Electrical Planner

What we offer

Irving Tissue is proud to offer a competitive salary and benefits package, including but not limited to:

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance effective 1st of the month following start date
• 401K with 5% company match eligible on the 1st of the month 30 days following your start date
• Health & Wellness Reimbursement
• Employee & Family Assistance Program
• Product Purchase Program
• Opportunities to take part in job related training and development
• Growth and progression opportunities within Irving Tissue and the larger network of the J.D. Irving group of companies
• Relocation costs (if applicable)
• This position is 100% onsite. Remote work is not available for this position.

Reporting to the Maintenance Planning Team Leader the Electrical and Instrumentation Maintenance Planner will be responsible for day-to-day planning, prepping, and scheduling of preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance for assigned assets along with coordination of contractor and vendor services under their cognizance.

• Plan and schedule electrical maintenance day to day work to include prioritizing jobs, kitting parts, developing timelines, adhering to budget constraints and critiquing maintenance day when complete.
• Work interactively with the Operation Team, Logistics Team, and Maintenance Leaders to plan and schedule daily/weekly job plans.Function as a resource for trouble shooting equipment issues, both on the floor and through formal issues meetings.Make sure that changes made are communicated and aligned with Mill needs
• Assist in maintaining change management systemand adhering to the process
• Identify training needs and develop plans to improve electrical skills.Assist in training E&I group (new and junior employees) in basic troubleshooting of Instrument and Control related issues.
• Work with the Reliability and Operations Teams to identify/implement ways to improve equipment reliability
• Work jointly with engineering to facilitate consistency between DCS, PLC, Pi &Parc Viewsystems

• Develop and maintain job safety analysis program for area of responsibility. Assist site electrical engineer with developing, documenting, and train electricians on the following:

  Arc Flash

  Safety requirements

• Support the maintenance escalation plan by answering off-hours phone calls and/or coming on-site to support shift maintenance with equipment repairs to restore production.

Education:

• Minimum: Trade Certification as Electrical and Instrumentation Journeyman or equivalent experience
• Preferred: 2-year degree in Electrical and Instrumentation or a related field

Experiences:

• Electrical power distribution
• PLC's
• AC & DC drives (stand alone and distributed)
• DCS - distributed control systems
• Motion control systems
• Motor control systems
• Industrial instrumentation (not mandatory but a plus)
• Control and communications networks.
• Hydraulic and pneumatic control systems
• Robotics (not mandatory, but a plus)
• Candidates must have 2 years working experience as an electrician.
• Solid leadership skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Familiar with storeroom and procurement processes to include getting quotes, kitting, and parts/inventory control.
• Experience scheduling work and directing work with external contractors(preferred)
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes including Lean and Six Sigma
• Initiative-taker whoactsand can inspire others to do the same.
• Demonstrate good judgment with proficient decision-making and critical thinking skills.
• Experience maintaining or working with budgeting constraints(preferred)