Maintenance Planner

Newell Brands•Winchester, VA

About The Position

The role of the Maintenance Planner is to improve work force productivity and work quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through planning and coordination of labor, parts and material, and equipment access. This position will primarily utilize the Micromain CMMS system to manage all equipment and tooling work orders for planned and unplanned maintenance and ensure adherence to the overall Phased Maintenance Deployment and PEAK workflow processes. Additional responsibilities include managing databases for metrics, personnel, training, standard operating procedures and improvement methodologies for the technical department.

Requirements

Must be fluent in reading, writing and speaking English.
MS Office skills including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access databases
Basic understanding of financial measurements
Able to work with minimum supervision in a team environment
High energy, self-motivated, enthusiastic, well organized and detail oriented
Ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with all departments
Capable of professionally dealing with changing priorities and requirements.
Ability to maintain accurate data and records
Strong multi-tasking competency
Able to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
Ability to perform under pressure to meet schedule compliance and deadlines
Ability to read and interpret work orders, operating manuals and maintenance instructions.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience managing work orders in a CMMS is highly desirable
Basic understanding of equipment maintenance plans and schedules for emergency, preventative, predictive, routine and warranty activity
Excellent communication skills to support office and factory associates
Good presentation skills to effectively communicate ideas

Responsibilities

Generate, issue, track, and close work orders in the Micromain CMMS system
Ensure all work recorded on the Daily Maintenance Sheets are accurately entered into CMMS system
Ensure all planned & unplanned Work Order labor is correlated to the correct asset in the CMMS system
Establishes PM’s based on OEM recommendation and equipment history
Obtains quotes and orders non-stock materials for planned work and assists with obtaining materials for breakdowns
Collaborate with the maintenance supervisor, leads and technicians on a daily basis
Run the CMMS task scheduler to generate new PM Work Orders
Trains others on MicroMain
Work with the maintenance team to create and manage the PM calendar
Maintain and track the asset management system by creating new assets and de-activating old assets
Ensure all new assets setup with PM schedules
Understand how to generate RFQ requisitions for purchase orders when required
Schedules contractor(s) for equipment repairs/rebuild work
Reviews work order requests and visits job sites to determine job feasibility & requirements
Maintain any/all critical machine data and specifications
Run reports and track KPIs as required
Performs other duties as required