Maintenance Planner

JM Steel is seeking a Maintenance Planner at its Sinton, Texas manufacturing facility. This position is responsible for developing detailed job packets for all tasks executed by the Maintenance Department, including spare parts needed, materials, consumables, lubricants, services, execution estimates, man-hour, instructions and any other information needed to ensure that the maintenance activity is executed in a safe, efficient and effective manner.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• High School Diploma/GED Required
• Minimum 3 (Three) Years Experience, Required
• Steel Service Center Experience, Preferred

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Software skills including Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, AutoCAD.
• Comprehensive understanding and knowledge of manufacturing processes.
• Works cooperatively or independently and inspires a team effort with all
• Ability to communicate well in a busy work environment
• Strong interpersonal and communication
• Highly organized with ability to multi-task
• Basic understanding of electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic and mechanical systems and how they apply to automation

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure that the planned activities are aligned with the requirements of Safety, Quality, and Production
• Develop Job Plans and Task Lists for the work to be executed, with all the necessary information to plan efficiently, assign and execute the work
• Proactively plan, generating a daily and weekly Maintenance Schedule for all areas of the business, which allows maximizing resource utilization in a safe, efficient, and effective manner
• Coordinate the Maintenance Plan with the Production Plan to block time period and ensure that the maintenance is being executed in accordance with the availability of equipment agreed upon
• Generate and direct Maintenance Work Orders for all proactive maintenance
• Document notifications depending on the urgency of the service request
• Ownership of the approval decision for work requirements, based on the analysis of the service request and its priority
• Revise service requests for maintenance with the internal customers, such as, production, quality assurance and safety to identify all the potential risks and ensure they are contained, and the job is executed in accordance with the defined scope
• Update information about equipment specifications, complimentary information, spare parts, and maintenance activity history
• Maintain and manage the Maintenance Backlog, including its prioritization for planning and scheduling
• Plan the spare parts including quantities, costs, lead times and Parts Room
• Confirm material availability and follow through, logistics and delivery
• Support and follow-up with the Planning/Scheduling Performance Indicators, including:
  • Daily Schedule Attainment
  • Weekly Schedule Attainment
  • Work Order delays
  • Preventive Maintenance Attainment
  • Backlog
  • Overdue Work Orders
• Develop and update the relevant information to improve upon the Maintenance Program. Including PM transactions needing creation or updating
• Plan the operational downtime through the ledgering of activities, critical routes and time constraints in accordance with the time slots provided by the Production Planner
• Participate and support the Reliability processes as required

*Excellent benefits include medical with a standard PPO plan with deductibles as low as $1,500 and wellness credit up to $750; free concierge primary care; voluntary 401k plan currently matching up to 12%; voluntary dental and vision plans; free telemedicine services; basic life, long and short term disability coverage.

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