Maintenance Planner

Basic Purpose and Scope:

This position is responsible for efficient and effective use of planning and scheduling resources to optimize the plants equipment performance. The planner will manage work orders and priorities to reduce preventable mechanical failure and line downtime. This person will assist with developing and tracking performance goals through maintenance metrics. The goal of this person is to prepare and organize the work of tomorrow.

Core Values Culture Service:

1. Responsible for driving the Litehouse culture through company core values
2. Accountable for outstanding Customer service to all internal and external Customers
3. Develop and maintain effective relationships through collaboration and consistent timely communication
4. Help uphold a "Team Member" environment supporting others with positive behavior

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Perform all job duties and operations in a safe manner, while following all federal, state, and Litehouse regulations and policies
2. Manage planned preventative maintenance system on a 3-week cycle. This includes updating, prioritizing, scheduling, tracking, closing, and reporting on preventative maintenance work orders as required.
3. Manage the plants working corrective maintenance work orders and backlog
4. Review work requests for accuracy, validity and clarity. Determine the scope of work with parts list. Escalate issues to the Department Leader if work does not seem to be valid or will have excessive cost or complexity
5. Assist procurement with part inventory, orders, tracking, and receiving as assigned
6. Work with the stock room to identify critical spares and long lead time parts. Review parts inventory for obsolete or unused parts to maximize spare parts turns
7. Primary contact between production planning and maintenance to communicate maintenance access needs and plan work for downtime windows
8. Produce and communicate weekly work schedules by resources availability and priority
9. Verify all tools, resources, information and labor is available prior to scheduling work
10. Ensure the planned maintenance program support the requirements of any plant certifications or audits. Support the plant during these various audits as required
11. Update and report maintenance performance metrics as requested by the maintenance manager
12. Actively engage in continuous improvement for all maintenance systems and workflows. Contribute in non-maintenance related improvement activities as required
13. Develop and perform training for technical content as required
14. Perform analysis of breakdowns. Develop and implement corrective actions using all available tools
15. Utilize project management fundamentals to plan and execute project
16. Maintains clean work area and participates in housekeep throughout the facility and grounds
17. Maintain the CMMS data base information accurately and effectively to build equipment histories that include repairs, inspections and breakdown events
18. Responsibility to adhere to Food Safety policies and report food safety and quality concerns to their supervisor
19. Must be able to work scheduled shifts and meet attendance requirements
20. Other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED TO PERFORM WORK:

1. Education: High School Diploma/GED Strongly Preferred
2. Minimum 2 years' experience (5 years preferred) as a maintenance mechanic or electrician in an industrial food manufacturing environment
3. Preferred at least 1 years' experience maintenance planning or scheduling in a maintenance department. A formal training program or multiple courses highly desired
4. Must have strong verbal and written communications skills with ability to express ideas professionally, effectively and efficiently in the common language
5. Ability to establish & maintain effective working relationships with all contacts inside and outside of the company with strong interpersonal and organizational skills
6. Experience with CMMS/EAMS or similar, Microsoft word, excel, and PowerPoint are required
7. Must maintain a level of consistency and repetition as well as communicate requirements across multi-functional work groups
8. Ability to learn and apply new information and methods from various sources such as courses, books, the internet and so on
9. Ability to multi-task, focus and work efficiently in a fast-paced environment

Travel Requirements:

1. None

Physical Demands:

Sitting 0% Walking 10% Standing 85% Stairs/Ladders 5%

Near Acuity Specific vision abilities require close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Speaking Ordinary Speech

Hearing Ordinary Conversation

Manual Dexterity Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell

Frequently required to work and use hands to finger, handle or feel

Frequently required to stand, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk or hear

Occasionally required to taste or smell and work in a confined space

Lifting requirements: Frequently; up to 55 lbs. Over 55 lbs. must be with two or more individuals or with mechanical aides (hoist, dolly cart, forklift)

Specific visions abilities include close, distance and color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust/focus

Work Environment:

Temperature: Normal inside range Normal with the possibility of potential extremes

Humidity: Wet/Humid

Atmospheric Conditions and Noise: Noise

Potential Hazards: Hazards associated with working in a food manufacturing facility

Protective clothing or personal devices required: Smocks, protective gloves, goggles, safety glasses, face shield, hearing protection, bump caps and/or hard hats and any other personal protective equipment (PPE) as deemed necessary to perform the job safely

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) Matching
• Dental Insurance
• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Vision Insurance

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.