
Maintenance Planner - OW - Day Shift
- Oakwood, GA
- Permanent
- Full-time
Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, the Maintenance Planner/Scheduler devises plans and programs for routine preventative maintenance and scheduled turnaround events for the plant. Additionally, the Maintenance Planner will work cohesively with a production manager and continuous improvement engineer to improve metrics on a given line. This individual will be organized, self-directed, and a self-starter. Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively interface across multiple levels of the organization are a must.ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Understand the scope of work to put together a job plan, estimate labor hours, tools, and resources needed to complete work orders/PM’s.
- Prepare preventative maintenance plans and schedules that are in sync with the organization’s maintenance goals.
- Act as the primary liaison between maintenance, operations, and continuous improvement.
- Conduct regular inspections of equipment to ensure an effective preventative maintenance system.
- Identify opportunities to improve maintenance and line efficiency and implement best practices in line with lean manufacturing principles.
- Facilitates and coordinates root-cause analysis of equipment failures and ensures corrective actions are implemented.
- Engage with internal and external expertise to improve reliability processes, including criticality analysis, Predictive Maintenance (PdM) technologies, condition-based monitoring, preventive maintenance optimization, and critical spares.
- Coordinate planned downtimes to reduce mean time between failures and minimize interference with production schedules.
- Uses the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) for tracking and planning maintenance.
- Establish and track key performance indicators (KPI).
- Provide immediate insights into potential labor shortages (or excesses).
- Maintain an optimal stock of spare parts and materials.
- Responsible for maintaining and reducing work order backlog on lines.
- Build and maintain professional working relationships with all vendors and contractors, including coordinating onsite visits.
- Perform other duties as required which are reasonably within scope of this role
- Required – High school diploma, or GED equivalent
- Preferred – Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent relevant work experience
- Required – Knowledge in reliability center maintenance, failure modes and effects analysis, PM optimization and root cause analysis.
- Required – 5+ Maintenance Reliability experience in a manufacturing/industrial environment
- Required – Experience with CMMS program in inventory control environment
- Required – Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with a sense of urgency to restore services for our customers
- Required – Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals written in English
- Required – Ability to write routine quality assurance reports and correspondence in English
- Required – Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide all units of measurement using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
- Required – Proficiency with all MS Office Applications (Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint, etc.)
- Preferred – Experience in food manufacturing environment
- Preferred – English/Spanish bilingual
- Working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and compressed air systems
- Working knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s) and Safe Quality Foods (SQF)
- Working knowledge of Autonomous Maintenance and Total Productive Maintenance
- Strong verbal and written communication skills – ability to communicate effectively at all levels of an organization
- Certification in maintenance management or planning such as CMRP or CPIM is a plus