Maintenance planner

Position Summary

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, the maintenance planner is responsible for planning, prioritizing,  scheduling and tracking the maintenance work in close collaboration with the Maintenance leads. The maintenance planner supports, and acts in the absence of the Maintenance Manager and Team Lead, in ensuring that work is conducted in a safe, secure, efficient, and cost-effective manner. S/he also participates in the implementation of the continuous improvement program.

Responsibilities

• Provide the full extent of maintenance work needed to conduct the relevant repair / preventive / predictive design-out activities on the organization’s plant and equipment;
• Works with Maintenance leads, supervisors and planners to determine resource availability and work to level the work force;
• Verifies all material, information, tools and Labor are available prior to scheduling;
• Actively participate in scheduling meeting with operation partners to finalize priority of work orders, optimum downtime windows, and necessary lead times.
• Responsible for up-keep and accuracy of equipment maintenance history and job records database;
• Responsible for up-keep and accuracy of technical information on processes, plant and equipment
• Schedule maintenance work into production plan;
• Continually improving planning, scheduling, data management and job reporting systems to increase planning effectiveness and efficiency;
• Collaborate with maintenance supervision to schedule manpower and resources for the most effective production and maintenance outcomes;
• Review all planned work request from assigned area and determine validity and accuracy of information and engage the appropriate resources to set a preliminary priority;
• Obtain and organize all information required for the preventive maintenance work to perform the work;
• Approach all aspect of the work being performed with safety as the highest priority;
• Assist the Plant Manager to manage health and safety activities including procedures and documentation;
• Inform the maintenance team of updates and new practices regarding equipment;
• Use SAP system

Requirements

An associate degree in a related field or equivalent experience;
Have three (3) to five (5) years of experience in similar role, preferably in fast pace environment;
Excellent computer skills with full proficiency and demonstrated experience with Microsoft Office Suite;  and ERP systems (SAP); SAP software knowledge is considered an asset
Strong oral and written communication skills, excellent judgment, strong sense of ethics & integrity, result oriented;
Strong organizational skills with exceptional time management;
Ability to stand, walk, sit frequently; Ability to work in office setting;
Ability to work with little to no supervision; self-directed
Ability to work flexible hours and weekends when needed;
Must possess a positive, can-do attitude and demonstrate the initiative to take on any challenge;
This position has been identified as a safety sensitive position within Leclerc Foods USA, Inc.

Essential Functions:

• Must be able to lift from floor to waist 52 lbs. 20% of the time.
• Must be able to lift from waist to shoulder 52 lbs 20% of the time.
• Must be able to push/pull a maximum force of 55 lbs.
• Regular and reliable attendance.