Maintenance Planner

Novolex Corporate•Covington, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Planner is a maintenance position that supports safe and cost effective manufacturing operations by competently scheduling, planning, and ensuring effective completion/documentation of proactive, predictive, preventive, and scheduled corrective maintenance activities on all of the plant’s significant equipment assets. Qualified candidates must possess a thorough understanding of industrial manufacturing operations, enterprise resource planning, equipment maintenance requirements, and computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS). Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Always complies with Novolexes safety and environmental policies, programs, and procedures. These include but are not limited to lockout/tagout, personal protective equipment, ladder safety, electrical safety, machine shop/tool safety, and powered vehicle safety. Ownership of CMMS asset hierarchy and preventive maintenance requirements. Includes all facilities, production/support equipment, and tooling. Daily ownership of CMMS work order flow, scheduling, and documentation. Includes assigning work orders to available maintenance resources, reviewing completions status, and closing work orders. Interact with all CMMS work requesters as required to clarify work order scope to help ensure proper and timely work order completion. Work closely with plant engineering, maintenance, production, scheduling, and contractors as required to plan, schedule, and execute all maintenance work, except shift/emergency repairs, in order to maximize equipment reliability and minimize cost/waste. Includes proactive, predictive, preventive, and corrective maintenance. Work closely with the storeroom to organize planned work order packages into parts kits prior to the work order’s scheduled completion date. Accurately estimate times and costs of maintenance work, except shift/emergency repairs, to include labor and parts/materials costs. Assist in the CMMS planning and execution of capital projects and equipment upgrades. Run a weekly CMMS planned maintenance scheduling meeting to include plant engineering, maintenance, and production resources as required to ensure efficacy. Utilize mean time between failure (MTBF) and root cause analysis problem solving techniques to drive continuous improvement. Work in a fast paced, collaborative, and lean manufacturing environment that encourages all employee to identify and permanently eliminate waste through effective use of the Novolex Business System.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent required.
3+ years of maintenance experience working with industrial production and/or support equipment such as electromechanical drive trains, compressed air, hydraulics, vacuum, and process water systems is required.
Demonstrated proficiency working with MS Office applications (Excel, Outlook, Word) is required.
Strong written and verbal communications skills with all levels of the organization including contractors and vendors is required.
Proactive and self-motivated with a demonstrated ability to schedule, manage, and complete multiple work assignments and projects concurrently with minimal supervision.
Must be able to acquire and maintain a lift truck license within 60 days of hire/promotion.
Able to safely lift up to 50 pounds.
Able to safely work in a moderately conditioned, industrial process manufacturing environment
Must be able to frequently climb 10-40 steps and occasionally climb 5-10 ladder rungs.
Able to work in differing temperatures

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated experience working with a CMMS such as Maintenance Connection, MP2, Maximo, etc. is preferred.
Demonstrated experience working with an SAP is preferred.
Demonstrated proficiency reading/interpreting mechanical drawings is preferred.

Responsibilities

Complies with Novolexes safety and environmental policies, programs, and procedures.
Ownership of CMMS asset hierarchy and preventive maintenance requirements.
Daily ownership of CMMS work order flow, scheduling, and documentation.
Interact with all CMMS work requesters as required to clarify work order scope to help ensure proper and timely work order completion.
Work closely with plant engineering, maintenance, production, scheduling, and contractors as required to plan, schedule, and execute all maintenance work, except shift/emergency repairs, in order to maximize equipment reliability and minimize cost/waste.
Work closely with the storeroom to organize planned work order packages into parts kits prior to the work order’s scheduled completion date.
Accurately estimate times and costs of maintenance work, except shift/emergency repairs, to include labor and parts/materials costs.
Assist in the CMMS planning and execution of capital projects and equipment upgrades.
Run a weekly CMMS planned maintenance scheduling meeting to include plant engineering, maintenance, and production resources as required to ensure efficacy.
Utilize mean time between failure (MTBF) and root cause analysis problem solving techniques to drive continuous improvement.
Work in a fast paced, collaborative, and lean manufacturing environment that encourages all employee to identify and permanently eliminate waste through effective use of the Novolex Business System.