Maintenance Planner

First Quality was founded in 1989 and, in nearly three decades, has grown to be a global privately held company with over 4,000 employees. Its corporate offices are located in Great Neck, New York, with manufacturing facilities and offices in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Georgia, and Canada. First Quality is a diversified family of companies manufacturing consumer products ranging from Absorbent Hygiene (adult incontinence, feminine care, and baby care), Tissue (bath and towel), and Industrial (print and packaging materials), serving institutional and retail markets throughout the world. First Quality focuses on private label and branded product lines.

Our core business philosophy is built on a proud culture driven by safety and quality, respect, humility, integrity, customer focus, and teamwork. With leading edge manufacturing technologies and processes and visionary leadership, First Quality is positioned to continue significant growth in the coming years. We are seeking an experienced Maintenance Planner for our Nutek Disposables facility located in McElhattan, PA.

This position is responsible for providing leadership in maintenance planning and tracking of all equipment using a CMMS system, focus on effective scheduling, kitting, and enhancing asset health through strategic planning.

Principal Accountabilities/ Responsibilities:

• Expert on equipment health and planning all activities on equipment in a CMMS system.
• Responsible for maintaining the CMMS system work orders, which includes scheduling, kitting, reviewing, auditing, and closing out in timely fashion.
• Works collaboratively with all platforms and team members.
• Responsible for an accurate record of all equipment hierarchy, parts list, and history in a CMMS system.
• Coordinates with the parts room to maintain correct parts levels for kitting and planning maintenance activities.
• Uses the CMMS system for documentation and recoding all findings and improvements.
• Works with Reliability engineering to coordinate predictive inspections and planning proactive actions in a CMMS system.
• Ability to use systems to view drawings for kitting and planning.
• Maintain and report KPI’s to the team.
• Perform training for support groups as needed.
• Assists in troubleshooting of all machinery issues as needed.
• Collaborate with process and maintenance to evaluate equipment performance. Plan and schedule equipment downtime to improve equipment performance.
• Participate in Department On-Call Responsibilities.
• Daily communication and participation as part of a Platform Teams.
• Participates, facilitates, and leads communication in group settings and/or meetings.
• Communicates with members of the support teams on asset health.
• Observes all safety rules and always uses the proper safety equipment.
• Keeps safety as the priority when making decisions. Drives a zero-loss time mentality.

Education and experience requirements:

• Minimum of three years of industrial experience or equivalent.
• Advanced mechanical knowledge of all machinery, equipment, and components.
• Advanced knowledge of pneumatics and hydraulics.
• Advanced knowledge of product specifications, quality specifications, goals, efficiency, scrap, and production.
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication and analytical skills.
• Ability to operate a CMMS system.
• Ability to work in a team-oriented environment.
• Ability to lead others through example, coaching, and development.
• Experience with EAM or comparable CMMS is preferred.
• AutoCAD experience is preferred.
• Planning training or experience preferred

Excellent compensation and benefit package!

For immediate and confidential consideration, please visit our website at www.firstquality.com!

First Quality is committed to protecting information under the care of First Quality Enterprises commensurate with leading industry standards and applicable regulations. As such, First Quality provides at least annual training regarding data privacy and security to employees who, as a result of their role specifications, may come in to contact with sensitive data.

First Quality is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identification, or protected Veteran status.