ARP Maintenance Planner

Gerdau•Huntington, IN

About The Position

The Asset Reliability Process (ARP) Planner coordinates, directs, and supports the implementation and ongoing maintenance of ARP processes to improve safety, equipment reliability, and product quality while optimizing efficiency and costs. The position plans and schedules proactive maintenance—including preventive, predictive, and corrective work—and project work; manages planned and non-emergency work backlogs; develops job plans and procedures using the Computer Maintenance Management System (CMMS); and helps improve maintenance practices and resource use. The ARP Planner works in an advisory capacity and has no direct reports. The role coordinates planned and project maintenance across assigned equipment and locations, facilitates weekly planning, down-day, and outage meetings, and coordinates work execution during shutdowns and outages with operations, maintenance, reliability, engineering, suppliers, contractors, and vendors. The planner provides technical maintenance assistance, supports equipment reliability improvements, and contributes to annual action plans, safety activities, training, audits, and visual management standards. Regularly scheduled shutdown work is required, and some travel for training or project support may be needed. The position is responsible for detailed job plans, work packages, parts and service orders, backlog management, CMMS data and reporting, and changes to preventive and predictive maintenance programs. It also supports inventory planning for equipment and critical spare parts, maintenance and operations training, major failure investigations, equipment changes and capital projects, and compliance with applicable environmental regulations and company policies. The role reports to a Reliability Engineer IV or Reliability Engineer V.

Requirements

Two-year degree, or advanced technical training with at least five years of experience and a high level of mastery in the discipline.
Mastery-level knowledge of heavy manufacturing or related maintenance engineering activities.
Extensive working knowledge of maintenance concepts and techniques, with demonstrated expertise in asset reliability technology and systems.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work independently and in a team, prioritize varied tasks, and work with minimal supervision.
Broad knowledge of computer software applications.
Ability to communicate effectively with associates at all organizational levels, as well as contractors and vendors.
Must be available to work regularly scheduled shutdowns and as needed for specific operations or projects.
Must be legally eligible to work immediately in the country of hire without current or future sponsorship.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and manage the work order backlog for the assigned area.
Facilitate down-day, outage, and weekly planning meetings.
Develop maintenance plans and schedule approved, non-emergency work.
Plan proactive preventive, predictive, corrective, and project maintenance.
Develop detailed job plans, procedures, and work packages for planned maintenance and outages.
Coordinate work execution during down-days and outages to support compliance and work quality.
Monitor and report key performance indicators to support ARP assessment and improvement.
Participate in major failure incident investigations within the area of responsibility.
Develop optimal inventory plans and assist with inventory management for equipment and critical spare parts using Reliability Centered Maintenance methodologies.
Train maintenance and operations personnel on equipment care, new equipment, software, methodologies, and procedures.
Participate in safety programs, conduct assigned safety and maintenance audits and activities, and ensure safety rules are followed.
Ensure preventive maintenance and predictive work orders are completed on time, to specification, and in compliance with applicable requirements.
Audit non-emergency work orders for proper data management and develop inspection procedures for major repaired equipment returned to the plant.
Coordinate between maintenance and engineering on new capital expenditures and help develop equipment specifications that enable effective preventive and predictive maintenance.
Update CMMS records for new or changed equipment, work plans, job plans, and preventive and predictive maintenance.
Generate CMMS reports used to manage proactive maintenance.
Maintain compliance with visual management standards and applicable environmental regulations and company policies.
Recommend technology and process changes to continually improve asset reliability and manufacturing processes.
Manage other assigned projects or duties.