and resolving work problems, assists workers in solving work problems.
  • Motivating Employees to meet performance and quality goals.
  • Providing training to maximize employee knowledge, performance and safety.
  • Interprets specifications, blueprints, and job orders to workers.