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.
•Requires successful post-offer completion of a background investigation, physical exam, and drug test (including THC) as a condition of employment with the City of Joplin. Essential Job Functions Processes bid tabulations for distribution; prepares bid documents for distribution; takes minutes at bid openings, pre-bid and pre-construction meetings. Prepares and processes purchase orders, invoices, and payments. Tracks construction projects from selection of consultant or construction firm to completion of project, and other public works engineering functions. Maintains map files, plat sheets, documents, and drawings showing locations of sewers, streets, and other utility lines and services. Prepares information packets for City Council meetings, pre-bid conferences, pre-construction meetings, and other public works presentations. Prepares contracts, correspondence, project files, and sewer agreements. Contributes effectively to the Public Works Department, communicates effectively with co-workers, both within the department as well as outside the department. Maintains satisfactory attendance to ensure duties are performed without negatively impacting co-workers or delivery of service to the public.
Minimum Qualifications Knowledge of:
General office management principles and practices; basic record keeping procedures; Microsoft Office Suite.
Skill in:
Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships; operating standard office equipment/machines including computers, FAX machines, copiers, calculators, and telephones; operating a keyboard to type correspondence and/or enter information into various computerized databases; preparing variety of records, reports, and correspondence using appropriate format; maintaining filing/records systems; researching variety of engineering-oriented information; Microsoft Office Suite.
Education:
High school diploma or GED equivalent required.
Licenses and Certifications:
Possess and maintain a valid state issued driver's license. Physical Demands, Requirements, and Working Conditions This is primarily an office classification although standing in work areas and walking between work areas may be required. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard or calculator and to operate standard office equipment; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; hearing and speech to communicate in-person and over the telephone. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push, and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information. Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects weighing up to 20 pounds. Employees work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions, and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. Employees may interact with upset members of the public or their representatives while enforcing departmental policies and procedures.
