Maintenance Planner

• Develop plant shutdown detailed plans and schedules and job packages.
• Coordinate with Maintenance, Production, Stores and Purchasing departments to ensure the required parts for the repair and installation of equipment are available when needed.
• Plan and schedule periodic preventive maintenance inspections, repairs and installation of Plant equipment, buildings, and utilities.
• Maintain records, write job plans and compile reports as required.
• Train employees in the proper use of SAP.
• Maintain preventive maintenance files, data, work orders, equipment history, work schedules and prepare related reports.
• Assist in the development of equipment inspection procedures and routes. 
• Attend daily maintenance schedule meetings.  Keep informed on job priorities and work status changes.
• Notify Maintenance Superintendent of any discrepancies, problems, lack of parts, equipment or supplies that may cause delays in department work assignments.
• Track maintenance costs and assist Maintenance Superintendent with the development and tracking of maintenance budget.
• Provide assistance and back-up to others in the Maintenance department, including supervision of hourly workers.
• Interact with contractors on special projects and daily maintenance projects.  Review contractor timesheets.
• Comply with and enforce all governmental and agency requirements, rules and regulations, company policies and plant work rules.
• Contribute to plant capital projects.
• Maintain backlog of work orders.
• Close out work orders “completed.”
• Create work orders and ensure completeness and accuracy.
• Create stock requests and maintain equipment BOM.
• Participate in the on-call weekend rotation.

• High school diploma or GED.
• Mechanical engineering degree or equivalent years of experience in maintaining industrial equipment preferred.

• Minimum of five years experience in maintenance or planning departments for a large industrial manufacturer. 
• Knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office, i.e., Excel, Word, Outlook, Project, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent planning and coordination skills.
• Mechanical aptitude.
• Effective working with teams and interacting with other departments.
• Effectively provide leadership and direction to workforce.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings and schematics.
• Organizational skills.
• Ability to be proactive, work under pressure, multi-task and shift priorities as needed.
• Knowledge and experience in project management.
• Supervisory experience.
• Experience working with MSHA and OSHA regulations.
• Experience/training in root cause failure analysis.
• Familiarity with purchasing and service contracts.  

Preferred:

• Cement manufacturing experience.
• Experience working in SAP.
• Three years experience creating gantt charts in MS Project.
• Experience/training in 5S workplace organization.