The Maintenance Planner/Scheduler analyzes work orders, operating guidelines and other documentation to prepare time, cost, and labor estimates for services, applying knowledge of specialized techniques or processes. Creates weekly and daily execution schedules to address unit priorities of ready-to-work work orders. Computes cost factors and prepares estimates used for management purposes, such as planning, organizing, and scheduling work, preparing bids, selecting vendors or subcontractors, and determining cost effectiveness. In addition, the planner-scheduler requisitions materials to complete job packages.

The Planner/Scheduler provides comprehensive development of work order/work package documentation and estimates, including material requisitions. The product of planning is an organized task complying with current facility guidelines and execution needs. Will produce weekly and daily schedules in compliance with plant priorities and governing plant guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Ensures adherence to standard work processes (MEWP).
• Responsible for planning the work order including craft and labor resources needed, task lists to do the job, parts required, permits required, special tools and equipment needed and other things as required to complete the work order.
• Review priority and sort orders by running/maintaining work order backlog.
• Develops standard work order templates for jobs that are repetitive where they need only one time planning.
• Incorporates regulatory requirements and effects upon the maintenance process into the work order.
• Requisitions parts and materials needed for work order packages AND not stocked in the storerooms.
• Maintains communication with all relevant parties so that progress on RPL work orders is known.
• Arranges for special equipment and contractor services for work orders they are planning.
• Recommends changes to PMs or parts stocking such that the needs of planning are consistent with the criticality of the equipment.
• Participates in the investigation of all “re-work” to determine the root causes and then makes recommendations to R&M Manager for improvement.
• Responsible for assisting in compliance with all HACCP requirements for plant. Informs QC Manager of any issues.
• Evaluates JSA requirements and requests support to develop when needed.
• Discusses reliability improvements with reliability engineer.
• Confirms work order scope meets expectations
• Provides occasional off hour support to the unit.
• Reference equipment and technical information including blueprints and specifications
• Review new ready to plan work orders
• Update work order status in CMMS
• Maintain equipment availability status
• Build weekly maintenance schedule
• Respond to schedule break demands
• Lead schedule meetings
• Document and distribute schedules
• Request regulatory compliance support
• Evaluate special equipment needs
• Participate in job walk-through
• Confirm WO scope meets expectations
• Generate and maintain all maintenance metrics pertaining to schedule/planner position
• # of Planned Jobs planned weekly
• # of Standard Job Plans Written
• # of Outstanding PM’s
• Monthly tabulation of planned work orders completed with a “Plan v. Actual” evaluation.
• % of Schedule Compliance tracked weekly
• Understands the importance of product safety, legality and quality - Informs the Maintenance Manager and QC Manager of any issues.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

High school diploma or GED; and

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field preferred, or

Minimum of three to five years of experience operating in a maintenance environment; or

equivalent combination of education and experience.