Maintenance Planner

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
 

Sun Chemical, a member of the DIC Group, is a leading producer of packaging and graphic solutions, color and display technologies, functional products, electronic materials, and products for the automotive and healthcare industries. Together with DIC, Sun Chemical is continuously working to promote and develop sustainable solutions to exceed customer expectations and better the world around us. With combined annual sales of more than $8.5 billion and 22,000+ employees worldwide, the DIC Group companies support a diverse collection of global customers.
 

Sun Chemical Corporation is a subsidiary of Sun Chemical Group Coöperatief U.A., the Netherlands, and is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, U.S.A. For more information, please visit our website at www.sunchemical.com or connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter
 

Maintenance Planner – Peekskill, NY                                                     

The Maintenance Planner role is an essential part of the Maintenance organization. The purpose of the planner is to maximize the maintenance work force productivity and work quality through effective planning and coordination of manpower, parts, materials and equipment.

Responsibilities:

Provide effective job plans for work orders and other maintenance work requests, which includes the following the activities:

• Daily utilize SAP PM to review new work orders for clarity and priority.
• Lead efforts to develop plans/schedules for maintenance work to be performed during planned outages.  Conduct job walk-downs as part of developing job plans..
• Identify any job-related EHS concerns, mitigation options, and permitting requirements..
• Validate that the parts, materials and tools needed to carry out the job plan are available.  If not, create purchase requisitions for parts and services as needed based on planned work.
• For scheduled work, compile information into job packages that clearly communicate the critical steps in the plan.  
• Support efforts to solicit quotes for work from contractor resources as appropriate.  Create purchase requisitions in SAP and collaborate with Technical Procurement to ensure purchase orders are issued to meet job schedules.
• Solicit feedback from maintenance mechanics regarding the effectiveness of created job plans.  
• Develop, maintain and apply the use of standard job plans wherever possible to improve planning efficiency.