Ardent Services, LLC Job Template - Maintenance Planner

Ardent Services, LLC•Baton Rouge, LA

About The Position

Ardent Services Maintenance Planner reviews specifications, proposals, and other documentation to prepare time, cost, and labor estimates, planning/preparing bids, selecting vendors or subcontractors for daily maintenance activities. This position plans and schedules workflow for each department, operations, and subcontractors to meet scheduled deadlines. Maintenance Planners possess solid knowledge of, and experience with, planning and tracking software such as Microsoft Project, Primavera, Excel and others. On small sites the planner role may also include scheduling and estimating activities. #ardent #CB1 #LI-RD1

Requirements

TWIC REQUIRED

Responsibilities

Effectively plan what is to be achieved and involve all relevant staff members.
Anticipate important or critical events, identifying resource requirements and assigning responsibility for specific work, including deadlines and performance expectations
Demonstrate the use of information-gathering techniques, analyzing situation and identifying implications in order to make correct decisions.
Ensure that staff is aware they will be accountable for achieving the desired results through planned program evaluation and individual performance appraisal.
Ensure that staff is provided with the necessary tools to succeed.
Determine the need for material and capacity to address expected requirements, execute the resulting plans, and update planning and financial information to reflect the results.
Plan the management function by defining goals and the tasks and resources needed to attain those goals.
Plan a timetable of events and decide when and where certain events will occur.
Control and check errors, taking any corrective action so that deviations from standards are minimized and stated goals of the organization are achieved in a desired manner.
Effectively communicate the operational perspective in cross-functional meetings.
Possess a full understanding of modern planning concepts and practices.
Understand the discipline of planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives.
Be capable of defining an effective project plan.
Define the project resources such as money, people, materials, and space, and the milestones and specific outcomes.
Coordinate information with other functional staff.
Establish reporting to determine labor and productivity performance statistics.