Maintenance Planner - Packaging

About the role

The Maintenance Sr. Planner plays a crucial role in improving work force productivity and work quality through proper planning and coordination of maintenance work. They serve as the primary liaison between the Maintenance department and the operations teams (refinery and packaging), ensuring that all maintenance work is needed and prioritized based on business risk. They also ensure safety needs are given top priority in work planning.

Responsibilities

• Works with the other planners, coaching, evaluating, and addressing performance issues and conflicts to improve overall team performance.
• Assures the work requested is needed and prioritized based on the business risk.
• Ensures safety needs are given a top priority in work planning.
• Recommends equipment to be included in preventive maintenance programs.
• Leads weekly meetings with Operations and Maintenance to discuss short-term and long-term maintenance needs.
• Receives approved work requests from requesting departments.
• Reviews and screens work requests for clarity. Discusses the details with the requestor as appropriate.
• Examines requests and determines best way to accomplish the work. Consults with requester, Maintenance Supervisor, Engineering or functional crews when necessary.
• Obtains blueprints, drawings, instructional manuals and special procedures, as needed. Makes any additional sketches, diagrams, etc., necessary to clarify the intent of the work order.
• Arranges any safety permits, hot work, confined space, etc. as part of a work package.
• Estimates jobs with sequence of steps, the number of tradespersons and required labor hours for each step.
• Identifies and obtains determinable materials and critical items, entering material needs on the work order.
• Verifies the availability of parts, materials and special tools required for job execution prior to scheduling.
• Covers safety needs in work planning.
• Coordinates requisition of all predetermined parts, materials and special tools – and prepare complete kits.
• Assembles work package documentation and delivers to area maintenance supervisors.
• Reviews KPI’s for Planners, creates action plans and develops processes for continuous improvement/development.
• Maintains backlog files of work orders waiting on planning and/or scheduling in accordance with their priorities and an estimated completion date.
• Evaluates performance metrics and develops action plans. Provides all documents for reporting and closeout.
• Develops a file of standard job plans for regularly recurring repair jobs (reference).
• Reviews the actual labor expended and material consumed versus estimated labor and material for completed jobs with Maintenance Supervisors and provides variance reports to stakeholders.

Requirements

• 3+ years of maintenance planning and scheduling experience preferred.
• Previous experience within a manufacturing environment with multiple crafts (mechanical, electrical, etc.) required.
• Maintenance scheduling, planning and use of CMMS or ERP required.

Education

• A high school diploma or GED is required.
• A BS/BA degree in a related field from an accredited college/university is preferred.

Supervisory Responsibility

• Effective leader of internal facilitation of planning and scheduling maintenance activities and coordinating contractor service efforts for planned activities.

Core Capabilities

• Works closely with Operations and Maintenance supervision, Stores and Purchasing personnel.
• Adequate trade knowledge to estimate labor hours, materials and visualize job execution.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; good administrative, mathematical, planning and organizational skills.
• Able to read blueprints and shop drawings.
• Orientation and commitment to customer service.
• Able to communicate/teach reliability best practices, condition monitoring, precision methods.
• Intermediate or better skills in Microsoft Office required.
• Able to work overtime, weekends and holidays.

Core Competencies

• Analytical Thinking & Decision Making – Identifies and understands trends and/or issues; connects data points through analysis to arrive at a logical conclusion.
• Results Orientation & Accountability – Takes accountability, identifies, executes and drives actions to consistently achieve desired results.
• Problem-Solving – Anticipates, evaluates, diagnoses, and resolves problems in a systematic and fact-based manner.
• Adaptability/Flexibility – Maintains effectiveness in varying environments and with different tasks, responsibilities and people.
• Effective Communication – Expresses ideas and information in a clear and concise manner by tailoring one's message to fit the interests and needs of the audience.
• Establishes Trust – Gaining the confidence and faith of others by actions and words that promote being honest, forthcoming, integrous and vulnerable.
• Customer Orientation – Keeps internal and/or external customer(s) in mind at all times. Strives to proactively address customer concerns and needs. Assists business partners and customers to achieve their work goals via application of their own skills and knowledge; strives to provide consistent customer satisfaction.
• Teamwork & Collaboration – Creates a climate that fosters commitment to a common vision and shared values that promote cooperation and working together through trust and support of others.
• Develops Others – Plans for the growth of others, diligently addressing performance issues and conflicts, both at the individual and organizational level with the purpose of achieving results through the activities of other people.

Pay and Benefits

SALARY PAY RANGE: $62,500 - $115,000 plus bonus
The pay rate for the successful candidate will depend on the candidate’s qualifications and prior experience.
Benefits include healthcare (medical, dental, vision, prescription drugs) available the first of the month following 30 days of employment, 401(k) with match, life insurance, AD&D, short-term disability, vacation, holiday and sick time.

Job ID

IND123