MFG PLANT MAINTENANCE PLANNER/SCHEDULER (HOURLY)
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 work 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 uses computer tracking software and systems to plan and schedule maintenance work, maintain records and files, and report completed work. It supports preventive maintenance and planned work, coordinates equipment availability, manages work-order backlogs and ready-to-schedule work, defines work scope, identifies materials and special tools, estimates costs, and reviews completed schedules and actual labor and material use to improve estimates and work methods. The position also follows established programs, policies, and practices to produce safe, quality foods that meet regulatory and company requirements; supports development, implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of SQF Systems; and is accountable to Kroger Manufacturing Food Safety and Quality Principles. The employee must be able to work around ingredients or finished products known to contain food allergens and perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- 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.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
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 with planning and scheduling maintenance work, maintaining records and files, and reporting completed work.
- Maintain standard work orders for recurring repairs.
- Follow a weekly schedule for preventive maintenance and planned work, balancing scheduled hours with available hours and fully utilizing personnel.
- Communicate with appropriate teams to ensure equipment is available before scheduling work.
- Maintain a ready package of schedulable work orders requiring equipment shutdown for use during an unscheduled shutdown.
- Review work requests and work orders to ensure the scope is clearly defined; 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 schedules and record appropriate comments in the database.
- Manage the work-order backlog, including ready and non-ready work orders awaiting scheduling.
- Compare actual labor and materials with estimates for completed jobs and determine corrective measures to improve estimating accuracy and work methods.
- Follow established programs, policies, and practices to produce safe, quality foods that meet regulatory and company requirements.
- Support the development, implementation, maintenance, and ongoing improvement of SQF Systems.
- Remain 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
