Maintenance Planner - Electrical

International PaperBogalusa, LA
Onsite

About The Position

An Electrical Planner will improve the work force productivity and work quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through job planning. This involves analyzing jobs before scheduling to determine the proper safety requirements, manpower, time, methods, detail job plans, materials, and other resources that are needed to complete the tasks, as well as creating and sending scope packages through Purchasing for bids to contractors. Core responsibilities are identified in the IP MWS Manual and Planner Manual as work planning, maintaining planned work order backlog lists, weekly work list, work coordination, developing and maintaining job libraries for repetitive jobs. The work includes responsibility for planned equipment care, repairs, and rebuilds of the systems. The work also includes, managing contractors, building contractor scopes for upcoming outages from recommendations from contractor inspection reports, managing BOM (Bill of materials), inventorying material on site, keeping track of critical long lead material, keeping all documentation (job packages), forecasting for future work from the outage critiques/follow ups and inspection reports. Planners have the responsibility to organize, schedule, and manage all critical spare parts rebuilds, both in-house and off site, for their respective area. Planners also have the responsibility for maintaining all area equipment files, OEM manuals, drawings, copies of all specifications, critical tolerances, repair data, and area SJP’s and PM routes. The planner should be constantly working to populate and update the BOMs for each equipment functional location in SAP-PM. Planners shall assist and support the OMC in keeping the notification backlog updated and manageable.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED
  • 5+ years’ experience in industrial environment with demonstrated knowledge in Electrical maintenance repair methods, tools, materials, and equipment
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Analytical/problem solving skills
  • Self-directed with good time and project management skills
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Ability to learn and use computer scheduling software effectively
  • Proficient in SAP or SAP-PM, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint
  • Understands complex safety systems (ZES, Confined Space, Hotwork, LOTO, etc.)

Nice To Haves

  • 5+ years of experience in Paper industry or manufacturing
  • Familiar with Paper Machine repair materials
  • Demonstrated ability to manage and coordinate multiple projects and deadlines

Responsibilities

  • Analyze jobs before scheduling to determine safety requirements, manpower, time, methods, detail job plans, materials, and other resources.
  • Create and send scope packages through Purchasing for bids to contractors.
  • Perform work planning, maintain planned work order backlog lists, and weekly work lists.
  • Coordinate work and develop/maintain job libraries for repetitive jobs.
  • Plan equipment care, repairs, and rebuilds of systems.
  • Manage contractors and build contractor scopes for upcoming outages.
  • Manage Bill of Materials (BOM), inventory material on site, and track critical long lead material.
  • Maintain all documentation (job packages).
  • Forecast future work from outage critiques/follow-ups and inspection reports.
  • Organize, schedule, and manage critical spare parts rebuilds (in-house and off-site).
  • Maintain area equipment files, OEM manuals, drawings, specifications, critical tolerances, repair data, and area SJP’s and PM routes.
  • Populate and update BOMs for each equipment functional location in SAP-PM.
  • Assist and support the OMC in keeping the notification backlog updated and manageable.

Benefits

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Life insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Short-term and Long-term Disability
  • 401(k)
  • Company-funded retirement contributions
  • Paid Time Off
  • Education & Development (including Tuition Reimbursement)
  • Student Loan Repayment Assistance
  • Voluntary Benefits including insurance for home, auto, vision and pets
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