Manufacturing Plant Maintenance Planner Admin Support

Kroger • Denver, CO

5d

About The Position

Assist in optimizing workforce productivity and work quality by eliminating potential delays and obstacles through proper planning and coordination of manpower, parts, and materials. Perform all jobs safely, efficiently, and accurately to maintain and improve plant performance in Safety, Quality, Reliability (SQR), and the Customer 1st strategy. Provide leadership that embodies the Kroger Manufacturing High Performance Work System principles and demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

The role supports maintenance planning and scheduling, work-order records and backlog management, work estimates, and coordination with teams to ensure equipment availability. It also supports food safety and quality programs, including the development, implementation, maintenance, and ongoing improvement of SQF Systems.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Ability to learn a computer maintenance management system.
• Basic administrative and math skills.
• Effective planning and organizational skills.
• Functional knowledge and use of Microsoft Office.

Nice To Haves

• Technical school background or two years of work experience in maintenance.
• Working knowledge of a computer maintenance management system.
• Overall knowledge of manufacturing operations, procedures, and equipment.
• Previous maintenance supervision experience.

Responsibilities

• Use computer tracking software and systems to assist in planning and scheduling maintenance work, maintain appropriate records and files, and report completed-work results.
• Maintain standard work orders for recurring repairs.
• Follow weekly preventative-maintenance and planned-work schedules, balancing scheduled work against available hours and ensuring personnel are fully utilized.
• Communicate with appropriate teams to ensure equipment availability before scheduling work.
• Maintain a ready package of schedulable work orders requiring equipment shutdown so work can be performed during an unscheduled shutdown.
• Review work requests and work orders to ensure scope is clearly defined, and identify and obtain materials and special tools.
• Estimate labor, material, and total costs for each work order.
• Follow up to ensure completed schedules and work orders are returned on time; review completed schedules and capture appropriate comments in the database.
• Manage the work-order backlog, including work orders awaiting scheduling and ready/non-ready work orders.
• Review actual labor and materials used on completed jobs against estimates to identify corrective measures that improve estimating accuracy and work methods.
• Follow established programs, policies, and practices to produce safe, quality foods that meet regulatory and company requirements.
• Support development, implementation, maintenance, and ongoing improvement of SQF Systems.
• Be accountable to Kroger Manufacturing Food Safety and Quality Principles.
• Work around ingredients and/or finished products known to contain food allergens.
• Perform the essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED