Summary:
The Maintenance Planner is responsible for determining how the job will be performed and who will perform which activities through the control of a Maintenance Weekly Work Schedule, including balancing the workload with the available resources. The Maintenance Planner will be a key facilitator for communication between production departments and maintenance personnel.
Duties and Responsibilities:
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Develops, maintains and monitors programs and systems such as Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) and ULTIMO.
- Plans, schedules and coordinates all maintenance activities, both planned and reactive work.
- Develops work plans for maintenance (PM, PdM and Corrective work) with necessary information to allow efficient scheduling, assigning and execution of maintenance work.
- Performs purchasing duties, as required, ensuring adherence to purchasing policies and 24/7 requirements for maintenance.
- Stages materials, as required.
- Evaluates job feedback and makes recommendations to improve future planned work.
- Prioritizes work requests and work orders.
- Calculates planned work, based on open work with priorities, and forecasted available labor hours based on production communication.
- Prepares training course materials and conducts training and demonstrations for users of CMMS concepts, and provides training and work direction to staff.
- Conducts investigations and studies for a variety of maintenance programs and projects pertaining to the facility and infrastructure, and makes recommendations on findings.
- Administers, prepares and coordinates requirements and reviews reports, specifications and documentation related to maintenance activities.
- Assists with budget preparation and tracking of expenditures.
- Prepares drafts of documents, contracts, specifications and agreements for the Supervisors and Managers.
- Programs, operates and maintains a variety of mechanical, digital, analogue, wireless, computerized and other equipment and systems, and provides training to staff in maintenance activities, calculations, diagnostics, repairs, studies, etc.
- Reviews quality assurance data integrity checks and produces reports/corrective actions based on findings.
- Performs and/or monitor tests, analyzes results and makes recommendations.
- Performs and/or reviews research and calculations and analyzes technical data.
- Ability to read and interpret technical drawings.
- Review analytical data and create preventative/predictive plans related to asset reliability in a complex process facility.
- Considerable experience applying maintenance principles, practices, concepts and options, related to maintenance planning, scheduling, coordination and optimization.
Skills & Abilities:
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Ability to effectively communicate
- Highly detail oriented
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Understanding and knowledge of basic mechanics
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Ability to utilize Excel, Word, and Power Point
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Considerable experience applying maintenance principles, practices, concepts and options, related to maintenance planning, scheduling, coordination and optimization.
Physical & Behavioral:
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Frequently is required to sit, stand, walk, talk and hear
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Frequently required to reach above shoulders, climb, work at heights, crouch, stoop or kneel
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Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds usually from floor to waist level, and able to lift 25 pounds repetitively at or above shoulder height
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Ability to work under conditions of high temperature and high humidity for extended periods of time
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Kikkoman expects all employees to behave and communicate in a manner which will facilitate good relations with customers, clients, co-workers and supervisors; maintaining a positive work atmosphere
