Maintenance Planner

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Our dairy cooperative is seeking a regular, full-time Maintenance Planner to be a principal contact and liaison between Maintenance, Operations and other supported departments. In this capacity, the planner ensures that all Maintenance internal customers receive timely, efficient and quality service. The MP will help Operations balance their need for daily output with their need of equipment reliability through proactive maintenance. This position is responsible for assisting the Maintenance Manager and Maintenance Supervisor with long-range planning as well as immediate needs. The job holder will be responsible for coverage of the Maintenance Supervisor responsibilities during operating times and replacement of the Maintenance Supervisor during absence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for initiating the requisitioning process for all CMMS materials and oversee storeroom to establish, maintain, improve and optimize MRO inventory.
• Maintain a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMME) for managing and tracking work orders, back log, spare parts and maintenance history of plant equipment and make recommendations on manpower allocation, levels and overtime needs, including the deployment of contractors as needed. Support implementation of any new or changing CMME software.
• Establish, maintain, and improve the maintenance planning and scheduling flow process.
• Accountable for day-to-day detailed maintenance planning, continuous improvement, repair/replacement of plant equipment, scheduling, and cost estimating to maximize mechanical availability, while achieving budgeted targets in a safe, cost effective, and timely manner.
• Provide planning support for projects and major maintenance events in each respective area of the facility through planning techniques to effectively control maintenance activities and labor utilization.
• Assist in maintenance activities as needed.
• Hands-on contributor, overseeing planning and scheduling of the day-to-day maintenance, repair or replacement of plant equipment to ensure manufacturing efficiency, quality, and safety while supporting the policies, goals, and objectives of the Company.
• Uphold safety, health and environmental procedures, support the department to ensure OSHA and EPA compliance at all times, raise related issues or concerns immediately.
• Maximize resources by identifying parts, materials, special tools, external services, rentals and documentation by establishing, maintaining and improving the maintenance planning and scheduling flow and process.
• Develop a preliminary scope of work needed, including cost and time required, to conduct the relevant repair, preventive, predictive and improvement maintenance activities of the plant equipment, buildings, and grounds.
• Prepares job plans for scheduling, detailing parts, materials, special tools, external services and documentation with planned costs. Job plans to include the sequencing of associated tasks.
• Competent in root cause failure analysis to continuously improve the mechanical reliability of the plant.
• Initiate and implement best practices with an emphasis on planning/scheduling and preventive/predictive maintenance.
• Ensure maintenance personnel update and close each work order when completed.
• Prepare reports, collect and analyze data, and make recommendations for improving plant operations and solving maintenance-related and operation-related problems.
• Routinely assist the Maintenance Manager with the operation of plant equipment and systems to minimize unplanned downtime, anticipate and solve problems in a timely manner and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Provide trouble-shooting assistance to the mechanical, electrical and related functions.
• Identify current and future maintenance requirements and ensure two-way communication regularly by working closely with all plant employees, including operations, engineering, outside contractors and members of management to ensure coordination of maintenance activities.
• Collaborate with Maintenance Manager and operations supervision to schedule day-to-day resources for the most effective production and maintenance outcomes
• Support equipment upgrades, plant improvements, expansions and installations by conferring and collaborating with Maintenance Manager, operations personnel, design engineers and outside contractors in coordinating the activities of the maintenance crew.
• Support the Maintenance Manager in the development and implementation of planned shutdown and other continuous improvement projects.
• Provide orderly procedures for processing work to prevent work orders from getting lost by: (1) maintaining accurate backlog status; and (2) report completions promptly.
• Schedule flexibility, willingness to work overtime, weekends, support off-shift calls, rotate shift, as required.
• Must perform all work-related tasks using Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), following the Food Safety and Food Quality requirements of the SQF Program. This includes the requirement to report all safety issues and incidents to a supervisor or other member of the leadership team, immediately.
• Perform all other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Minimum education: High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSet).
• 5-7 years of relevant work experience in a skilled maintenance role.
• Associates Degree or BS Degree in a technical discipline preferred but not required.
• Experience in maintaining heavy industrial equipment, preferably in dairy plant maintenance or other mechanical background.
• Maintenance planning and scheduling experience.
• Must be able to work extended hours, weekends as needed, especially when problems occur or when deadlines must be met.

Our support of employee growth includes promoting from within, training and tuition reimbursement. Team members enjoy access to a comprehensive benefits package, competitive salary and retirement plans which include 401k match. Starting Salary Range: $51,100- $65,000

Agri-Mark is an equal opportunity employer. The company is committed to the fundamental principle of equal opportunity and equal treatment for every qualified prospective and current employee. The company does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race (including traits historically associated with race including hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, place of birth, crime victim status, age, physical or mental disability, a positive result from an HIV-related blood test, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected under applicable federal and/or state law.

Agri-Mark complies with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations.