Summary

The Maintenance Planner is accountable to improve technician productivity and work quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through planning and coordination of labor, parts, material, and equipment access. Ensures major PMs are anticipated and works with maintenance leadership to manager work order backlog. The Maintenance Planner will manage the planning, scheduling, and coordinating planned shutdown work.

Qualified applicants must possess tangible experience in troubleshooting mechanical / electrical breakdowns in manufacturing production equipment and understanding manuals, drawings, and schematics for filling and high-speed packaging equipment. Must also be able to effectively communicate work plans and prioritize multiple projects at once.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize, schedule, and coordinate maintenance activities in assigned area

• Details and assigns activities, best labor utilization, and skills practices

• Responsible for facilitating communication between production, sanitation, and maintenance departments

• Provide estimated time and costs for planning purposes

• Create new work breakdown procedures to support the preventative maintenance process

• Review all planned work request from assigned area and determine validity and accuracy of information and engage the appropriate resources to set a preliminary priority

• Order necessary repair materials for approved work requests

• Assists in diagnosing maintenance issues and schedules repairs

• Prepare purchase requisitions and expedite, as needed, delivery of products and services

• Work with the stockroom management insuring adequate parts availability and inventory levels

• Capable of multitasking and shifting priorities while maintaining focus and professionalism in a fast-paced dynamic environment

• Provide analysis and reporting from CMMS data identifying patterns and trends critical to equipment performance

• Support Operations as a technical resource

• Provide continuous improvement recommendations as a result of equipment PM’s and repairs

• Assist in development of PM’s, predictive maintenance, and OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness)

• Monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and metrics

• Provide training to technicians on CMMS systems

• Follow Chobani’s safety procedures and Good Manufacturing Practices

• Conduct other duties as assigned by Manager

Requirements

• 2-3 years of manufacturing maintenance, purchasing, or related experience

• 2+ years’ experience with computerized maintenance management programs

• Mechanical / electrical background is necessary

• Apprenticeship program, Certification or technical school is desirable

• Have adequate Craft / Trade knowledge and skill to accurately estimate labor hours, material and tools requirement, and skills needed to complete a job. Must have a demonstrated ability to visualize and communicate the execution of work

• Written and verbal communications skills and be approachable and tactful

• Math and computer skills

• Excel, Word, Microsoft project is desirable

• Demonstrated organizational and planning skills

• Write and provide simple and accurate instructions

• Read standard blueprints, machine, and process drawings

• Knowledge and understanding of the maintenance processes and proper use of the work order system, planning and scheduling, and storeroom processes

• Can balance multiple priorities or projects simultaneously and keep them progressing to completion

• Prior working knowledge / experience of CMMS and EAM systems is preferred

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