Senior Maintenance Planner Scheduler

Pay Range: $43.34hr - $48.34hr Job Overview:
Schedule and coordinate maintenance activities between operations, maintenance, engineering, and contractors. Plans future maintenance work to reduce potential delays and maximize maintenance workforce "wrench time". Responsible for coordination and support of work that has been started. Identifies and coordinates necessary resources with sufficient lead time prior to the start of the work to ensure those resources can be scheduled when needed for effective and efficient execution of the work.

Necessary resources can include work scope and job instructions, technical information (e.g., drawings, manuals), MRO parts and materials (e.g., MRO stores, parts/material to be purchased), special tools and equipment (e.g., mobile/heavy equipment, precision tools), special permitting (e.g., confined space, hot work), minimum skill levels and quantity of human resources required, and production operating conditions. Ensures safety needs are given a top priority in work planning and scheduling.

Responsibilities:
Develops work plans based upon work request and field inspection of the work site. Identifies what work is to be done and critical resources required. Estimates level of effort (work hours) required by skill, work duration, and cost of parts and material required. Ensures completed schedules and work orders are returned promptly and that all completed work orders are filled out completely.

Reviews actual work effort required, work duration, and parts and materials used. Reviews comments provided by those involved in the work to revise work plans as needed to improve effectiveness of future work. Performs job reviews to ensure actual work performed and performed maintenance testing was adequate. Identifies changes needed to the PM program (based on activity results) and/or changes to equipment design and/or inventory management practices to optimize the overall maintenance process.

Publishes a weekly list of approved and planned maintenance work. Develops equipment efficiency and expected life span. Reviews equipment history on approved corrective work orders to identify situations with repeat failures. Identifies problem situations to operations, maintenance, and engineering for resolution. Works closely with maintenance and equipment owners to address cost to repair and/or replace. Updates CMMS system as required to ensure adequate preventative maintenance.

Ensures storeroom efficiency. Reserves or procures critical parts and materials required, as appropriate (e.g., standard MRO stores items, or purchase items). Arranges staging and kitting of parts and materials, as appropriate. Reviews stock levels of maintenance items and communicates changes to maintenance and parts inventory control. Requirements:
Requires working knowledge of relevant organization processes and guidelines as well as Site/Local and Corporate Policies and Procedures. Excellent interpersonal, planning, organizing, time management, and problem solving/decision making skills. Must be autonomous and self-motivated. Must be able to work under pressure in emergency situations. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Interfaces:
Procures required outside services. Ensures dialogue with EHS, Production, Engineering, and Maintenance departments on specific concerns. Works closely with Procurement with service agreements and contracts as required. Creates, provides, and drives KPI reports. Drives and manages +QDCI sessions. Must be able to understand CMMS architecture. Computer Literacy:
Basics in Microsoft Office pack (Excel, Word, Project, Visio, and PowerPoint). Oracle, SAP, Maximo, and COMOS experience. Time sheet approvals experience. Must be able to sort data and…