Maintenance Planner

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.

• Develops, maintains and monitors programs and systems such as Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) and ULTIMO.
• Plans all maintenance activities, both preventive 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.
• Perform all duties as directed.

• Ability to effectively communicate
• Highly detail oriented
• Understanding and knowledge of basic mechanics
• Ability to utilize Excel, Word, and Power Point
• Considerable experience applying maintenance principles, practices, concepts and options, related to maintenance planning, scheduling, coordination and optimization.

• Frequently is required to sit, stand, walk, talk and hear
• Frequently required to reach above shoulders, climb, work at heights, crouch, stoop or kneel
• 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
• Ability to work under conditions of high temperature and high humidity for extended periods of time
• 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