Maintenance Planner

About the role

The Maintenance Planner is responsible for scheduling maintenance activities, planning of equipment repairs, and monitoring, evaluating, and maintaining the necessary parts for scheduled maintenance. Supports the overall continuous improvement of the plant and quarry maintenance programs. Utilizes and maintains the SAP Maintenance system.

Carmeuse started out as a small family-run business in Belgium. Today it’s a leading global producer of lime, high calcium limestone and dolomitic stone. Its products are essential to energy producers, environmental services, construction and manufacturing. With over 90 production facilities spread across almost every continent, and over 4,500 employees working at Carmeuse every day, the company’s most treasured resources are its people. Carmeuse North America is a Rock-Star team of 2,500 workers with headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA and over three dozen production facilities across the U.S. and Canada.

Responsibilities

• Scheduling maintenance activities
• Planning of equipment repairs
• Monitoring, evaluating, and maintaining necessary parts for scheduled maintenance
• Supporting overall continuous improvement of plant and quarry maintenance programs
• Utilizing and maintaining the SAP Maintenance system
• Ensuring all work orders have appropriate labor and material charged to equipment
• Coordinating with contractors to ensure proper tasks are performed for contracted maintenance activities
• Coordinating with vendors to ensure proper materials are on hand when required
• Leading weekly planning meetings
• Discussing plant performance with Operations and reviewing maintenance notifications daily to determine needed repairs
• Planning each job and determining safety requirements, job steps, blueprints, materials, special equipment needs, and manpower required to perform necessary work
• Tracking status of backlog (jobs planned and ready, waiting for materials, only doable on major shutdowns, age of backlog)
• Managing compliance with maintenance objectives
• Ensuring all work orders and maintenance log items are closed when work is finished and proper documentation is included
• Providing weekly and monthly summaries of work performed and backlog status
• Reviewing maintenance KPI reports for tracking purposes

Qualifications

• Associate’s Degree in a technical discipline (Bachelor’s Degree highly preferred)
• 5+ years of experience in an Industrial Maintenance environment
• Prior experience with Maintenance Planning and Scheduling is critical
• Two or more years of supervisory experience preferred
• Industry background in manufacturing related to mining, paper mills, steel plants, refractory, heavy equipment fabrication, stone processing, cement plants, etc. highly preferred

Skills

• Proficient in various computer programs like MS Windows and MS Office, including MS Project
• Experience with SAP (CMMS systems) highly preferred
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedures, manuals and blueprints
• Ability to write and communicate routine reports and correspondence