Maintenance Planner
About The Position
The Maintenance Planner plans and schedules the plant’s maintenance program. The role develops detailed equipment bills of materials and maintenance routines for wear components, and enters them into the CMMS. It determines appropriate spare-parts stock, organizes the storeroom, configures automatic reordering, and orders and receives parts as needed. The planner generates daily work orders and work packages, supports their execution, manages maintenance KPIs, and leads planning for major outages. The role also involves learning how equipment operates to identify and plan improvements. The Maintenance Planner works closely with the Maintenance Manager to ensure parts, special tools, and equipment are ready for planned work; coordinates regular overhaul maintenance periods with the Production Leader; and works with craft employees to ensure work-package details are understood. The position is based in a manufacturing environment near fast-moving, heavy automated equipment, in a high-temperature, high-humidity area. A background check and drug screen are required before employment.
Requirements
- Previous experience using a CMMS, or a related background in planning and scheduling work.
- High standards of housekeeping and organization.
- A hands-on approach, including willingness to work on the floor gathering information and troubleshooting issues.
- Medium-level technical and analytical skills.
- Ability to perform simple math calculations.
- Ability to immediately understand and respond to verbal safety commands, audio alarms, and written hazard alerts in English in a manufacturing setting.
- English proficiency sufficient to accurately read, interpret, and follow equipment lockout/tagout (LOTO) protocols and machine operation manuals.
- Sufficient English verbal skills to promptly and clearly report machine malfunctions, near misses, or unsafe floor conditions to supervisors and team members.
- Clear, real-time communication and strict adherence to English-language safety signage in the vicinity of fast-moving, heavy automated equipment.
- Pass a pre-employment background check and drug screen.
Responsibilities
- Plan and schedule the plant maintenance program.
- Develop detailed equipment bills of materials and enter them into the CMMS.
- Develop maintenance routines for equipment wear components, one machine at a time, and enter them into the CMMS.
- Determine spare-parts stocking requirements and organize the storeroom.
- Set up automatic reordering in the CMMS and order and receive parts as needed.
- Generate daily work orders and work packages, and assist the team with their execution.
- Manage maintenance-function KPIs.
- Lead planning for major outages.
- Learn equipment operations to plan improvements.
- Coordinate with the Maintenance Manager to ensure parts, special tools, and equipment are ready for planned work.
- Work with the Production Leader to plan and schedule regular overhaul maintenance periods.
- Work with craft employees to ensure work-package details are understood.
Benefits
- Employee referral bonus program.
- Two weeks of paid time off plus two floating holidays.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with FSA and HSA options.
- Educational assistance.
- Life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage.
- 401(k) with employer match and immediate vesting.
- Employee heating pellet program.
- Lignetics SWAG gear, including an annual pair of work boots and other PPE.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
