Maintenance Planner

Position Summary

The Maintenance Planner is responsible for planning and scheduling all maintenance activities for an assigned area within the facilities. This is a fast-paced position that must thrive in a dynamic team environment.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Eatimate and initiate work orders both mechanical and E/I; prepare, forecast, and explain cost variance for outage work
• Procure equipment and materials and outside services with focus on fixed price packages
• Held accountable for managing repairs, purchases, invoices, and receipts for outage work
• Review backlog outage maintenance notifications in SAP and progress P4 work orders ahead of outage
• Develop and maintain mechanical maintenance documentation and make updates as needed
• Bill materials as required for outages
• Develop and update job plans for specific repairs and pieces of equipment
• Audit and retain shop papers and job history forms for mechanical maintenance
• Communicate with Area Coordinators / Mechanical FLS (First Line Supervisors) on daily activities and work priorities

Basic Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED and 5+ years of experience in an industrial manufacturing environment
• OR Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Additional Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Experience in use of IT tools to forecast and monitor key outage metrics, e.g., work hours and task progression
• Experience in Primavera preferred (planning/scheduling program)
• Project management experience preferred
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with individuals at all levels of an organization
• Demonstrated ability to incorporate safety into foundations of work activities
• Demonstrated ability to use influencing skills to accomplish goals and objectives
• Demonstrated ability to generate and implement work process improvements
• Knowledgeable in repair techniques for a broad application of equipment
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate repairs
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment
• Strong computer skills
• Strong skills in SAP-PM, Microsoft Office, and Production Loss Accounting Tools
• Understanding of Maintenance Excellence Protocols
• Knowledge of repair techniques for a broad application of equipment
• Proficient in Six Sigma tools and Lean Concepts for business process improvement
• Must be highly motivated, self-directed individual with excellent interpersonal and presentation skills