Maintenance Planner (Production) - 1st Shift - Altavista, VA Plant

Abbott • Altavista, VA

7d • $25 - $49 • Onsite

About The Position

This position works out of our Altavista, VA location in the Abbott Nutrition division. Our Nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives. Altavista, Va., is one of Abbott’s largest nutrition manufacturing plants equipped with advanced technology to ensure efficient production. Working here will make you feel like you’re part of a family that works together to make a difference and help nourish millions of families around the world.

Requirements

• Associates degree in Technical Field; trade school coursework/experience or equivalent education or equivalent experience
• Must be able to understand and use both simple and complex instructions, read and write both simple and complex directions, understand routine and complex machine operation and read and operate gauges and instruments.
• Must possess good mathematical skills and possess a good understanding of technical level thinking in field of planning (i.e. electrical, mechanical, facilities).
• Good interpersonal skills, customer service orientation and feedback are important to this position.

Responsibilities

• Implement, monitor, and maintain the effectiveness of the documentation within the Plant work order maintenance systems, such as: Calibrations, Preventive Maintenance, Predictive Maintenance, and Maintenance demand work orders.
• Conduct field checks on work orders before planning sequence of operations, materials priorities, equipment, and trades times to complete the job.
• Estimate time for work orders.
• Prepare schematics or rough sketches, material lists, and specific tools necessary for safety precautions and work to complete the documentation cycle for completions.
• Develop maintenance labor standards for various maintenance tasks.
• Requisition and order repair parts from vendors of non-stock parts or working with the stock room on key stock parts in low reserve.
• Coordinate delivery with the vendor through the most expeditious route to receive the spare parts and to support the efforts to proper store within the Plant.
• Monitor, update, and maintain all spare parts between the Maintenance Department and the Stock Room.
• Monitor, update, and maintain all existing Plant maintenance systems, such as Preventive Maintenance, and PdM tasks and scheduled work orders.
• Sort, distribute, and review maintenance work orders for all three maintenance shifts to include scheduled and non-scheduled work.
• Timely communicate with the customers on requested work and equipment availability and coordinate with the appropriate shift required work that is to be performed and period available to complete work.
• During weekends, holidays, off shifts, and shutdown, the maintenance planner may be called upon to use planning skills to assist and coordinate work of outside contractors and/or plant technicians in plant projects.
• Perform the duties of a Multi-Craft Technician on emergency jobs or low manpower situations.
• Check completed work to ensure conformance with workmanship, quality, and compliance.
• Act as a secondary, department liaison between maintenance to manufacturing departments, plant engineering, and /or division engineering on parts, plant maintenance involvement, and coordination.
• Assist with maintenance departmental system documentation, updating prints, and (paper/electronic) files (i.e. electrical and mechanical schematics, building structure modifications, etc.) while supporting the Maintenance Department business requirements.
• Monitor and direct outside vendors, engineers, contractors, and all other groups performing work at the Plant to assure proper adherence to plant safety requirements, environmental regulations, GMP policies, and Engineering Standards.
• Accountable for meeting compliance standards including FDA, OSHA and Abbott policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree