Maintenance Planner

Lotte Chemical USA Corporation•Westlake, LA

About The Position

This position develops, plans and maintains workflow processes, data management systems, performance measurement programs, and reporting systems for the Reliability and Maintenance department.

Requirements

Minimum of 10+ years of experience in maintenance and/or reliability in refinery or petrochemical facility
Knowledge of petrochemical SAP, Microsoft program experience is preferred.
Experience with preventive maintenance programs in industrial environment
Proven accuracy skills; knowledge of drafting preferred
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, proportions, and other basic math processes
Proven skills in data collection and problem solving
Positive attitude; change agent; team oriented
Experience working in dynamic manufacturing environment
Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and follow through on assignments
Good computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite; ability to use database systems and other programs and applications used by this position and at Company
Fluent in English language including reading, writing and speaking; ability to read and write at a minimum of high school level; ability to clearly communicate to all levels in organization
High School Diploma or equivalent required

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering preferred
Maintenance Planning certifications preferred

Responsibilities

Defines, designs, develops, monitors, and refines Company standards and systems to improve reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, and facilities
Uses MPI techniques to improve overall efficiency
Plans installation, maintenance and repair of machines, tools, equipment, and utility systems
Provides a safe operating environment
Establishes scope of reliability and maintenance work needed on plant and equipment; collaborates with Reliability Engineers and Maintenance Supervisor regularly
Prepares work packages for planned maintenance activities, including repetitive maintenance needs
Orders, receives and supervises required material to assist maintenance activities
Establishes, maintains and improves reliability and maintenance workflow processes; collaborates with Reliability Engineers, Maintenance Management, Operations, EHS, etc.
Maximizes operating profit by improving equipment reliability; returns equipment to design capability in an efficient manner using solid maintenance planning techniques
Develops and maintains Maintenance Procedures related to reliability management
Manages maintenance data collection; provides maintenance service and improves future work processes
Develops and maintains Reliability document management system
Receives work orders; plans work processes; procures required material and assistance to complete maintenance activities
Coordinates daily and weekly planning meetings as required
Provides assistance to engineering for spare part preparation and PM activities
Interfaces daily with production and maintenance personnel; reviews requested work orders; provides input to definition, accuracy and priority
Works closely with Procurement and Warehouse personnel to ensure proper stocking of parts and preparation for outages, turnarounds, etc.
Collects drawings, manuals and other documents to assist with maintenance repairs and modifications as needed
Generates reports for use in properly scheduling resources; ensures timely work execution
Understands equipment life-cycles; pre-evaluates need for replacement parts; places parts orders
Handles on-call work as required
Abides by all safety procedures and practices applicable to location and position; participates in appropriate safety training; demonstrates commitment to and support of EHSS principles and values; champions safety
Performs other duties assigned by management that generally fall within the expected scope of this position