Maintenance Planner

What’s the job?

Responsible for leadership of the maintenance planning. Will be a leader of Professional Maintenance oriented improvement projects in area of responsibility involving the incorporation of World Class Manufacturing (WCM) techniques and principles into all maintenance systems.

• Scope the full extent of maintenance work needed to conduct the relevant repair/preventive / predictive / design-out activities on the organizations plant and equipment.
• Maintain equipment records, generate PM, Tasks, and Planned Corrective work orders in SAP.
• Plan and Schedule Corrective work to maximize crew utilization and effectiveness. Visit each job site with the requestor to gain a full understanding of the work required.
• Develop cost and time based estimates of planned maintenance work.
• Collaborate with Engineers, Maintenance Supervisor, and Superintendent to schedule manpower and resources for the most effective production and maintenance outcomes.
• Prioritize and issue work orders for all maintenance work, keeping maintenance backlog at an appropriate level.
• Create follow-up work orders from notifications. Maintain equipment history records and functional location hierarchy
• Maintaining a safe work environment and the safety of yourself and others.
• Must recognize unsafe conditions and practices and make corrections to prevent injuries and property loss. Required to complete safety audits/inspections of the assigned work area; thorough investigations of incidents and accidents, job safety analysis, risk assessments and participate in regular safety meetings.
• Update documentation of all types: schematic diagrams, maintenance logs, standard operating procedures, standard maintenance procedures, and instruction manuals, to keep documentation accurate, available and ready for use as needed.
• Occasionally coordinate & monitor fieldwork being performed by contractors.
• Responsible for up-keep and accuracy of technical information on processes, plant, and equipment.
• Able and competent in root cause failure analysis leadership and investigations.
• Ensure KPI’s are captured and reported for equipment reliability, maintenance department performance and planning and scheduling business flow process.
• Participates in WCM processes and projects such as Autonomous Maintenance, Early Equipment Management and Preventative Maintenance pillars.
• Maintain work place organization and ensure good housekeeping practices in work areas.
• Supports engineers and other technical staff in responding to problems
• Open and honest communication with all employees to build trust and effective teamwork. Encourage involvement in achieving a shared objective toward goals and values.
• Active involvement in World Class Manufacturing activities to include problem solving, continuous improvement, training and total productive maintenance.
• Demonstrate a strong work ethic. Use time productively to accomplish challenging work goals and to develop efficient work methods.
• Procurement of supplies and spare parts, maintenance of catalog and instruction manual files, etc., to assure parts, supplies, and literature are available when needed.
• Create requisitions as needed; communicate purchase order numbers to vendors when received and obtain estimated delivery date.
• Manage reconciliation of end-of-month open invoices
• Define and promote best practices for keeping invoices and PO’s at a manageable level