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Maintenance Planner

2 months ago

Battle Creek Michigan, United States Flex-N-Gate Full time

Overview:


Flex-N-Gate is a leading manufacturer and supplier of components for the automotive industry, recently ranked 10th of the 150 Top North American Suppliers in "Automotive News." A growing and vital company, Flex-N-Gate provides a great opportunity for hard-working and skilled individuals.


Scope of the Position:


The Maintenance Planner is responsible for devising plans and coordinating maintenance activity to ensure equipment is in best possible working order with minimal interruption to production.

The Maintenance Planner is the liaison between Maintenance, Engineer, Management and Operations to determine project prioritization and timing for execution of planned maintenance activities to ensure balance for Operations daily production goals and need for equipment reliability.

The Maintenance Planner will develop maintenance strategies, purchase necessary parts and equipment, and facilitate process improvement.

Responsibilities:
Utilize planning and scheduling methods to ensure effective and the least disruptive maintenance possible

Identify and prioritize multiple projects.

Coordinates with Engineers, Management and production to establish proactive maintenance activities during appropriate downtime

Maintain a consistent tracking system for work orders, planning maintenance projects and ensure compliance of assigned task completion

Plan daily maintenance work and collaborate with Maintenance team to ensure all equipment is in working order and minimum equipment downtime and impact on production

Analyze and troubleshoot equipment problems and provide recommendations and solutions.

Analyze maintenance projects to identify and implement process improvements

Liaison with outside contractors for quotes and completion of projects


Tool crib management of the inventory system to ensure continuous flow of tools and equipment and ensure maintenance technicians have proper tools and parts for completing of assigned work orders.

Supervision of tool crib attendants. Set daily priorities for attendants to ensure task completion and accurate inventory

Responsible for the awareness, understanding, specific responsibilities and management of the Environmental Management System and the Quality Management System

Qualifications:
Must be able to work around and atop manufacturing equipment. Able to ascend and descend stairs and ladders, bending, kneeling, crouching, or stopping

Able to lift up to 75 pounds

Must be able to be periodically "on call" during outside typical scheduled work hours, weekends or during scheduled plant shutdowns when required

High School Diploma or GED

At least five (5) years of experience working in industrial environment. Prefer experience in automotive manufacturing.

Minimum of two (2) years maintenance planner experience

Minimum of two (2) years MRO/ Inventory Management experience

Strong organization and leadership skills

Trouble-shooting/ problem solving

Strong project management skills

Able to build partnerships across functional groups

Benefits:

  • Medical, dental, prescription, vision, life and disability insurance; and a flexible spending account
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
  • Extensive safety training, new hire orientation, continuous learning and development programs and tuition reimbursement
  • Paid holidays and vacation time
What do our employees have to say?

"It engages you professionally, and provides learning opportunities."

"Lots of growth opportunity."

"The company's young enough to be exciting, but old enough to be stable."

Not just a job—a great place to work

Flex-N-Gate is an equal opportunity employer. EOE/Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled.

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