Maintenance Planner

Position Summary

The role of Maintenance Planner is to 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. The Maintenance Planner will create job plans intended to ensure or extend the life expectancy of equipment therefore aiding in the total reduction of maintenance cost and increased output of product. The Maintenance Planner is responsible for planning, scheduling, and coordination of all plannable maintenance work performed in the facility. The Maintenance Planner is also responsible for maintenance records and files essential to meaningful analysis and reporting of maintenance related matters.

Position Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Be the primary contact and liaison person between Maintenance, Production, and other supported departments.

• Ensure all internal beneficiaries of Maintenance receive timely, efficient, and quality service.

• Balance Production’s need for daily output with their need of equipment reliability through productive maintenance.

• Long range planning involving regular analysis of backlog relative to available resources

• Short term planning to identify scope of work needed, and analysis of required level of planning.

• Coordinate with Production to describe, approve, and schedule work to be done

• Communicate with work requestor to gain complete clarity of work to be performed

• Communicate with all stakeholders the expectations of work before equipment is taken out of service

• Conducts line walks to identify and document job requirements

• Identify specific safety hazards that will be encountered in the performance of the proposed work

• Makes safety procedures, including Lock Out/ Tag Out procedures, available to employees. Ensures that all aspects of the existing company safety policy are incorporated into the job plan

• Estimates hours on work order takes, total work order duration, and skills required to perform the task

• Plans jobs with appropriate level of detail for the given skilled trades workforce

• Determines and includes FSQA requirements on jobs

• Gathers necessary engineering or technical documents, specifications, and drawings

• Writes clear and concise work instructions/ procedures

• Coordinates with store room specialist and maintenance buyer to identify and procure parts and tools needed to perform requested work

• Determines and arranges for parts required to perform the work (when no store room specialist or maintenance buyer exists)

• Compiles information into a scheduled Preventative Maintenance package for skilled mechanics. Clearly communicates with mechanics on critical steps of the PM

• Upon completion of jobs, communicates with mechanics regarding ideas and procedures that would make future jobs more efficient

• Coordinates with management to reprioritize jobs as needed

• Keeps bills of materials current

• Is able to accurately measure the maintenance backlog in its various forms and continually maintains not less than two weeks work of ready backlog at all times

• Ensures all work orders and PMs are closed when work is completed

• Participates in down time planning activities such as scope identification and control, scheduling, coordination, risk assessment, execution, and continuous improvement

• Communicates with contractor resources directly on specific work orders assigned to the contractor and performance expectations of the work. Does not manage contractors, but ensures that all details of the work order are clearly communicated and understood.

• Compiles and delivers reports from the CMMS (JDE) regarding the work execution management process

Position Qualifications

Supervisory Responsibilities: Yes, Direct Reports: 3

Education, Certifications and Experience An equivalent combination of experience and education will also be considered.

Education Education Level Description High School or GED

Experience Minimum Years of Experience Comments 4 to 6 years Minimum 5 years work experience in industrial maintenance


Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Experience with CMMS required. Experience with JD Edwards a plus

• Strong mechanical/ electrical aptitude

• Some level of supervisory experience a plus
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Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc. (AFNA) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. AFNA does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis protected by stated, federal, or local law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.   The statements contained herein reflect general details as necessary to describe the principal functions for this job, the level of knowledge and skill typically required, and the scope of responsibility, but should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements. Individuals may perform other duties as assigned.