Maintenance Planner

About the role

The Maintenance Planner develops, manages, communicates and executes maintenance/project plans and master schedules to effectively utilize plant resources (material, labor and capacity). Works closely with Operations and other internal/external customers to problem solve, resolve issues and ensure that detailed maintenance activity schedules are met.

Responsibilities

• Develops detailed resource plans for production area shutdowns and regular maintenance work:
• Determines labor and skills required to complete work.
• Provides job scope and labor hours estimation.
• Develops job plan and associated tasks necessary for completion of work.
• Works with all teams to ensure identification, acquisition, and kitting of parts; collection of tools, documentation, and procedures is completed in preparation for shutdown activities.
• Holds periodic shutdown update meetings to ensure all stakeholders are aware of project progress and issues.
• Develops detailed schedules of upcoming work associated with future shutdowns or maintenance in conjunction with operations schedule to minimize equipment downtime.
• Affords support teams in determining if scope changes can be completed without disrupting production/maintenance schedule.
• Develops job plan tasks for major process equipment repairs and overhauls.
• Provides overall administration to the maintenance asset/task management program.
• Ensures estimated hours within the system are maintained up to date to ensure accurate job planning and scheduling.
• Recommends work schedules which balance and level maintenance workloads and resources to optimize labor utilization.
• Reviews and analyzes plant wide PM load.
• Maintains oversight of overall maintenance backlog to ensure accurate scheduling.
• Recommends opportunities for resource leveling to ensure work completion in the shortest amount of time.
• Leads shutdown preparation and progress meetings with Maintenance and Operations.
• Issues informational and effective reports.
• Receives feedback from maintenance team members on job plan (task) and schedule improvement.

Requirements

• BA/BS Degree in a technical or business-related field with a minimum of 3-5 years’ experience and/or Associates Degree in a technical or business related field with a minimum of 5-7 years’ experience working within an engineering, maintenance, construction or utilities planning, scheduling, or estimation environment.
• Be able to provide continuous improvement initiatives to current process/procedures to aid reduction in production downtime.
• Be able to work within a manufacturing floor environment.
• Be able to comply with company standard procedures.
• Understand basic metrology principles.
• Self-directing: be able to work towards specific goals and objectives with limited daily oversight.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Excellent work ethic.
• Dependable.
• Positive attitude and willing to work within a team environment.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Problem solving capability.
• Strong communication skills.
• Highly motivated.

Qualifications

• Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time.
• Ability to work and transverse safety sensitive manufacturing, assembly and/or aviation services work areas.
• Ability to lift 10 pounds repeatedly and lift 50 pounds.
• Ability to bend, reach, and kneel repeatedly.
• Ability to work in an environment with intermittent high levels of noise.

Skills

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute, but not limited to slope, intercept, rate, ratio, discounts, and percentages and to create/interpret bar graphs.

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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