Maintenance Planner - Decatur, IL

Archer Daniels MidlandDecatur, IL
Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for planning and coordinating manpower, parts, materials and equipment access to improve workforce productivity, safety and quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays. Acts as a liaison between Production and Maintenance departments for planning purposes. Uses Maximo and other computer systems to maintain records and files essential to meaningful analysis and reporting of maintenance information. The Planner must know the job well enough that they can describe what is to be accomplished and can estimate how many man-hours will be required. Communicate plans with all levels of the organization.

Requirements

  • Experience in industrial maintenance preferred.
  • Knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems preferred.
  • Knowledge of planning software preferred.
  • Typically a minimum 1 year of experience in maintenance/reliability planning & scheduling in a GMP/FDA-regulated area.
  • Proficient in the use of computer software tools (Email, spreadsheets, word processing and data-base).
  • Communicate effectively through speech and writing along with other mediums such as email.
  • Strong commitment to Safety in the performance of maintenance efforts.
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to plan priorities effectively.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

  • Work independently and with other plant personnel to plan for preventative, predictive and routine maintenance tasks.
  • Schedule for predictive and preventative maintenance repairs.
  • Complete data entry and management of equipment and repairs.
  • Communicate effectively through speech and writing along with other mediums such as email.
  • Maintain equipment information and repair files.
  • Track key planned maintenance metrics and communicate these metrics to the plant.
  • Manage assigned mechanical contract work and assist in the supervision and control.
  • Request parts and materials needed for work order packages and not stocked in the storerooms.
  • Ensure adherence to standard work processes, including developing and integrating standards.
  • Provide support to the team on nights, weekends, or holidays including on-call duties.
  • Review the work plan with the respective site managers/supervisors/leads, and maintain communications for planned maintenance.
  • Create detailed job planning and communicate weekly maintenance work schedules which include: outage schedule, list of planned work orders, and resource requirements.
  • Evaluates JSA requirements and requests support to develop when needed.
  • Maintain clear, open communication with departments/requestor to determine total scope of work and the appropriate priority of work to be performed.
  • Manage and understand the maintenance back log.
  • Develop and manage AFEs for the facility.
  • Facilitate and run maintenance oriented meetings along with pre and post project review meetings.
  • Develop a strong understanding of facility work rules.
  • Develop a strong understanding of facility equipment.
  • Act as a liaison between ADM and third party vendors.
  • Interpret maintenance manuals.
  • Learn and use Maintenance programs such as Maximo, Coupa.
  • May perform reasonably similar or related duties as assigned.
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