Maintenance Planner

About the role

West Fraser is a diversified wood products company producing lumber, OSB, LVL, MDF, plywood, pulp, newsprint, wood chips, and energy with over 60 facilities in Canada, the United States, and Europe. We are the largest lumber producer in North America, a leading global manufacturer of wood-based panels, and the world’s largest producer of oriented strand board (OSB). We are a growing company, believe strongly in promoting from within, and pride ourselves on providing a challenging environment with continuous development.

Responsibilities

• Review maintenance time sheets and compare completed work orders and PMs to time sheets, making sure numbers and time match, and reschedule any work orders and PMs not completed
• Review work orders for any parts that need ordering
• Review completed PMs and make sure that appropriate work orders are written
• Write any work orders as needed
• Plan and schedule maintenance work orders and PMs daily in order of highest priority, prioritizing any safety work order that proposes an immediate safety hazard
• Make sure parts are in stock for any scheduled work
• Create purchase requisitions and order part numbers for non-stock items
• Update BOM list bi-weekly
• Track problem areas in the mill by reviewing function locations that have repetitive work orders
• Track cylinder, electric motor and pump failures through open work orders to completion
• Schedule outside contractors for maintenance or repair services as needed
• Attend and participate in safety meetings
• Communicate daily with Maintenance Supervisor concerning maintenance issues and any repetitive problems
• Review all downtime reports daily
• Participate in RCFA team activities to identify and implement solutions to failures
• Interface with Predictive Maintenance Technicians daily to ensure all equipment condition monitoring data indicating potential problems is incorporated into planned maintenance and failures are prevented
• Maintenance Clerk backup as needed to include completing PMs and work orders, printing PMs, completing maintenance time and payroll
• Learn to print safety work order reports, PM reports, and failure and cost reports
• Help refine PMs as needed
• Special projects and other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years Maintenance experience in a heavy industrial environment
• CM