Maintenance Planner 1st shift

Summary: Maintenance Planner is responsible for building reliability into maintenance work with a focus on improving equipment reliability and maintenance effectiveness.   Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.   Establish, maintain and improve the Maintenance Planning and Scheduling business flow process Scope the full extent of maintenance work needed to conduct the relevant repair, prevention, predictive and design activities on the organization’s plant and equipment Develop cost and time estimates of planned maintenance work Purchase all necessary parts, equipment, services and documentation to perform the maintenance work Write applicable maintenance procedures that promote defect-free maintenance work quality Responsible for up-keep and accuracy of equipment maintenance history and job records data base Responsible for up-keep and accuracy of technical information on processes and equipment Convert the organization’s asset management and maintenance strategy into workplace activities Able to identify root cause in failure of analysis, leadership and investigations Apply best practices and procedures to ensure parts and equipment retain full reliability while stored. Schedule maintenance work into production plan Ensure key performance indicators are captured and reported for equipment reliability, maintenance department performance and planning and schedule business flow process Continually improving planning, scheduling, purchasing, data management, and job reporting systems to increase planning effectiveness and efficiency Collaborate with maintenance supervision to schedule manpower and resources for the most effective production and maintenance outcomes Acts as CMMS administrator assuring accurate equipment history is captured including parts and labor. Maintenance schedules are updated and key performance data is available for analysis.   Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.   Education and/or Experience                                                    High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.   Language Skills                                                 Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.  Ability to write simple correspondence.  Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.   Mathematical Skills                                                      Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.   Reasoning Ability                                              Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.  Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.     Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.   While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to walk. The employee is frequently required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.   Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.   While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; extreme heat; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.