Maintenance Planner

Maintenance Planner: The Impact You’ll Have On The Organization and World  You’ll help us become even better. You will develop comprehensive predictive and preventive maintenance plans; dramatically reducing unplanned downtime and boosting the reliability and efficiency of facility operations. This will create seamless operational processes, minimizing delays and enhancing the facility’s overall workflow.  You’ll engage in strategic collaboration. Through effective planning and coordination with suppliers and the maintenance team, you will ensure that the right talent, tools, and parts are available, leading to optimized resource allocation and increased productivity.  You’ll play a critical role in the success of our plant. Ensuring that all maintenance and contractor work is properly planned before execution, you will facilitate smoother operational processes, reducing delays and improving the facility's overall workflow. It's Better with Bakelite: Our Commitment Back to You   You’ll Help Shape Our Future. As a Bakelite associate, you’re part of a diverse, global population creating the next generation of the company and we expect you to put your fingerprint on it.   We Champion Our Associates. At Bakelite, you don’t just climb the career ladder – you pave your personal path through continued learning and development.   Together, We Will Protect the Planet. From our processes to our products, we are focusing on the opportunities that both grow our profitability as a company, and improve and protect the planet.  Safety is a Core Value. At Bakelite, safety is a 24/7 mindset. We are all safe today to ensure we are able to show up tomorrow – for our families and friends, for each other and for our communities.  We Care. Plain and simple, we care about our associates. From the top on down, we place a high value on our culture and the associate experience. We offer competitive compensation, robust benefits and support our associates every step of their career.  Life in Lufkin: Located northeast of Houston, Lufkin is just 60 miles west from the Texas-Louisiana border.   Surrounded by vast areas of pine trees, Lufkin and has a rich history of manufacturing in lumber and paper.   Explore downtown Lufkin, home to many restaurants, shops and historic architecture.   Other attractions to check out include the Ellen Trout Zoo, the Texas Forestry Museum and the Naranjo Museum of Natural History.   Lufkin has lots of outdoor nature areas to explore. The city is the headquarters for all four U.S. National Forests and two U.S. National Grasslands located in Texas.   Learn more about Lufkin     What Does a Typical Day Look Like? Here are your primary responsibilities:   Plans all maintenance work and assembles job kitting.  Specs jobs, orders parts and designs job plans, evaluating the time and resources needed.  Arranges contractors’ needs, reviewing work requests entered and prioritized.   Posts evaluation of jobs for job plan accuracy and performance while creating and supporting safety and environmental compliance in all plans.  Utilizes MP2/SAP database for planning and records and conducts monthly cycle counts for storeroom inventory.   Creates job plans for all contractor work with estimated completion time, needed down time, equipment affected and cost of job.  Enters all new equipment data into MP2/SAP and all maintenance documents are filed according to RIM.  Creates and maintains PM plans in the system and critical spares inventory reordering points.  Maintains maintenance job hazard analysis records, SOP and SMP records.  What is Needed to be Successful in this Role (Required Skills/Abilities):  Minimum Qualifications  High School Diploma.  Strong computer system skills: ability to work in SAP/M3 etc. and in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel.  Demonstrated ability to lead and influence.  Strong Maintenance Knowledge – How work gets done and what skills are needed to safety accomplish the tasks.  Strong communicator – ability interface between operations and maintenance.   Contract management – Ability and understanding of OSHA/other Codes to ensure compliance with contract activities for construction, excavation, Electrical work etc.   Preferred Qualifications  Experience in Maintenance Planning or Scheduling in an industrial environment.   Are you ready to help us build a better tomorrow and put your fingerprints on the world?  Apply for this exciting opportunity, and learn more about our hiring process, insights from our global associates, our robust benefits and more at Bakelite.com/careers.