We are one of the world’s leading manufacturers of collagen products for the food industry. We supply high quality edible films and coatings to over 1,000 customers in more than 100 countries, delivering our purpose of ‘Creating the Added Layer of Value’.
Primarily used by customers in the production of a wide variety of sausage and meat products, our aspirations reach way beyond our current products and services, and appeal to our natural curiosity to improve what we do.
As a global organisation, we currently employ around 2,000 people spanning the Americas, UK/EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. We offer careers in research and development, science and food technology, manufacturing and supply chain operations, engineering, sales, and a range of other business support functions. We are always seeking talented people to join the amazing colleagues we have, to keep growing our business.
About the Role:
We are looking for a hard-working Maintenance Planner-Scheduler employee to join our team. We are a food manufacturing facility that specializes in coextruded gels and casings. The Maintenance Planner-Scheduler plans and schedules all maintenance work to improve workforce productivity and quality by eliminating, in advance, potential delays and obstacles through effective planning and coordination of parts, machine time and manpower. Being the liaison between Production and Maintenance to support a reliable manufacturing platform. To ensure that the required inventory of Maintenance parts is maintained at correct levels, in usable condition and in easily identifiable locations. To raise purchase orders for Maintenance parts and Engineering services in JDE including goods receiving and invoice matching.
Skills:
A minimum of 3 years’ experience in Planning and Scheduling in a technical manufacturing environment. Excellent people skills.
High proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Ability to carry out data collection and validation.
Strong communication and influencing skills.
Good judgement and an ability to deal with various, complex priorities.
A broad Maintenance/Engineering background – production/manufacturing knowledge will be an advantage.
Knowledge:
Scheduling day-to-day labour hours and resources for the most effective production and maintenance outcomes, including Legislative, Safety and Food Safety compliance. Maximising resources ( any special tools, parts, machine time and manpower) through effectively planning the relevant repair, preventive, predictive and improvement maintenance activities for the plant and facilities.Liaising with Maintenance Manager and Team Leader group to prioritise work orders and identify current and future maintenance requirements and develop daily, weekly and monthly labour schedules. Reporting on planning and scheduling metrics including backlog, STIC and PPM data, as well as analysing Maintenance KPI-related data, providing information to the team. Development of the CMMS to support maintenance strategies which optimise manufacturing uptime. Training of all Maintenance personnel on the use of the CMMS, ensuring information is logged accurately. Close communications with originators of Work Order Requests to ensure the scope and expectations are fully met prior to request approvals and initiate necessary proactive work orders for additional work based on the feedback from completed work orders. Ensuring regular two-way communications by working closely with all maintenance and production personnel. Plan number of Work hours and duration hours to complete the job. Designate any job safety requirements. To utilise fully the Stores / Inventory Management and site ERP software systems to manage workflow and to ensure that financial transactions involving purchasing, receiving and invoice matching are implemented in line with site Financial requirements in a timely manner. To ensure that the required inventory of Maintenance parts is maintained at correct levels in a usable condition and can be located quickly using an appropriate location control methodology
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
