Maintenance Planner

 

 

Apply sound maintenance planning and scheduling practices including efficient utilization of labor, parts, and materials to improve equipment reliability while minimizing costs.

Day-to-Day Role:

• Follow and commit to meet Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) for safety, quality, production, efficiency, and service requirements
• Follow practices and processes intended to provide safe products that comply with appropriate laws and regulations, meet the company quality standards
• Follow and commit to safety and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)
• Plan, prioritize and determine work order priority by evaluating least cost options with minimum risks to product quality, consumer and employee safety, business and production
• Manage maintenance backlog and develop long-range and short-range maintenance schedules
• Identify resources need for maintenance work: Prepare Bill of Materials, establish acquisition plans, determine what items are in stock, intiate stock requests, prepare Purchase Orders for direct order parts/contract labor/rentals, request in-house fabrication, track speciliaty tools availability
• Manage work order accuracy and ensure off shift work orders are complete and communicated to off shift staff.
• Maintain a good working relationship, and consult daily with production and maintenance management to prioritize maintenance work orders 
• Maintain and populate asset attributes in the CMMS such as functional location, equipment makes and models, Bill of Materials (BOM’s), and equipment BOM’s from engineering drawings, as needed
• Monitor, report and publish maintenance KPI’s
• Communicate optimal parts inventory with store room management
• Create effective job packages and ensure maintenance technicians have needed resources for standard operating procedures (SOP’s), Job Safety Analysis (JSA), work instructions, specialty tools, and updated Preventive Maintanence (PM) kits
• Ensure job plans and packages are archived effectively for future use
• Use feedback and identified gaps to continuously improve job packages
• Track parts still under warranty and monitor repaired parts procedures
• Monitor maintenance cost and budget and work closely with production, maintenance, procurement and operations to identify continuous improvement opportunties
• Communicate PM tasks, planning and schedules to maintenance technicians
• Report information as needed to corporate Reliability Engineering
• May be asked to lead continuous improvement projects and/or meetings

Core Skills and Qualifications:
The ideal candidate must possess all of the following:

• Five (5) years’ experience performing preventive maintenance, diagnostics, and repair, or comparable experience with trade school or training preferred
• Experience optimizing and implementing Preventative Maintenance (PM)
• Experience applying Root Cause Analysis (RCA) 
• Use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Ability to successfully prioritize deadlines and tasks with little supervision in both team and independent environments 
• Strong verbal and written skills necessary to communicate intricate job-related information
• Experience with Predictive Maintenance Technologies
• Experience using Computer Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), SAP preferred
• Math skills to include simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
• Familiar with and ability to convert decimals to fractions or vice versa
• Advanced mechanical aptitude and ability to troubleshoot complex problems including knowledge of machines and tools, their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance
• Proficient in reading and following complex blueprints, manuals, and mechanic and electrical schematics
• Working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and piping/pump systems 
• Ability to effectively manage and execute multiple tasks, simple to complex projects and priorities 
• Experience using Microsoft Office, including the ability to modify basic reports, documents and spreadsheets in MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and SharePoint
• Ability to observe, follow, understand, and evaluate processes demonstrated and other workplace procedures
• Demonstration of minimum proficiency with the English language in order to ensure effective new hire training and on-going communications about safety and quality issues

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

• Prior maintenance planning and scheduling experience
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