Maintenance Planner

 

 

Job ID:  516477

Exempt

 

National Pipe & Plastics, a CRH company, is one of North America’s largest PVC pipe producers, serving the water and energy markets from two east coast locations in Endicott, NY, and Greensboro, NC.  But we’re more than just a manufacturer.  Our long history of exceptional customer service and product quality enables us to be a trusted and strategic solutions partner to engineers, contractors, distributors, specifiers, and more.  As part of the CRH Infrastructure Products business, we are leading the industry with innovative, sustainable solutions with a safety-first mindset.

 

Job Summary

 

National Pipe & Plastics is currently seeking a Maintenance Planner to join our team, supporting all plant locations, and based at our Colfax, NC. In this job, you will be responsible for making sure maintenance technicians have the tools and parts they need to complete work orders, as well as schedule maintenance in a way that minimizes equipment downtime and impact on production. Additionally, you’ll have responsibility for overseeing maintenance activities, stocking inventory, and providing administrative support to maintenance supervisors and technicians. You’ll also manage third-party contractors to accomplish maintenance tasks.

As a Maintenance Planner, your duties and responsibilities are to maintain a stock of spare parts and complete requisitions. You’ll make routine inspections of inventory and ensure that the department maintains minimum inventory levels. 

You will be the primary custodian of the CMMS system, responsible for the development, planning, setup, administration and coordination of the CMMS program, asset register, and maintenance schedules for all tooling, equipment, and facilities. 

 

Job Location

 

This position will be in our plant in Colfax, NC.

 

Job Responsibilities

 

• Plan and schedule corrective and preventive maintenance activities by task and priority level. 
• Manage spare parts and alignment between the maintenance department and stock room. 
• Work hand in hand with purchasing on locating parts, writing requisitions, and talking to outside vendors. 
• Custodian of the CMMS - FIXX formal system for planning, completing, and reporting facility maintenance activities.
• Develops maintenance job plans for new and ongoing operations and accurately inputs the data into the CMMS Work Order System.
• Investigate and evaluate maintenance work requests, determine priority, and create detailed work orders with instructions for technicians. 
• Generate customized, standard and ad-hoc reports, ensuring they are issued within required time frames.
• Maintains and operates CMMS as directed to create and maintain equipment history database; manages inventory tracking module, purchasing module, and any related data.
• Captures and organizes asset data for inclusion in the CMMS asset database.
• Process Maintenance routine and corrective work orders, track to ensure timely completion, close out work orders and bring forward outstanding items or anomalies as required.
• Conduct Training and Information Sessions - Provide training and or information on the CMMS program for maintenance team members.
• Create accurate input for assets into the CMMS for data records and reports (manual & computerized) in accordance with Company procedures.
• Ensure that asset data is correctly entered, stored and maintained.
• Provide Planned Preventive Maintenance (PPM) work orders, in accordance with pre-program of work. Plans, develops, prioritizes, and implements detailed maintenance schedules.
• Distribute Preventative Maintenance Schedule, generate and distribute the schedule(s), amend and track changes as may be required.
• Provides periodic status reports on completed and scheduled maintenance activities.
• Evaluates existing program performance and recommends improvements for system performance and enhanced security; administers changes and adjustments to systems as directed.
• Develops and implements automated processes, specialized views, and reports in response to user needs.
• Works with the Engineering Department on multiple Capital Improvement Projects to give input on how CMMS affects their projects and how their project could af