Maintenance Planner

Job Description

Position Summary:

The Maintenance Planner will plan and classify all maintenance actions for the designated area regarding activities, internal and external labor, spare parts, materials, special tools and necessary safety and ecological instructions; assuring that work teams carry out only the necessary amount of administrative work. Duties and responsibilities include:

• Create and monitor maintenance schedules for plant and equipment utilizing Ross ERP
• Initial screening of incoming work orders, identification of scope, and analysis of required level of planning
• Conducting plant and equipment inspections to identify and document maintenance job requirements
• Estimate required hours and parts on work order tasks, and skills required to perform the task and calculates total costs to be incurred
• Verify authorization on work requests, the description of information, and the appropriate priority or completion date.
• Provide plant analytical data to management from ERP
• Assisting in the procurement of resources including parts and labor, ensuring availability for all scheduled work through the planned parts
• Supporting supervisors and the management team in achieving KPI targets and develop standard jobs, maintenance scheduled tasks and application parts listings
• Assisting with the development of job safety environmental analysis, as well as risk analysis and assessments
• Providing support to the maintenance and operations teams in the development and implementation of assigned continuous improvement projects, including the development and review of operating procedures
• Review’s drawings and design for constructability
• Establishing and implementing all maintenance systems and schedules, maintenance history, spare parts, tracking work orders, practices and procedures for the plant and associated infrastructure
• Participate in the planning of equipment shutdowns required to perform preventive or corrective maintenance activities.
• Estimate required labor, prepare list of spare parts and reference data, and anticipate other resources required to complete jobs in a safe way.
• To keep reference files about specifications of equipment, spare parts, drawings, history, manuals, forms, policies and procedures
• Help determine critical routes, sequence of activities, total cost of shutdown and required resources (i.e. spare parts, labor, etc.)
• Track outage schedule and costs on a daily basis during the duration of the outage.
• Adhere to all safety & environmental policies, rules, and regulations at all times.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED required, Bachelor’s degree preferred
• 5 years of field maintenance experience performing various responsibilities related to preventative and corrective maintenance required.
• Knowledge and experience of ERP systems and Microsoft Project
• 3 to 5 years of project and planning experience
• CAD experience is a plus

Working Conditions:

• Work will be performed in a plant facility, outdoors in all weather conditions to include extreme heat, cold, wind and precipitation. Work may be performed in tight, confined spaces that require appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Regularly exposed to dust, noise, odors, chemicals, and fumes. Appropriate PPE will be provided, and employees are required to wear designated PPE at all times.
• Salary position includes Days, Nights, weekends, and holidays may be required or as needed to meet production goals.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to push, pull and lift a minimum of 50 pounds.
• Must be able to lift, pull and push materials and equipment to complete assigned job tasks.
• Must be able to stand, sit, walk, reach, bend, squat, kneel, and climb stairs/ladders for an entire shift.
• Must be able to pass respirator fit test and employment physical including a drug and alcohol test.
• Must wear safety gear and required PPE.

All interested candidates should apply at .

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