Maintenance Planner - Coyote Technical & Executive Sourcing

MAINTENANCE PLANNER

Position Summary:

The basic goal of planning and scheduling is avoiding delay. The role of the Maintenance Planner is to improve work force productivity and work quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through planning and coordination of labor, parts and material, and equipment access.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Responsible for initial screening of incoming work orders, identification of scope, and analysis of required level of planning
• Conducts field walk downs to identify and document job requirements
• Identifies specific safety hazards that will be encountered in the performance of the proposed work
• Makes safety procedures, including lock-out /tag-out procedures available to employees. Ensures that all aspects of the existing company safety policy are incorporated into the job plan.
• Estimates require hours on work order tasks, total work order duration, and skills required to perform the task.
• Plans jobs with appropriate level of detail for the given skilled trades workforce
• Determines and included AQ/QC requirements on jobs
• Procures equipment and specialized tools required to perform work
• Gathers necessary engineering or technical documents, specification, and drawings
• Writes clear and concise work procedures
• Determines and arranges for parts required to perform the work ( when no expediter exists)
• Plans parts for all projects to increase “wrench time” and maximize efficiency.
• Compiles information into a job package that is ready for skilled trades – clearly communicates with skilled trades regarding critical steps in the process
• Prints and delivers work orders to the skilled trades in conjunction with the weekly work schedule
• Upon completion of jobs, communicates with skilled trades regarding ideas and procedures that would make future jobs more efficient
• Coordinates priority setting with the management team – places specific emphasis on obtaining the input of operations personnel in the setting of priorities
• Keeps bills of materials current
• Is able to accurately measure the maintenance backlog in its various forms and continually maintains not less than two weeks’ worth of ready backlog at all times.
• Responsible for equipment and repair parts data entry and management.
• Ensures all work orders and maintenance log items are closed when work is finished
• Participates in outage planning activities such as scope identification and control, scheduling, coordination, risk, assessment, execution, and continuous improvement.
• Communicates with contractor resources directly on specific work orders assigned to the contractors and the performance expectations of the work order. Does not manage the contractors, but ensures that all of the details of the work order are clearly communicated and understood.
• Participates with Reliability Department Personnel on improvement projects, particularly when they are related to the proactive maintenance plan
• Compiles and delivers reports from CMMS (EAM) regarding the work execution and management process.

Other duties may be assigned

Position Requirements:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Experience with current EAM/CMMS desirable but not required
• Minimum 5 year work experience in the skilled trades
• Strong mechanical/electrical aptitude
• Some level of supervisory experience is desirable
• Consideration will be given to individuals with an equivalent combination of education and experience

No visa sponsorship (H1-B, etc.) available at this time, sorry.