Planner, Ops II

Job Title

The primary focus of this role is to act as liaison between production, engineering, and maintenance. Additional responsibilities include data entry, maintaining of records and documentation and ordering of supplies to support the production and maintenance departments.

In this role, you will:

• Ensure that all information is available on Work Orders, Preventative Maintenance Orders and Predictive Maintenance work to optimize touch time for the craft personnel involved.
• Identify, obtain, stage and document materials, special tools or equipment needed to do the work.
• Review completed work to schedule follow-up work and update work information for similar future work in Oracle eAM.
• Use Lean Manufacturing tools and principles to improve processes.
• Maintain the weekday and weekend work schedule and planned outage work.
• Ensure that all safety, health, and environmental concerns are considered prior to scheduling work and work with EHS team to complete documentation of safe work plans and contractor / supplemental labor approval.
• Entering production and maintenance data to support continuous improvement.
• Updating and maintaining documentation such as survey and calibration records, work instructions, etc.
• Ordering and stocking of materials and forms to support production and maintenance departments.
• Backfill as Maintenance Supervisor as needed to cover vacations and weekends and outages
• Assist with the management of the Overtime System

You have:

• High school education or GED.
• 1 year experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 3-5 years previous experience in both Planning and Scheduling
• Mechanical/electrical background
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associates or BS degree in a technical field.
• 3+ years planning experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong organizational and planning skills and be a recognized leader.
• Good communication skills, both written and oral.
• Highly motivated with a collaborative approach with all levels of the organization.
• Extensive working knowledge of ORACLE eAM.
• Ability to effectively manage conflict resolution.
• Previous experience in maintenance and as a machinist/ fabricator.
• Reading and math skills are required along with the ability to read and interpret fabrication and machining blueprints and produce field sketches.
• Strong computer skills a must, including maintenance software, and the ability to quickly learn new applications.