Planner Sr. - Maintenance

SUMMARY

This position is responsible for overseeing the safe, efficient and environmentally sound routine and turnaround planning/scheduling of manpower, materials, and services required in the troubleshooting, repair, preventative and predictive maintenance, and execution of established contract strategies, as well as, driving the continuous improvement of plant asset reliability.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

May include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Demonstrates strong safety culture through personal behavior and commitment to environmental, health & safety.
• Adhere to and carry out all company environmental rules, polices, standards & procedures.
• Reports injuries, incidents and hazards to supervision as soon as reasonably possible.
• Conducts tasks with appropriate PPE as assigned.
• Responsible for personal safety and that of fellow employees.
• Support and drive accident prevention and environmental excellence, including 5S Housekeeping Improvements within the assigned work area.
• Ensure all maintenance activities within the assigned work area are conducted in a safe and environmentally sound manner.
• Drive improved productivity, quality of work, and cost control in area of responsibility.
• Coordinate work performed by outside contractors and/or other maintenance service organizations.
• Support the overall management and execution of the maintenance effort in assigned area. 
• Ensure adherence to the established work management process.
• Provide oversight and coordination for all planning, scheduling and execution of routine, turnaround and outage maintenance work within the assigned work area.
• Support Maintenance Superintendent with cost analysis & improvement plans.
• Support Maintenance Superintendent with development and execution of the five (5) year maintenance and capital improvement plans. 
• Responsible for assisting in the development and execution of established contracting strategies.
• Provide an additional interface between operations, reliability engineering and maintenance contractors.
• Support and drive the plant preventive and predictive maintenance programs for improved asset reliability.
• Assist with technical training and mentoring of mechanics on area equipment and systems.
• Assist with review of specifications on new equipment and systems to assure that maintenance requirements are met.
• Support and carry out company policies and adherence to maintenance standards and procedures.
• Responds to calls on off-duty hours as dictated by plant needs.
• Other duties as assigned

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• High School diploma or equivalent required.  4 years apprenticeship, school, trade or technical school is preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years of work experience as a journeyman in one of the crafts and/or as a Maintenance Planner.
• Excellent planning, organizational and communication skills, both verbal and written
• Must be able to communicate to all levels of local management and to other departments to explain problems and proposed solutions.
• Must be able to prioritize and manage multiple tasks.
• Must be self-directed and able to work normal responsibilities with minimal direction
• Strong work ethic; dedicated and willing to work the hours needed to accomplish a task.
• Ability to impact and influence - able to persuade others to a particular course of action
• Self-Starter and interested in being a change agent.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, climb, kneel, squat/bend, push/pull; use hands to touch, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 lbs.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.  

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The noise level in the work environment is sometimes moderate when working inside, however, some of the work may be required in the operating units which mandates usage of required PPE and safety equipment including safety glasses, hearing protection, etc.  May also result in exposure to outside elements and may require usage of stairs.  Travel may occasionally be required.