Purpose of the Job:

The Maintenance Planner is responsible for assisting with the development of reliability based maintenance strategy, based on preventative and predictive maintenance. This individual will work directly with the Maintenance Team Leader to build a reliable and effective CMMS system and maintenance team. The Planner will work independently and with other plant personnel to perform preventative, predictive and routine maintenance tasks.

The Maintenance Planner makes a direct contribution to important plant goals of increasing labor productivity, reducing maintenance costs and improving equipment reliability. This is accomplished by preparing detailed job plans, coordinating key scheduling activities with other departments and ensuring work order data integrity. This person needs a complete understanding of the store room function, inventory management and parts distribution.

The Planner will have the primary authority and responsibility for overseeing the management of store room inventories, activity and ensuring inventory data integrity. This role serves as the central point of contact for all maintenance repair and operations (MRO) materials management system. This position is expected to lead and participate in plant level Continuous Improvement, Lean, Root Cause Analysis and Six Sigma projects when applicable.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities:

· Demonstrate EAM proficiency utilizing the Materials Management and Maintenance modules of the CMMS

· Run inventory cost modules to identify overstock and under stock conditions and adjust stock levels when necessary.

· Generate and analyze key performance indicator reports (i.e. daily stock movement, due-in, past-due, monthly inventory accuracy, mean time between failure ect.)

· Schedule, oversee and create cycle count documents

· Convert work requests to work orders in CMMS/EAM system

· Review and close out completed work orders

· Update equipment history and other pertinent information

· Continuously improve the preventative and predictive maintenance activities by utilizing key performance indicators as well as work order and customer feedback.

· Approving and prioritizing new work order requests. Analyze work order feedback.

· Ensure accuracy of the information on the new work requests before the request is converted to a work order

· Use historical data to estimate labor hours needed to perform the work

· Provide cost estimates to include labor, material and outside services for work orders

· Provide up-to-date work load (backlog) status and ensure the accuracy, so that plant wide priorities and use of manpower resources can be optimized

· Drive high service level in support of planned and scheduled maintenance work

· Work closely with others (Warehouse, Purchasing, Engineering and Vendors) as required in planning and pre-scheduling jobs

· Plan jobs and create required job information packages for scheduled work

· Prepare and communicate job planning packages for scheduled jobs to all involved and affected

· Determine actual sequence of work (i.e. prep work, lock-out, burn and confined space permits required, job steps and necessary follow-up)

· Initiate requisitions as needed for planned jobs

· Prepare a preliminary weekly schedule for the next work week

· Facilitate the weekly scheduling meeting to jointly review/approve the weekly schedule with the Department Managers, Maintenance Manager and Production Planner

· Visit job sites to evaluate effectiveness and efficiency audit

· Communicate with Department Managers on the status of open work orders and provide feedback on completed work orders.

· Demonstrate a working knowledge of company purchasing procedures

· Coordinate and follow-up delivery of special equipment needed from vendors

· Lead the MRO Materials Team

· Exchange common planning information with Planners from other facilities

· Provide support by contacting vendors converting cost and availability of parts

· Arrange support personnel, contractors and equipment as needed for the next week’s scheduled jobs

· Provide information to update drawings, parts lists, job steps when necessary

· Establish and maintain an effective Master Maintenance Schedule for preventative and predictive maintenance activities (PPM)

· Day-today operations and management of all store room functions

· Enforce store room policies and procedures

· Input/update asset information in CMMS/EAM system (i.e. vendor information, price, equipment hierarchy, PO#, store room location and any other information that may not have already been captured)

· Allocate/reserve stock parts for scheduled jobs in CMMS/EAM system

· Manage stock levels needed to support daily manufacturing and maintenance material requirements

· Communicate specific requirements to “reserve”, “stage” and “deliver” materials to coincide with scheduled maintenance work.