Maintenance Planner

Darling Ingredients•Bastrop, TX

About The Position

Darling Ingredients repurposes and recycles materials from the animal agriculture and food industries - transforming them into essential ingredients that do everything from feeding animals to fertilizing crops to fueling planes and nourishing people. We're the number one publicly traded company of our kind, operating a global family of brands and businesses that span more than 260 facilities in over 15 countries. Our unique scale allows us to make entire industries less wasteful and more sustainable, helping move the world toward a more circular economy. Darling Ingredients offers full time employees a full suite of benefits including but not limited to the following: 401(k), Health, Dental and Vision Insurance, and Paid Time Off. Job Summary The Maintenance Planner expedites the flow of work and materials within the maintenance department according to work orders and the production schedule. Their duties include reviewing and distribution of work orders, and PM schedules; conferring with department supervisors to determine progress of work and completion dates; and compiling reports on progress of work, inventory levels, costs, and maintenance problems.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent required.
Minimum of 2 + years in a production or maintenance environment.
Able to speak, read, and write English.
Ability to fax, copy and scan documents.

Nice To Haves

Strong organizational and communication skills and problem solving.
Ability to multitask, set priorities and meet deadlines.
Demonstrates time management skills.
Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office Programs.
Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Examine documents, materials, and products, and monitor work processes, in order to assess completeness, accuracy, and conformance to standards and specifications.
Review documents such as production schedules, work orders, and staffing tables to determine personnel and materials requirements, and material priorities.
Confer with department supervisors and other personnel to assess progress and discuss needed changes.
Revise production schedules when required due to design changes, labor or material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions, collaboration with management, production, maintenance and logistics.
Confer with established personnel, venders, and customers to coordinate maintenance activities, and resolve complaints or eliminate delays.
Record maintenance data, including work orders, spare parts used, and missed deadlines.
Requisitions and maintains inventories of materials and supplies necessary to meet maintenance demands.
Calculates figures such as required amounts of labor and materials, manufacturing costs, and wages, using pricing schedules, adding machines, calculators or computers.
Distribute maintenance schedules and work orders to departments.
Compiles information, such as work order rates and progress, materials inventories, materials used, and customer information, so that status reports can be completed.
All other duties as assigned by management