Maintenance Planner

WestRock is seeking a skilled Maintenance Planner to join our team. As a Maintenance Planner, you will be responsible for providing superior maintenance and administrative planning services to internal and external customers.

You will execute critical planning, scheduling, coordinating, and reporting of repair activities to ensure operational effectiveness. Your goal will be to maintain a backlog of work orders and move work orders to the ready-to-schedule phase, and review technician feedback upon work completion.

You will track the progress of work order flow through the work order system by performing plant and/or maintenance department day-to-day reviews. You will plan all maintenance work activities associated with maintenance work orders and record technician troubleshooting feedback in SAP.

You will conduct initial screening of incoming work orders, identify scope of the work orders, and analyze required level of planning. You will coordinate outage planning activities such as scope identification and control, scheduling, risk assessments, execution, and continuous improvement initiatives.

You will partner with Validators to ensure that plans and schedules are aligned based on the available equipment to support the mill. You will incorporate safety requirements for all work orders and jobs to support and drive safe work behaviors.

You will oversee the end-to-end planning and execution of work orders and resolve any work order issues. You will maintain real-time equipment bill of materials in CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System), including parts that have changed and update new equipment data.

You will comply with ISO, Safety, Environmental and other technical codes, and regulations. You will provide leadership and coaching in safety, training, and work allocation to uphold the standards of maximum safety for all maintenance technicians.

What We Offer

WestRock offers a variety of benefits and group health insurance options, the premium costs of which are currently shared by employees and WestRock. We offer a comprehensive training program with numerous learning and development opportunities.

We offer an attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies, and potential. We are a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging solutions, and we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Requirements

• Associate degree
• 2 to 3 years in manufacturing maintenance environment
• Knowledge of Pulping & Paper Making Processes and Equipment
• Demonstrated successful track record of effective problem-solving
• Drives for continuous improvement while managing expectations and results
• Possess advance computer skills working with Microsoft Office applications, such as Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, Word
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to maintain complex records and to assemble and organize data
• Possess strong mechanical acumen
• Possess strong collaboration skills with stakeholders across functions
• Ability to set priorities, achieve deadlines, and manage multiple tasks at the same time
• Demonstrate strong organizational and time management skills
• Possess strong written and verbal communication skills to deliver messages to customers and WestRock employees