Sr. Maintenance Planner

Sr. Maintenance Planner

A new position is being added to the team as a Sr. Maintenance Planner and will join the engineering and maintenance team. The Sr. Maintenance Planner will report to the Engineering Manager and will be responsible for measuring the effectiveness of the preventative maintenance program by establishing performance indicators. Daily responsibilities will include:

• Evaluate and improve the preventative maintenance (PM) program through metrics and measurables
• Establish KPIs for the PM system, including outstanding work orders, effectiveness of PM activities after completion, days to complete work orders, open work orders, etc.
• Manage the PM program within the company's CMMS system
• Schedule and plan PM projects and ensure all parts are purchased, ordered and onsite for the project
• Oversee the timeline of all PM projects
• Plan labor for PM projects utilizing staff or external contractors
• Read and evaluate blueprints daily
• Find departmental and PM improvements and take the initiative to complete CI activity
• Other duties as assigned by management

This position requires candidates to be on the manufacturing floor up to 30-50% of the time. This position is highly focused on establishing measurables and making improvements. Candidates should have continuous improvement and scrap reduction skills, be energetic, able to take ownership of projects, have good work history and enjoy floor presence. Benefits are competitive, including bonus potential, medical, dental, 401K, life, LTD, paid holidays and vacation.

Requirements for the Sr. Maintenance Planner:

• A Bachelor’s Degree is highly preferred; a degree will be considered in lieu of a degree
• At least five years of recent similar maintenance planning work experience
• Experience working in manufacturing environments
• Experience working as a planner and/or scheduler of preventative maintenance or production OR a maintenance engineer OR a reliability engineer
• A strong mechanical aptitude
• The ability to read blueprints
• A proven track record of CI and/or process improvement activity
• Microsoft Office

Skills that are preferred, but not required:

• Lean and/or Six Sigma methodologies
• Automotive supplier experience
• MS Project
• An engineering and/or maintenance background

Candidates are preferred to be local to the Mansfield, Ohio area. Relocation assistance will be offered for regional candidates with all of the required skill sets.