Maintenance Planner

The Maintenance Planner will lead the planning and scheduling process for the plant's preventative maintenance program, the predictive maintenance program, and the planned work orders. This role will also lead the reliability improvement program with predictive maintenance activities like infrared, vibration analysis, lube analysis, and PM optimization. Additional responsibilities will also include managing the storeroom activities, which include inventory levels, ordering new parts, setting up new parts, and optimizing inventory levels. **Essential Functions/Responsibilities:** - This is a leadership and transactional role. The position should be able to communicate well and be a strong team player. This role will communicate with all different levels of employees from the Plant manager to an operator. - Will utilize E Maintenance (CMMS) system to plan work orders, review work orders to understand downtime issues, work with Shop Logix reports (automated downtime database) to understand downtime issues and manage a group scorecard that will be updated each month. - Order and manage the inventory for the storeroom, set up new parts for the storeroom, and work on minimizing downtime due to no spare parts. - Responsible for reviewing and maintaining all incoming work requests to ensure timely planning and completion. - Maintains accurate information in our CMMS for all new, existing and decommissioned equipment. - Maintain awareness and proactively manage all factors contributing to KPI's such as but not limited to: - Safety - Recordable and Lost Time Accidents - Equipment breakdowns and downtime - PM Completion percentage - PM and Line Change Overtime deltas - Cost - Labor & Parts - Ratio of Preventative/Proactive Maintenance to Reactive Maintenance - Prepares reports, analyzes data, and makes recommendations for improving operations and solving maintenance-related problems. Initiates, implements, and manages the Maintenance program based on best practices. - Maximize uptime and reliability through using planned maintenance where it is more effective than alternatives. - Rigorously apply safety standards, ensure all team members actively adhere to safety standards and identify any potential risks in their area. - Ensure 6S standards are applied and encourage team members to use them for continuous improvement of their working environment. - Follow, without exception, all work instructions and safety policies, including use of all PPE and safety equipment - Follows all safety rules and procedures including Lockout/Tagout program, housekeeping, and 5S standards and observes the operations to ensure a safe work environment - Responsible for the Capital Project Planning - Electronic conversions of machine drawings - Provide daytime trouble shooting guidance and afterhours troubleshooting guidance via phone - Perform other related duties as assigned - Schedule mechanics work assignments and project work - Schedule and monitor machinery repairs and rebuilds - Ensure all work orders are inputted into E Maintenance for equipment is always to date and accurate - Work with machine builders and parts room on all repair parts and order parts when needed - Ensure that all maintenance areas are organized and clean - Perform other related duties as determined by management - Attendance is an essential function of the job **^Requirements/Qualifications:^** - Must be at the workstation at the beginning of the shift - Must be able to assist with skills improvement for all mechanic levels - Must be able to effectively communicate by using various tools and techniques: writing, reading, typing, presenting, and creating spreadsheets, and documents. Must be able to articulate instructions and expectations, coach and council, and lead change. - Must have strong computer literacy skills/ functional ability for process management, business performance reporting and communication (Microsoft Office, SAP, and CMMS). - Excellent interpersonal and leadershi…