RTS Maintenance Planner

Riviana Foods•Memphis, TN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The SAP Maintenance Planner plans and executes the plant maintenance activities to effectively balance operating reliability against maintenance costs while meeting plant goals for safety, productivity, and customer satisfaction. The Maintenance Planner provides the daily planning, scheduling, parts procuring, manpower assignments and record keeping for all maintenance activities while maintaining records on work orders, work order costs, and preventive maintenance programs to assist the RTS Plant and provide maintenance information, graphs and charts as directed.

Requirements

High school diploma combined with equivalent related experience
3-5 years maintenance experience with a Technical or Management Degree or 3 years in a similar position
3-5 years of experience in Maintenance Planning using SAP in food processing environment.
Knowledge of SAP system as it pertains to maintenance and operations
Knowledge of Rice Manufacturing operations, processes, and customer base
Strong written and verbal skills
Strong communication skills across functional lines, at all levels, and in presentations and conducting meetings
Ability to manage and lead in a manufacturing environment
Ability to perform effectively in high stress, emergency, and crisis situations
Ability to plan, organize, and excellent time management skills
Ability to set priorities and execute multiple assignments in a timely manner
Ability to solve problems through creative, innovative solutions
Ability to build consensus and foster positive relationships
Ability to learn and apply Riviana GMP’s, Quality and Safety standards
Focuses on meeting or exceeding goals. Achieves superior performance by setting clear goals and expectations, tracking progress against goals, ensuring feedback, and addressing performance problems and issues promptly
Works cooperatively with others as a team to achieve goals. Enables other groups to work as a cohesive team
Initiates, supports, and implements changes that lead to continual improvement of performance
Clearly conveys information, on time, to those who need it, so that the audience understands and retains it. Actively listens to ensure own understanding
Ensures work and information are complete, accurate, and meet all specified standards
Demonstrates concern that one be perceived as responsible, reliable, and trustworthy
Identifies what needs to be done and does it before being asked or required to
Gains others’ support for ideas, implementing solutions, and achieving goals
Uses a logical, systematic approach to resolve problems
Plans, makes decisions, and takes actions that support a long-range goal or vision that supports the company’s competitive position
Decisions and actions align with the company’s profit strategy

Responsibilities

Manage the maintenance work order process including work request approval, prioritization, personnel time effectiveness, cost effectiveness, recording labor charges, preventive maintenance, and work order completion.
Aid the Maintenance Manager in monitoring equipment spare parts and ensure data is accurate and complete.
Assist in providing reports for work history, costs, etc.
Prepare work outline and schedules for both daily and shut down work activities.
Develop and maintain daily, weekly, monthly, and shutdown maintenance schedules.
Develop and implement preventive and predictive maintenance programs within SAP to achieve reliability and cost targets.
Coordinate unit maintenance activities with operations by participating in planning meetings to ensure open communication while supporting plant production goals.
Assist with purchasing duties by bidding work and providing proper documentation on scope of work and bid waivers.
Assist in monitoring maintenance performance measurements such as: Percent Emergency and Schedule Break Work, Percent Scheduled Work Completion, Percent Completed and Compliance for Preventive Maintenance, etc. by updating and maintaining the information within SAP.
Manage equipment spare parts inventory to ensure quality, quantity, and adequacy are being met while meeting plant cost effectiveness goals.
Write requests for changes or updates that need to be done.
Develop lists of parts required for work assignments and confirm as to their availability.
Manage and update SAP data to ensure proper spare parts are listed and history is being kept on equipment.
Use and maintain SAP data base and continuously make changes as it pertains to planning, scheduling, and analyzing maintenance activities.
Prioritize and issue work orders for all maintenance work, keeping maintenance backlog at an appropriate level.
Enter requests for parts and labor on planned and emergency work in SAP.
Originate all necessary permits and SAPs for maintenance audits
Ensure all safety guidelines are outlined for planned maintenance work and preventive maintenance work.
Other duties as assigned.