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Maintenance Planner
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What they do
A Maintenance Planner improves workforce productivity and work quality of a maintenance organization by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through planning, scheduling, and coordination of labor, parts and material, and equipment access. Reports to Maintenance Manager and maintains liaison between Operations and Maintenance. Through supervision of the Maintenance Administrator, the planner is also responsible for maintenance of records and files essential to meaningful analysis and reporting of maintenance-related matters.
$73,499 / year median in Illinois
+5% projected growth
Job Description
- Plan and schedule all preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance activities
- Review and process maintenance notifications and manage work order priorities
- Plan all work order details including safety requirements, quality considerations, labor needs, parts, work instructions, schedules, locations, and technical documentation
- Maintain the functional location structure and equipment list within SAP
- Create and maintain preventive maintenance task lists and plans in SAP
- Manage the maintenance backlog and ensure work is prioritized appropriately
- Conduct physical inspections of work sites as part of the planning process and coordinate plans with technical resources
- Partner with the MRO Storeroom to ensure effective kitting and parts availability for planned work
- Prepare and communicate weekly work schedules and lead weekly planning and scheduling meetings
- Coordinate contractor services required to complete planned maintenance activities
- Communicate high priority work orders and planned downtime requirements to Maintenance and Operations
- Track, analyze, and communicate work management metrics and provide improvement recommendations
- Participate in Daily Direction Setting meetings, breakdown analyses, and cross functional reviews
- Ensure compliance with corporate Maintenance Planning and Scheduling systems and SAP Plant Maintenance standards
- Initiate requisitions for maintenance and indirect purchases and support vendor accountability Ingredients Required for Your Success
- High school diploma or GED required; technical two year or four year degree preferred
- Maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment
- 2+ years experience in a maintenance role in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong working knowledge of equipment, parts, and maintenance processes
- Experience using a computerized maintenance management system; SAP Plant Maintenance preferred
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Strong verbal and written communication skills across all organizational levels
- Demonstrated collaboration, time management, and flexibility in a team based environment Physical Requirements More information about essential tasks and the facility will be shared during the hiring process.