Maintenance Planner

• Employee Type Full-Time

This position supports the continuous manufacture of quality high density polyethylene (HDPE) and specialty fluids (HDA), consistent with high standards of quality, safety, housekeeping, and good employee relations. The Maintenance Planner will provide planning and coordination of materials, equipment and manpower while maintaining efficiency in all aspects of plant maintenance. This position must have practical knowledge of the work, tools, materials, and equipment used in the day-to-day maintenance of a petrochemical facility and the ability to estimate, plan and schedule work.

• Understand, support, and comply with all plant safety policies and procedures, including Lock-Out / Tag-Out (LOTO), hot work, fall protection, traffic, lifting and rigging, confined space entry, and line break.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by offering suggestions for long-term solutions to minimize costs, improve reliability, and improve loss control performance
• Position is in a chemical processing facility and requires overtime to meet plant needs, including alternative shifts as needed to meet facility needs
• Position requires on-call duties, and the successful candidate must be able to respond 24/7, 100% of the time to plant emergencies on short notice, including nights, weekends, and holidays while on call
• Complete all assigned training by deadline
• Other duties as assigned

• Plan maintenance work, requisition parts and services for plant, capital, and contract maintenance
• Create purchase requisitions and stock reservations for planned and unplanned work to include materials and services
• Develop long and short-term plans and schedules, including planned and unplanned maintenance shutdown work
• Screen incoming work orders to identify and document job requirements, including required labor hours, total work duration, cost estimates, and skills required to perform the task
• Work closely with operations, other maintenance personnel, engineering, purchasing and outside contractors on a regular basis
• Prioritize and manage maintenance backlog and track and report backlog of planned work
• Create and update work procedures, bill of materials, and preventative maintenance plans
• Occasionally perform first line supervisory functions

• Field verify materials for planning
• Occasionally lift 50 pounds of objects to complete work
• Potential to work outside in all weather conditions
• Candidates will be required to successfully complete extensive testing, drug/alcohol screen, physical requirement evaluation and an extended training period

• Caring:
  Dedicated to Safety, Employees, Customers, Community and Environment
• Trustworthy:
  Living a Culture of Openness, Honesty and Collaboration
• Connected:
  Build Strong Partnerships
• Driven for Excellence:
  Commit to Continuous Improvement

• Job Knowledge
  - Understands facets of job, aware of duties and responsibilities, keep job knowledge current
• Productivity
  - Manages workload, works efficiently, meets goals and objectives
• Quality
  - Strives to eliminate errors, accurate work is a priority, seeks opportunities to improve product/services
• Safety – HSSE
  - Works in a safe manner, uses PPE, recognizes hazards, makes safety suggestions and observations, current on Training Mine

• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED) required
• Requires a minimum of three years’ maintenance planning experience using SAP and five years’ experience in an industrial environment
• SAP experience is required
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate appropriately at all levels of the organization
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities…