Maintenance Planner, St. Paul, MN

Job Summary

Advantage Point Group, Inc. (APG) is seeking a Maintenance Planner for a long-term project in St. Paul, MN. The role involves supporting facility reliability, efficiency, and operational excellence by reviewing and scheduling Preventive Maintenance (PM) work orders, managing SAP modules, and writing follow-up repair work orders.

Responsibilities

• Supporting a crew of maintenance personnel by reviewing and analyzing incoming shop work orders to identify materials, craftsperson time, priorities, and other requirements for scheduling and completing the work.
• Supporting building operations by reviewing work order requirements with Plant Engineering Supervision and affected Business Partners to determine appropriate timing, assure availability of people and equipment, schedule accordingly, and track work for timeliness and efficiency.
• Determining work scope by inspecting the work site to identify problems, safety issues, tool and material needs, permitting requirements, or need for special instructions to provide effectiveness of assigned craft.
• Leading the work order generation role by obtaining and evaluating prints and other documentation relating to shop work orders, suggesting modifications and requesting clarifications to provide complete, understandable, and correct information and scope for maintenance projects.
• Making decisions about work scope by inspecting the work site to identify problems, safety issues, tool and material needs, permitting requirements, or need for special instructions to provide effectiveness of assigned craft.
• Leading weekly planning meetings and attending daily tier meetings with the businesses.

Requirements

• Technical/maintenance related 2-year Associate’s degree, preferred, not required.
• 4 years or more of maintenance experience in a maintenance department, industrial plant, or campus setting.
• Blueprint reading required.
• Electrical, plumbing, pipefitting, HVAC, millwright/maintenance and/or mechanic experience preferred.
• Computerized Maintenance Management System software (CMMS) strongly preferred.
• SAP experience is preferred.
• Strong computer skills (Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, Outlook), required.
• Time management and good organizational skills required.
• Effective communication skills required.
• Able to deal with political aspects of a large corporate environment and communicate with all levels in the organization, required.
• Training in confined space, OSHA 30 preferred.

Qualifications

• No direct reports.

Pay and Benefits

Pay Rate: $40-50/hour plus benefits, dependent upon previous experience and qualifications. A typical work week is 45 hours per week. Some overtime is likely depending on project type, size and completion. Benefits include Health insurance, Health Savings Account (HSA), Dental insurance, Life insurance, Vision insurance, 401(k), 401(k) matching, Paid Time Off (PTO), and paid holidays.

About the Company

Advantage Point Group, Inc. (APG) is an engineering consulting firm that has provided field and engineering services, construction, and project management, including architecture and design, mechanical & electrical engineering since 1983. Visit us at www.apgroup.net.