Maintenance Planner

Position Summary: The Maintenance Planner is responsible for planning and scheduling all maintenance activities for an assigned area within the facilities. This is a fast-paced position that must thrive in a dynamic team environment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

· Estimate and initiate work orders both mechanical and E/I; prepare, forecast, and explain cost variance for outage work

· Procure equipment and materials and outside services with focus on fixed price packages

· Held accountable for managing repairs, purchases, invoices, and receipts for outage work

· Responsibility for kitting outage work

· Review backlog outage maintenance notifications in SAP and progress P4 work orders ahead of outage

· Develop and maintain mechanical maintenance documentation and make updates as needed

· Bill materials as required for outages

· Develop and update job plans for specific repairs and pieces of equipment

· Audit and retain shop papers and job history forms for mechanical maintenance

· Communicate with Area Coordinators / Mechanical FLS (First Line Supervisors) on daily activities and work priorities

· Accountable for administrative oversight of Contractors (including nested contractors)

· Other duties as required

Basic Qualifications:

· High school diploma or GED and 5+ years of experience in an industrial manufacturing environment OR Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Additional Qualifications:

· Strong written and verbal communication skills

· Strong organizational skills

· Strong leadership skills

· Experience in use of IT tools to forecast and monitor key outage metrics, e.g., work hours and task progression

· Experience in Primavera preferred (planning/scheduling program)

· Project management experience preferred

· Demonstrated ability to work effectively with individuals at all levels of an organization

· Demonstrated ability to incorporate safety into foundations of work activities

· Demonstrated ability to use influencing skills to accomplish goals and objectives

· Demonstrated ability to generate and implement work process improvements

· Able to manage multiple priorities

· Knowledgeable in repair techniques for a broad application of equipment

· Demonstrated ability to coordinate repairs

· Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment

· Strong computer skills

· Strong skills in SAP-PM, Microsoft Office, and Production Loss Accounting Tools

· Understanding of Maintenance Excellence Protocols

· Knowledge of repair techniques for a broad application of equipment

· Proficient in Six Sigma tools and Lean Concepts for business process improvement

· Must be highly motivated, self-directed individual with excellent interpersonal and presentation skills

The base salary range for this role is $76,000 to $114,000 annually.