Maintenance Planner

Description

Key Responsibilities

• Review maintenance work requests/orders for accuracy, clarity, resources and materials needed. 
• Obtain and organize all information required for the work being performed (i.e. drawings, vendor manuals, special procedures, etc.). 
• Create, modify, release, monitor and prioritize maintenance orders in the maintenance management system daily, addressing issues promptly to avoid unnecessary delays. 
• Prepare requisitions to ensure materials, parts, labor and other expenses are allocated to the appropriate work order. 
• Use critical planning methods to coordinate and optimize workflows. 
• Establish and maintain advance work planning for capital improvement and job order contract projects. 

• Maintain and monitor a weekly schedule for all work orders to meet safety, production, and efficiency concerns and adjust timelines as priorities change. 
• Verifies all material, information, tools, and labor are available prior to scheduling. 
• Prepare and present comprehensive reports tracking work order status, project timeline updates, spend to budget, and recommendations for changes as needed. 
• Analyze supply needs to reduce excess inventory and material shortfalls. 

• Collaborate with Maintenance and Warehouse teams to control spare part usage to maximize inventory control through regular turnover and reduce maintenance costs. 
• Coordinate maintenance needs with operational leaders to minimize downtime. 
• Assists in the development, evaluation, and implementation of detailed standard operating and preventative maintenance procedures. 
• Communicate and coordinate inter/intra plant inventory and material transfers as necessary. 
• Assist with review of requests for proposal, contracts for maintenance, and similar documents for accuracy, cost analysis, approach, requirements, and recommend appropriate action. 
• Demonstrate and champion superior customer service, integrity, and commitment to innovation, efficiency, and fiscally responsible activity. 

What you bring to Pacific Seafood

• High School Diploma or GED 
• Minimum 3 years of skilled trade experience in electrical, building maintenance, refrigeration, or production operations 
• Proficiency using MS Office and computerized maintenance management systems 
• Previous experience in planning and scheduling in a production / maintenance environment 
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze complex issues, identify root causes, and implement effective solutions.  
• Effective communication skills with the ability to collaborate and build relationships with cross-functional teams, suppliers, and contractors.  
• Knowledge of safety regulations and environmental standards related to maintenance activities.  

• Previous work experience in a large-scale food production environment 
• Experience directing a team of technicians in preventative maintenance, repair, operations, and safety. 

• Sedentary work, walking and standing are required only occasionally. 
• Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.   
• Fingering. Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling. 
• Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. 
• Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound. 
• Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading. 
• Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. 
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds

Benefits

• Health insurance benefits options, including medical, prescription, vision, dental, basic group life and short-term disability. 
• Flexible spending accounts for health flex and dependent care expenses. 
• 401(k) Retirement Plan options with generous annual company profit sharing match. 
• Paid time off for all regular FT team members, to include paid sick, vacation, holiday, and personal time. 
• Employee Assistance Program- Confidential professional counseling, financial, and legal assistance provided at no charge to Team Members and immediate family members 
• Product purchase program.