Senior Mechanical Maintenance Planner – Finished Products Position Available In Richland, South Carolina

Senior Mechanical Maintenance Planner

• Finished Products
  Eastover, SC 29044, USA Req #2318
  Friday, March 21, 2025
  At Sylvamo, we’re a team on a mission.

Joining us, you’ll be helping to sustain forests and renew ecosystems, while delivering on the promise of paper to educate, communicate and entertain the world. Come grow with us! Finished Products Paper Machine Senior Mechanical Maintenance Planner
Senior Maintenance Planning Position (Sylvamo EO Maintenance)
The Senior FP E1 Mechanical Maintenance Planner will provide planning and scheduling services for EO E1 Paper Machine, PS&D and Chem. Add.
The FP E1 Mechanical Planner will also serve as a contract coordinator of repair and/or capital projects, provide training to technicians and other mill personnel on maintenance workflow. The person in this role is responsible for reviewing all approved notifications/work orders in an assigned area for completeness, relevance, scope, priority, and purpose. They will coordinate and requisition all material and outside contractor purchases in an assigned area. They will schedule Maintenance resources based on area priorities and interactions with technicians, area managers, and operations personnel. The planner is also responsible for estimating, coordinating and executing repair and capital assigned projects. The individual must demonstrate strong problem-solving skills on technical and non-technical topics, be able to work in a multi-disciplined team environment that emphasizes a high level of communications and interpersonal skills, and posses traits the Maintenance department values: excellence, commitment, ethical, customer satisfaction and leadership.
The Planner is responsible for developing annual outage cost estimates to be reviewed and approved by mill management.
This position requires an average of 50 hours per week and requires participation in the on-call rotation for Maintenance. The Planner will also be required to “fill in” for the area maintenance manager occasionally.
The minimum qualifications are ten (10) years Maintenance experience with five (5) or more planning for mechanical maintenance on a paper machine. A demonstrated ability to estimate craft, man-hours and cost requirements for jobs. Experience in multi-crafted maintenance, team-oriented environment.
The planner must have proven computer skills and be proficient in SAP applications, excel, “checkbook”, MS Word and MS Project.
The Senior Mechanical Maintenance Planner will be responsible for training, mentoring and developing fill-in planners and future planners.
Partial Listing of Planner Roles and Responsibilities
Field Day Planning, Coordination and Execution

• Critique/ Follow-ups
  Annual Outage ( Same as above )
  Work Identification and Approval Process
  Notification and Work Order Backlog Management
  Work Order Closure, Notes, Etc…
  Precision Maintenance
  Job Scope, Walk Down and review
  Daily and Weekly Schedules
• Use available schedulers
  Coordination Meetings
  Planned Job Follow-up
  Technician/ Manager Interfacing
• Mechanical and Operational
  Computer Time, E-Mail Interfacing
  Microsoft Projects, Power Point, Excel Spreadsheets, Word Doc’s
  Accounting/ Purchasing Interface
  Spare Parts Management
• To Include SAR’s and SICR’s , Obsolete Parts
  Procurement of material (s)
• Include reconciliation/ Paperwork
  Vendor meetings
  Telephone Time
  Storeroom/ Receiving Interfacing
• Parts follow-ups ( Tracking / Rebuild )
  P.M. Creation and Management
  Engineering Interface
• Process and Mechanical
  Planning Team Development ( PWT)
• Planner Training
  Safety
  SWO Process, Meetings, Audits, Job Scopes,
  Environmental Management/ Record keeping
  Week End Duty, After Hours, Shutdowns, Etc…
  Team Development with Technicians
• Team Meetings
  Emergency Repairs
  Situational Leadership
  Special Projects
  Contract Coordination/Orientations
  Enter develop and run Repair Jobs
  Capital projects
  Misc.

.. Management needs/ requirements
Sylvamo partners with you and your family on your health and wellness journey. We offer a premium suite of health and wellness programs for you and your family, including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, and a generous 401(k) plan with matching company contributions, and more. Sylvamo is here for all stages of life. We also offer paid time off and paid holidays per year.
The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
Sylvamo is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Other details
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