Maintenance Planner
Job Location: Fairfield
Want to make an impact?
Responsible for reducing maintenance costs and improving equipment reliability by facilitating and championing the maintenance strategy of the reliability centered maintenance (RCM) program. Improve work force productivity and work quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through planning and coordination of labor, parts and material, and equipment access. Help develop an efficient and productive maintenance team.
Ways you will make a difference
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily:
- Screen incoming work orders, identify scopes of jobs, and analyze required levels of planning.
- Apply engineering principles to detailed job plans and back-up plans.
- Manage data in and report from the plant CMMS system including: Conversion of work requests to work orders ensuring accuracy of work orders with supervisors.
- Management of work backlogs (planned and unplanned).
- Creation of PM task lists and maintenance plans to assist in job planning.
- Closures of completed work orders.
- Maintenance of all safety notifications.
- Build and maintain relationships effective internal relationships.
- Estimate the skills and labor hours needed to perform new work order requests by coordinating with supervisors.
- Determine if work will be performed with internal resources or if the work will be contracted to an outside vendor.
- Arrange and track equipment by OEM or third-party providers.
- Prepare and review weekly schedule with maintenance management.
- Develop Preventive Maintenance Plans (e.g., thermography, vibration reports, oil analysis) with supervisors.
- Assist the failure analysis effort by helping implement corrective actions that are needed to prevent reoccurrence of equipment failure.
- Investigate the feasibility of redesigning systems in which reoccurring equipment problems exist.
- Maintain the plant Preventive Maintenance Program by predictive and preventative maintenance scheduling.
- Ensure that warehouse stock items are available and reserved for planned jobs, order replacement parts timely.
- Maintain plant equipment history and organize equipment manuals library.
- Participate in budget preparation and administration.
- Fill in for Maintenance Supervisors as required and assist with equipment repairs and research.
- Assist the Safety Manager in the development, implementation, and enforcement of all plant safety and housekeeping programs.
- Ensures adherence to all company policies and procedures.
- Understands and demonstrates the Company’s core values.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Skills that will make you successful
LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and process descriptions. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
REASONING ABILITY: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
OTHER SKILLS: Extensive knowledge of electrical and mechanical maintenance techniques. Skilled in PM/PdM manipulation/creation. Expert level project management skills.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. The employee must ascend and descend stairs to perform essential functions and report to work location.
WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Experiences that will support your success
- Bachelor's degree (preferred) or equivalent experience
- Minimum 5 years’ experience
- Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite
- Experience in FMEA, RCFA required
- Experience in utilizing CMMS systems preferred
What We Offer
At Ferrara, we're proud to support our employees with comprehensive benefits that enhance health, financial wellness, and include paid time off (PTO). Eligible employees may also receive an annual bonus based on company performance. Learn more about our benefits @ https://flimp.live/Ferrara-Benefits-Resource-Center.
Compensation
$75,000 - $85,000