Maintenance Planner

Job Description Summary

At Advanced Accelerator Applications, a Novartis company, we are committed to leading innovation in nuclear medicine and delivering the next generation of targeted radioligand therapy to cancer patients. We are looking for experienced Maintenance & Calibration professionals to help us reach our ambitious goals.

Location: Onsite

The Maintenance Planner is responsible for planning and scheduling maintenance and calibration work for all Production, Engineering, and Facilities equipment and instrumentation at a Radio-Biopharmaceutical processing site.

 

Job Description

Major accountabilities:

· CMMS Blue Mountain expertise in creating equipment records, developing maintenance work plans and scheduling work to coincide with the production schedule. This will include verification of assets, workplans, and calibrations from new equipment onsite in addition to existing equipment.

· Provides technical support for Maintenance resources and Reliability Maintenance teams via KPI and non-conformance patterns reporting. Provides regular statistical reporting to the management team and stake holders showing quantified evidence of the productive use of the work force

· Accountable for contracted vendor management of site calibration and PM activities for Production, Engineering and Facilities equipment. This includes, but not limited to:

o New vendor additions to the Approved Suppliers List working with Suppler Quality

o Scheduling vendor activity by requesting Quotations for review, confirming scope, and initiating the PO process working with Site Maintenance Lead and Procurement

o Scheduling and Managing vendors onsite with Maintenance and Facilities support through execution.

o Sending equipment out for off-site calibrations and ensuring timely return to maintain CMMS schedule.

o Assuring onsite vendors are properly registered with security before arrival and receive any needed training/orientation while onsite before work begins

o Arranges work areas for vendors onsite as needed with Maintenance and Facilities teams

· Assumes responsibility for spare parts management, PM kitting, ordering, and receipt within budgeted plan.

· Assumes accountability for special projects as assigned

· Accountable for deployment and sustainability of site maintenance programs. Updates SOP’s as needed to enhance functionality within the local maintenance processes and conformance with global maintenance processes.

· Ensures compliance with all regulations, people safety, and product quality.

· Ensures adequate levels of technical expertise to maintain an effective operation.

· Participates in the business planning and budgeting processes.

· Develops short and long-term cost containment/reduction strategies.

· Effectively works with plant production scheduling, operations, and other contracted services to achieve business goals.

· Works with Supervisors to coordinate, communicate, and interprets policies for technicians to ensure that maintenance work is thoroughly planned, scheduled, scoped, estimated, and are properly staffed and implemented in accordance to plan.

· Maintains an understanding of the department's strengths, weaknesses, and resources, identifying potential organizational problems and opportunities. Communicate and reinforce roles and responsibilities of the team and how they support Company/Plant/Department strategies.

· Analyzes work orders by duration, urgency, skill set, location, complexity, and available manpower; and assist operations teams by issuing work orders in a sequential flow to individual technicians or work teams.

· Detailed understanding of the Maintenance Plans and ability to execute WO’s if needed

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $93,800 to $/174,200/year; however, while salary ranges are effective from 1/1/25 through 12/31/25, fluctuations in the job market may necessitate adjustments to pay ranges during this period. Further, final pay determinations will depend on various factors, including, but not limited to geographical location, experience level, knowledge, skills and abilities. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base sa