Senior Maintenance Planner

About the role

The Senior Maintenance Planner is the primary liaison with Water Operations and all Support groups. This position is responsible for planning and scheduling heavy mechanical overhaul work across the entire CAP system.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the long-range Master Maintenance Schedule and manage workforce productivity by anticipating and eliminating delays through effective planning and coordination of system outages, manpower, materials, and equipment.
• Analyze all non-emergency work to be performed, determine task sequence and methodology, negotiate equipment outages, identify required labor skills, perform job costing and labor estimates, procure necessary materials, and produce multi-craft job packages and weekly labor capacity schedules for the Work Execution Supervisors.
• Disbursed work across all 336 miles of concrete lined canals, system pipelines, 10 large siphons and 9 small siphons, three tunnels, 15 pumping plants (including one pump/generating plant), 39 check structures, 42 customer turnout facilities and six recharge facilities.
• Pumping Plants main unit repairs, overhauls, preventative maintenance, and asset modifications;
• Pumping Plants discharge valve repairs, replacements, preventative maintenance, and asset modifications;
• Radial Check structure work, Customer Turnout repairs, preventative maintenance, and asset modifications;
• Coordinating work between pumping plant maintenance groups, Industrial Coatings group, In-house Machine/Fabrication/Weld shop groups; contractors, vendors, and CAP operations.
• Develop plans (manpower, materials, tools, parts, equipment, contracts, procedures, clearances, etc.) and schedules (in Infor EAM) for routine & invasive plant maintenance and repair work.
• Perform job costing and labor estimates, load balance known work, create detailed materials/parts lists, and produce complete multi-craft job packages and 1 to 6 week labor capacity schedules for the Work Execution Supervisors.
• Maintain the long-range Master Maintenance Schedule, manage work order backlog, develop detailed operational outage plans, manage workforce productivity through effective planning and coordination of system outages, and continuously look for ways to improve the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the planned and scheduled work.

Qualifications

• A related bachelor's degree plus three (3) years of work experience; a related associate's degree plus five (5) years of work experience; or a high school diploma or equivalent plus seven (7) years of work experience as a journeyman, industrial electrician, mechanic, building trades craftsman, electronics technician, equipment operator, project engineer, or project manager in a related field.
• Good administrative, math, and communication skills; strong planning and organization skills; a solid understanding of work order processes, priorities, and schedules; and the ability to read shop drawings and prints.
• Knowledge of and ability to use and apply standards and codes including OSHA, NEC, ASME, ANSI, and EPA regulations to maintenance work.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, MS Project (or other scheduling software), and Infor (or similar work management systems) is a plus!

Benefits

Compensation & Benefits Package includes: Competitive Salaries, Arizona State Retirement System - Pension, 401(k), Medical, Dental and Vision, Life insurance, LTD, Short-term disability, 4-10 (Mon-Thur) work schedule, Option for part-time remote work, Paid training & tuition reimbursement, 9 paid holidays, Paid vacation & sick time, Wellness programs, No benefits waiting period, Relocation benefits, Significantly training and development opportunities, Public Student Loan Forgiveness eligible employer, 12 Week Paid Parental Leave.