Anlst, Maintenance

Smurfit Westrock•Fernandina Beach, FL

11d

About The Position

The Mechanical Maintenance Planner provides for the effective use of personnel, materials, and machine downtime to maintain production equipment availability and performance. The role plans, schedules, coordinates, and reports repair activities, with primary responsibility for planning and preparing corrective, preventive, predictive, and outage work after identification and prioritization through the maintenance workflow process. The planner prepares complete work order packages, scopes contracted work, converts work requests into ready-to-schedule orders, maintains parts lists and Bills of Material, and coordinates weekly schedules and outage plans with operations and maintenance personnel. The role also develops preventive maintenance work orders, supports reliability initiatives and root cause investigations, coordinates contractors and outage activities, tracks planning metrics, and exercises fiscal responsibility in purchasing and repair-versus-replacement decisions. The position adheres to mill safety policies and procedures and supports safety initiatives through active coworker care, safe-work practices, training, reporting, and continuous improvement. The role is located at the Fernandina Beach Mill in Florida. Relocation support is available. Candidates must undergo drug screening after receiving a conditional job offer and before starting employment.

Requirements

Associate’s degree in a technical field and at least 5 years of industrial mechanical maintenance experience; or completion of a recognized mechanical maintenance apprenticeship and at least 5 years of such experience; or at least 8 years of industrial mechanical maintenance experience.
Strong knowledge of rotating equipment, pumps, gearboxes, bearings, conveying systems, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, steam systems, and mechanical power transmission equipment.
Experience working in a unionized environment.
Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), equipment manuals, and technical specifications.
Basic computer skills, including Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the pulp and paper industry.
Knowledge of vibration, lubrication, and condition-monitoring concepts.
Experience with critical spare parts management.
Knowledge of maintenance planning and scheduling methodologies.
Reliability and precision maintenance experience.
Experience with 5S, Lean Manufacturing, and/or Six Sigma.
Experience with Microsoft Project, PI, Oracle, JD Edwards (JDE), and Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).

Responsibilities

Prepare complete work order packages, including scope, specifications, safety information, materials, tools, locations, permits, and labor, time, and cost estimates.
Determine material and resource availability and write purchase requisitions as needed.
Complete scopes of work for contractor bidding.
Follow maintenance workflow processes to convert work requests into ready-to-schedule work orders.
Develop internal coding for materials, parts, and supplies and maintain equipment parts lists and Bills of Material.
Attend or lead weekly planning coordination meetings to develop weekly schedules and outage plans.
Maintain the planning backlog by reviewing work requests and working with Operations and Maintenance leadership on work prioritization.
Assist supervisors and operations coordinators in using the ready-to-schedule backlog to populate weekly schedules and outage work.
Develop and maintain detailed preventive maintenance work orders for mechanical equipment with maintenance supervision.
Support reliability initiatives through failure analysis reviews, recurring issue identification, PM optimization, and maintenance strategy development.
Identify ready-to-schedule work that can be assigned during equipment access opportunities caused by unplanned downtime or emergencies.
Develop outage and field-day work lists and manpower requirements with maintenance supervisors and operations personnel.
Distribute outage work lists two weeks before minor field days and two months before major or annual outages.
Assist in developing outage schedules, identifying critical path work, and integrating supporting tasks into outage timelines.
Coordinate outage and field-day activities through schedule management, resource tracking, contractor coordination, and work package support.
Ensure contractors understand scopes of work, job conditions, safety requirements, and work locations for accurate bids.
Track and improve planning metrics, including schedule compliance, wrench time, planned-versus-unplanned work ratio, backlog age, and work order quality.
Participate in Root Cause Failure Analysis investigations and develop corrective maintenance work plans based on identified actions.
Work with Purchasing to secure quality services at competitive prices, return unused materials, and evaluate repairable items for repair versus replacement.
Adhere to mill safety policies and procedures and participate in or lead safety initiatives, meetings, and programs.
Support mill safety programs by following safe operating procedures, participating in safety meetings and training, reporting near misses, unsafe conditions, and injuries, and suggesting process improvements.