Water Reclamation Planner Scheduler

Salt Lake City Corporation

21h•$32 - $39•Onsite

About The Position

Reporting to the Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) Maintenance Manager, incumbent is responsible for providing planning and scheduling support for all maintenance activities primarily using a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS). The Maintenance Planner Scheduler serves as the liaison between all WRF functional teams, and outside service contractors for determining the timing of maintenance activities and ensuring required resources are identified, estimated, planned, scheduled, and organized prior to maintenance activities for effective and efficient utilization of resources and minimizing equipment downtime. Establishes and maintains effective communication with all WRF functional teams, regarding maintenance needs, schedules, and updates. Integrates contracted maintenance and project schedules with internal facility maintenance and project schedules. The Maintenance Planner Scheduler is expected to monitor the technical performance of the CMMS work order system and ensure standard practices are followed. Maintain records and files essential to maintenance management and ensure applicable asset and work order data is accurately recorded, stored, and maintained. Assist in providing CMMS technical assistance and training to support effective and efficient use of the CMMS and ensure CMMS procedures are understood and followed consistently throughout the WRF functional teams.

Requirements

High school diploma plus four years related experience including duties performed in an industrial process environment.
Up to two years of post-high school education in business administration, information technology, or related field may be substituted for experience on a year-for-year basis.
Knowledge and understanding of standards, practices, materials, and methods used in industrial processes and facility asset management.
Working knowledge of maintenance management, maintenance trades and scheduling of maintenance tasks.
Working knowledge of work order processes as well as purchasing, time keeping, and warehousing and their relationship to the maintenance function.
Working knowledge and skill in using computer hardware and software (particularly database management).
Working knowledge of computer systems for processing, storing analyzing and communicating data to develop reporting systems.
Ability to generate customized asset performance and cost data reports, trend and interpret trended data.
Skill and experience in problem solving to select, analyze and logically process relevant information (verbal, numerical, or abstract) to solve a problem. This includes the ability to recognize problems and identify relevant information to analyze productivity and cost data, recommend new policies and procedures to increase productivity while controlling costs, and help solve, minimize or avoid maintenance system problems that can arise.
Skill in oral communication to plan, assign and review work, conduct liaison, and otherwise communicate and interact successfully with personal contacts.
Ability to relate well with management, supervisors, staff and vendors.
Ability to coordinate a variety of work requests and schedule completion in optimum time frame.
Possession of a valid driver's license or Utah driving privilege card.

Nice To Haves

Experience with CMMS software such as NexGen or other.
Working knowledge of standards, practices, materials, and methods used in water reclamation maintenance.
Possession of a Grade II or higher Wastewater Treatment Operator's Certification.

Responsibilities

Coordinates maintenance needs with operational functions by prioritizing work through a defined protocol of process criticality and equipment redundancy to minimize downtime.
Participates in contingency planning for emergency situations.
Manages work through a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
Reviews, corrects, updates, and confirms all completed work and work order data.
Monitors work order backlog for adherence to industry standards.
Review work request/orders for accuracy and clarity.
Maintain and monitor a weekly schedule for all craft.
Balance scheduled work with labor availability and verify the appropriate resource availability to set preliminary priorities.
Estimates and defines requirements for labor, materials, tools, equipment, and skill set for all work, including complex projects such as process shutdowns, equipment replacement, facility improvements, etc.
Obtains and organizes all information required for the work task being performed. (I.e., drawings, manuals, supplement materials, special tools or procedures, diagrams etc.).
Uses critical path planning methods to coordinate and optimize workflow.
Assist with review of requests for proposals, maintenance contracts, and similar documents for accuracy, approach, requirements, and recommends appropriate action.
Works with warehouse staff to monitor spare part inventory levels and usage to maximize inventory control through regular turnover, without using critical spare parts for routine maintenance.
Monitors CMMS to ensure material, parts, labor, and other charges are allocated to the appropriate work order and asset.
Coordinates with various workgroups, including the CMMS Administrator to assure all equipment is included and accurate in the CMMS and work is scheduled according to the manufacture recommendations.
Performs other duties as assigned.