Maintenance Planner

Maintenance Planner/Coordinator

Primary

Purpose:

Maintain all aspects of the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). This includes converting work requests into work orders, scheduling maintenance activities, confirming spare parts availability, collecting work order information, and reporting progress against maintenance KPIs.

Full-time

This position will interface with the maintenance manager and the TPM/Spare Parts group to incorporate Best Business Practices (BBP’s) in the area of maintenance routines and required spare parts, increasing productivity by reducing corrective maintenance and enhancing preventative/predictive maintenance. The role serves as the plant Super User for the CMMS, supporting updates and modifications to the system, and includes developing at least one backup support person and mentoring a future Scheduler/Planner.

• Fully plan work orders, including internal operations, material purchases, requisitions, service purchases, and labor purchases
• Coordinate and organize with the maintenance and operations department, the preventive maintenance schedule
• Distribute weekly Preventative Maintenance work orders
• Gather data and produce reports as required by the Maintenance Manager
• Review planned and confirmed work orders and maintenance history recordings for accuracy
• Review daily breakdown statistics and remedies executed to determine if engineering input is required
• Review work order feedback from trades regarding updates to task lists and maintenance plans and make suggestions
• Participate/Facilitate scheduling and shift crossover meetings
• Participate/Facilitate weekly team meetings where weekly KPIs, action item status, and maintenance performance are reviewed
• Complete daily, weekly, and monthly reports as required
• Generate and distribute work order back‑log report
• Interface with Maintenance Supervisor, Maintenance Manager, and Engineering Manager of the Parts group
• Collect parts needed to complete work orders and communicate when all material is available
• Keep files of daily production reports
• Keep logs of equipment and tooling, preventive and corrective maintenance
• Review corrective maintenance work requests coming from production departments
• Ensure compliance with proper safety, quality, and environmental requirements in work
• Take responsibility for the CMMS data base and data integrity
• Conduct weekly and monthly air leak audits
• Perform daily walkthroughs with plant operations to identify abnormalities
• Conduct monthly 5S audits
• Lead weekly onboarding for new employees utilizing the PowerPoint training
• Apply understanding of Total Productive Maintenance
• Utilize and set up MVP Plant

• University degree and 1 year minimum experience or 2 years minimum experience or an equivalent combination
• Three to five years of experience in plant maintenance and operations (both preferred)
• Effective team building and communication skills
• Previous experience with MVP Plant or equivalent CMMS software preferred
• Ability to set priorities, work independently, and coordinate multiple projects utilizing available resources