Maintenance Planner

Responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:

- * Planning, scheduling & implementing preventative maintenance, for equipment repairs, as well as monitoring, evaluating and maintaining the necessary parts for scheduled maintenance;

- * Utilize and maintain the SAP Preventive Maintenance system;

- * Ensure that all equipment has the appropriate preventive maintenance set up on the proper intervals;

- * Coordinate with contractors to ensure that proper tasks are performed on major maintenance outages or planned projects

- * Plan each significant job and determines safety requirements, job steps, blueprints, materials, special equipment needs, and manpower required to perform necessary work;

- * Track status of backlog - which jobs are planned and ready to perform, which jobs are waiting for materials, which jobs can only be done on major shutdowns, age of backlog; manage compliance with maintenance objectives, etc.;

- * Ensure that all work orders and maintenance log items are closed when work is finished; ensure proper documentation is included;

- * Schedule and follow up, while acting in a “hands on” manner to ensure preventive/corrective maintenance actions are implemented as planned;

- * And other duties as assigned by management.

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Qualified candidates will have:

- * An Associates Degree in Mechanical related field; Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering preferred;

- * 5 +years of heavy industrial maintenance in a continuous process environment; Mining, Refractory, Steel, Petroleum/Petro Chemical industries are preferred;

- * 2+ years of supervisory experience a plus;

- * Strong computer skills in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and MS Project;

- * SAP or other ERP systems experience a plus;

- * Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedures manuals, and blueprints; ability to write and communicate routine reports and correspondence;

- * Committed to safety and teamwork.