Maintenance Planner (59467)

Lsb Industries•Pryor, OK

2d•Onsite

About The Position

LSB Industries, Inc. is committed to playing a leadership role in the production of low and no carbon products that build, feed, and power the world. The LSB team is dedicated to building a culture of excellence in customer experiences as they deliver essential products across agricultural and industrial end markets, and in the future, energy markets. The company invites individuals to join their team to help develop innovative solutions that will improve the quality of life for current and future generations. Pryor, Oklahoma, offers an exceptional quality of life with a tight-knit community, excellent schools, and abundant outdoor activities, along with proximity to Tulsa. LSB Industries is looking to hire a Maintenance Planner for their Pryor, Oklahoma, facility. The basic function of this role is to contribute to the effective planning and scheduling of maintenance activities within the organization using JD Edwards CMMS software. This includes managing PMs and work plans, working with contractors, ordering materials, and organizing schedules. The Maintenance Planner will interact with the Maintenance Supervisor, other Maintenance team members, Operations Shift Supervisors, and Operators, and communicate with various plant stakeholders. A successful candidate will also be required to lead daily planning and scheduling meetings with Operations and establish close working relationships with the crafts. This role is an essential function in the Maintenance and Reliability workflow.

Requirements

Associate’s degree or equivalent experience in a technical field.
Minimum of 3 years’ experience in the chemical industry or other industrial manufacturing.
Strong mechanical aptitude and technical maintenance experience with the ability to understand blueprints and technical manuals.
Ability to gather and evaluate complicated information.
Ability to work on several projects and issues simultaneously.
Ability to manage projects effectively and meet firm deadlines.
Strong organization, planning, supervision, and collaboration skills.
Experience with a CMMS system, along with Microsoft Office proficiency.
Valid Driver’s License required.

Responsibilities

Providing necessary planning information that ensures safe and efficient execution of critical priority 1 and 2 jobs.
The Planner works in the future, providing support to the Maintenance Supervisor who is responsible for the execution of break-in and emergency work.
Participating in the management of notification and work order backlog by: Reviewing backlog and planning list for duplicates, completed work, or work that may be unnecessary or cannot be completed without an outage.
Grouping notifications together that can be planned and worked as a single order that optimizes the utilization of resources.
Ensuring plans are in place that meet the timing requirements of the process units.
Checking for understanding of scope through notification text and field walk-through.
Changing notification(s) to orders which includes Ensuring that order type and maintenance activity types are accurately assigned to the order.
Using or creating task lists for repetitive jobs.
Using or creating BOM’s where appropriate.
Building or copying the job plan that clearly shows: The special instructions and required documentation, such as QA/QC needs, wiring schematics, etc.
Required skill crafts and duration.
Optimal scheduling logic between operations.
Reservation or purchase order for necessary components.
Participating in the bidding process and requisitioning for third-party services.
Routing high-cost orders through the Operations/Manufacturing Manager for verification that the work order provides appropriate return on investment relative to the current business environment.
Create the Weekly Schedule for Week+1 and a tentative Weekly Schedule for Week+2.
Facilitates a Weekly Pre-Scheduling Meeting with the Maintenance Supervisor to get the final proposed Schedule prior to the scheduling meeting.
Facilitates a Weekly Scheduling Meeting with Operations Shift Supervisors to confirm the proposed Weekly Schedule for Week+1.
Forwarding job packages to the Maintenance Supervisor.
Soliciting feedback on executed job plans and making any necessary changes to ensure planning and work efficiencies continue to improve.
Writing necessary change orders for third-party services upon job completion.
Acting as back-up and support for the E&I Planner.
Working unit outages, turnarounds, special projects, sharing in non-normal worktime, as needed.
Support site safety, environmental, and training initiatives.
Perform other duties as assigned by Management.
Planned vs Actual Costs (Accountability)
Total Number and Value of Returned Parts (Accountability)
Developing and Maintaining a Library of Planned Work (Accountability)
Up to 12 Weeks of Planned Backlog (Accountability)
WO Quality per the ACE Standard (Accountability)
Planning Safety into Each Work Order (Accountability)