Maintenance Planner

Job title: Maintenance Specialist

Work Schedule: 8AM-4PM (Sunday to Thursday)

Pay: $25 per hour.

Responsibilities:

• Principal contact for any work that is required and ensures constant communication with the requester.
• Purchase maintenance-related spare parts inventory, consumables and services.
• Manage spare parts inventory to minimize cycle count deficiencies
• Follow-up on all delinquent purchase orders with suppliers and research alternate parts
• Provide monthly reports on inventory value, and cycle counts and adjustments
• Communicate between all facets of a 24/7 manufacturing environment to schedule and prioritize all maintenance assignments.
• Craft labour estimates, ensuring all resources and parts are available before work order is scheduled.
• Develop long & short range plans including complete job packages.
• Ensure proper follow-up and close out of every job.
• Develop & analyze KPI reports
• Documentation control and analysis as it pertains to food safety, health & safety, security, and the environment.
• Work closely with department to establish PM programs and predictive PM’s, analysis of equipment history, and repetitive failure analysis.
• Develop, implement and review of PM checklist/schedule
• Review and plan preventive and corrective maintenance requests
• Assist in development & implementation of capital projects
• Estimate time and costs required for project executions
• Follow-up on department’s work order (Maintenance, Quality, H&S, Production, etc.) and validate planned timelines
• Bring technical support to the Maintenance teams, to ensure optimization
• Create, analyze and update the Oracle system
• Participate in continuous improvement project teams, as required
• Identify and resolve problems, recommending improvements in the planning process and ensure routine schedules
• Maintain safe and clean work environment by ensuring plant is in accordance with governing practices, codes and regulations.
• Prioritize and schedule work backlogs by type and status
• Produce planned work schedules for Maintenance Supervisors
• Conduct follow-up to ensure satisfactory completion of required work
• Understand and practice all Health and Safety, GMP and Food Safety policies and regulations
• Manage the activities of the stock room coordinator
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Professional training or relevant post secondary education
• 2-3 years experience in a maintenance planning department
• Experience in a food, beverage or packaged goods industry is a definite asset
• Solid computer skills, including MS Office (Excel, Word, Power Point, and Outlook).
• Exposure to Oracle systems is an asset.
• Ability to communicate and work with all relevant associates, stakeholders and resources in a frequently changing and challenging environment
• Effective problem-solving skills and the ability to multi-task
• Strong analytical skills and detailed oriented.
• Strong organization skills with sound prioritizing abilities.