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Oil-Dri Production Company, PO Box 476, Ripley, Mississippi, United States of America Req #1783 Tuesday, August 6, 2024 Job Overview: This position is responsible for the planning and scheduling of all maintenance work performed, improving workforce productivity and work quality by eliminating, in advance, potential delays and obstacles through proper planning and coordination of parts, machine downtime, and workforce. Responsibilities: Perform work according to established safety rules and practices while striving for ZERO Accidents. Ensure employees have the appropriate tools and training to perform tasks in a safe manner. Identify Near Misses along with appropriate corrective actions. Principal contact and liaison person between the maintenance department and plant departments. Ensure that the operational areas or functions receive prompt, efficient, and quality service from the maintenance function. Receive and process all work orders. Ensure that safety needs are given appropriate priority in work planning. Plan and schedule preventive maintenance work in coordination with operation and maintenance supervisors. Review and screen each work request, verifying that it has been properly filled out. Discuss work details with the originating department as appropriate. Ensure that work requested is necessary and appropriate for maintenance. Review with engineering and management work orders that require engineering design. Examine jobs to determine the most efficient way to accomplish the work. Obtain blueprints, drawings, instructional manuals, and special procedures as needed. Identify and obtain materials, entering material needs on the work order. Determine if needed parts are in stock by verifying availability with stores prior to scheduling the work. Estimate jobs showing sequence of steps, number of technicians, and required labor hours. Maintain backlog files of work orders waiting scheduling in accordance with their priority limits. Verify the availability of parts, material, and special tools required for execution. Develop a maintenance work schedule for the maintenance area supervisor. Coordinate requisition of all predetermined parts, materials, and special tools. Issue approved schedules together with relevant work orders to area supervisors. Follow-up to ensure completed schedules and work orders are returned at the proper time. Maintain an open package of schedulable work orders for unscheduled shutdowns. Develop a file of standard work orders for regularly recurring repair jobs. Review actual labor expended versus estimated labor and material used for completed jobs. Perform other duties as assigned. Qualifications: Education: Associate’s degree or equivalent required. Experience with an ERP Manufacturing system or CMMS is preferred. 2-5 years of maintenance and manufacturing supply management experience preferred. Skills & Abilities: Analytical skills, mathematical skills, computer skills, and reasoning ability required. Possess core values of honesty and integrity. Mechanical/Electrical background necessary and tech school background desired. #J-18808-Ljbffr