E&I Planner

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The basic function of this role is to develop planned job packages for E&I maintenance repair work and improvement projects based on priorities established by the gatekeeper and Operations. The job plans must fully satisfy the notification scope and include all material, services, resources and appropriate scheduling logic between individual operations or tasks. This position must ensure that enough work is planned to satisfy production needs as well as the available man‑hour capacity.

• Providing necessary planning information that insures safe and efficient execution of critical priority 1 and 2 jobs.
  • The planner works in the future, emergency work and break‑in is managed by the E&I supervisor.
• Participating in the management of notification and work order backlog by:
  • Reviewing backlog and planning list for duplicates
  • Grouping notifications together that can be planned and worked as a single order that optimizes utilization of resources
  • Ensuring plans are in place that meet the timing requirements of the process units
  • Checking for understanding of scope through notification text and field walk through
• Changing notification(s) to orders which includes:
  • Ensuring that order type and maintenance activity types are accurately assigned on the order
  • Using or creating task lists for repetitive jobs
  • Using or creating BOMs where appropriate
• Building or copying the job plan that clearly shows:
  • The special instructions and required documentation such as, QA/QC needs, wiring schematics, etc.
  • Required skill crafts and duration
  • Specialty tools and equipment
  • Optimal scheduling logic between operations
  • Reservation or purchase order for necessary components
• Participating in bidding process and requisitioning for third party services
• Routing high‑cost orders through the operations manager for verification that work order provides appropriate return on investment relative to the current business environment
• Forwarding job packages to the E&I Supervisor
• Soliciting feedback on executed job plans and making any necessary changes to ensure planning and work efficiencies continue to improve
• Writing necessary change orders for third party services upon job completion
• Filling in for Supervisor roles and responsibilities as needed
• Working unit outages, turnarounds, special projects, sometimes at nights and on weekends as needed.

• Planned vs Actual costs
• Total Number and Value of Returned Parts
• Developing and maintaining library of planned work
• Weeks of planned backlog?
• WO Quality per the ACE Standard
• Planning Safety into each work order