Maintenance Planner Scheduler

Pay Range: $49.76hr - $54.76hr

Job Overview:

The organization is seeking a Maintenance Planner Scheduler (MPS) to support a team of multi-skilled technicians in a manufacturing facility. The Maintenance Planner Scheduler (MPS) is responsible for the effective execution of all maintenance work controls processes. The primary role is to improve work force productivity and work quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through planning and coordination of labor, parts and material, tools and equipment, required permits, specialized documentation and equipment access. This position is empowered to manage work priority, develop job plans, define parts and materials, define crafts and skills, and engage the proper resources to develop a safe, effective and efficient work control plan. The Maintenance Planner Scheduler (MPS) coordinates with the operations and maintenance management team in developing the scheduled maintenance activities and processes; pre-evaluates the need for replacement parts and places orders; and anticipates interruptions in plan and develops backup plans to minimize the impact on the facility's overall functionality or production schedule.

Responsibilities:

The candidate upholds safety, health, and environmental procedures; communicates directly; and supports the EHS policies to ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA and site-specific rules and regulations at all times. The candidate acts as the principal liaison between the maintenance department and operation planning. The successful candidate maximizes resources by identifying parts, materials, special tools, external services, rentals and documentation by establishing, maintaining and improving the maintenance planning and scheduling flow and process tasks.

The candidate receives and reviews all planned work orders from the requesting departments. The candidate reviews and screens each work order to verify proper completion with all required information. The candidate examines planned work orders and determines scope and best practices to accomplish work. The candidate identifies work requiring engineering and design and reviews with proper entities. The candidate escalates issues to the Reliability Manager for work that requires special tools, personnel or special approvals.

The candidate develops full scope and extent of work required, including cost and time required, to conduct the relevant repair, preventive, predictive, and improvement maintenance activities of the plant equipment, buildings and grounds. The candidate prepares job plans for scheduling, detailing parts, materials, special tools and external services and documentation with planned costs. Job plans include the sequencing of associated tasks. The candidate performs root cause analysis for continuous improvement.

The candidate initiates and implements best practices with emphasis on planning/scheduling the preventive and predictive work. The candidate analyzes unplanned work orders and occurrences for incorporation into corrective and preventive actions. The candidate ensures that all maintenance personnel understand the work instructions using a procedures-based maintenance strategy and best practices for all maintenance tasks. The candidate ensures maintenance personnel update and close each work order when completed. The candidate prepares reports, collects and analyzes data, and makes recommendations for improving plant operations and solving maintenance related and operation related problems.

The candidate maximizes equipment reliability and availability through effective use of planned maintenance to quickly return equipment to design capacity, and develops effective and applicable procedures to ensure defect free quality maintenance work. The candidate develops maintenance work schedules for affected areas including PM, PDM and SWO. The candidate develops and adheres to prioritization of work tasks. The candidate performs post job reviews to ensure actual work performed and post repair operation is satisfactory. The candidate identifies and changes scope of PM or PDM (based on activity results) and SWO.

The candidate maintains the CMMS while managing and tracking work orders, backlog, and spare parts and creates a machine history of plant equipment and reallocates resources as required. The candidate coordinates with the Site Maintenance Manager and Operations to schedule workforce and resources for workforce and cost optimization. The candidate develops a system of planned job packages for recurring tasks. The candidate identifies and secures and preplaces all parts and material required to complete the work by providing stores a Bill of material for the work orders and kits for maximum efficiency.

The candidate creates a critical spares list and procures or identifies sources for procurement to reduce lead times. The candidate manages backlog. The candidate continuously improves and changes the job estimate, planning and scheduling process by utilizing feedback from the maintenance team. The candidate maintains accurate metrics on the performance of planning and scheduling functions and provides information for continuous improvement.

The candidate demonstrates a strong understanding of skilled crafts such as Cranes, HVAC, Mechanics, Electrics, Pneumatics, Hydraulics, Plumbing, and Pipe Fitting. Position goals and performance metrics include schedule compliance, planning compliance, reduction of Service Work Orders, improvement in Mean Time Between Failure, and timely reporting.

Minimum Requirements:

The candidate should possess a Bachelor's degree in facility management, business administration, engineering, or a related technical field with no work experience; OR an Associate's degree in facility management, business administration, engineering, or a related technical field plus 4+ years of experience in industrial facilities or production maintenance related work; OR 8+ years of experience in industrial facilities or production maintenance related work with no college education.

Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test. This position will require the ability to obtain a security access badge at the facility. This position may require various shifts, weekends, and alternative work schedules.

• Proficiency in a CMMS, such as Maximo, SAP, or an equivalent program.
• Preventive and/or Predictive maintenance planning experience.
• Ability to coordinate parts and assign the appropriate skilled labor to ensure successful completion.
• Ability to write processes and procedures related to facility maintenance work.
• Practical experience with continuous improvement techniques such as Lean Manufacturing, Total Productive Maintenance, Six Sigma, 5S, or Client Production Systems.
• Demonstrated understanding of an effective safety culture.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.
• Demonstrated skills in organization and time management.
• Broad understanding of business issues, key performance metrics, organizational structure and customer value.