What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Planner position at Lucas James Talent Partners?
Maintenance Planner
The maintenance planner supports the function of the plant maintenance group by developing job plans and advance work schedules. Work requires good technical, analytical, and communication skills. The planner reports to the Plant Maintenance Manager
Job Responsibilities
- Make field inspections and determine appropriate job work scopes.
- Develop work plans for maintenance jobs with necessary information to allow efficient scheduling, assignment, and execution of maintenance work.
- Create, use, and maintain plant history and other technical files to include information in current job plans to anticipate and avoid job delays.
- Perform purchasing duties as required.
- Stage materials and special tools as required.
- Evaluate job feedback to improve future work.
- Keep familiar with current safety rules and regulations.
- Utilize Maintenance Connection and other computer applications to support the maintenance function.
- Provide technical assistance as required for maintenance personnel.
- Prepare reports as required.
- Perform related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
- Knowledge of methods, materials, tools, and equipment in the maintenance of a modern manufacturing plant.
- Knowledge of large industrial equipment such as fans, pumps, and valves and their associated components such as bearings and actuators.
- Knowledge of safety hazards and appropriate precautions applicable to work assignments.
- Ability to apply technical knowledge to determine equipment problems and appropriate solutions in swiftly developing job plans.
- Ability to perform basic mathematical computations involved in estimating and purchasing.
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely in written and verbal form.
- Ability to maintain effective working relationships with other personnel including operators, vendors, contractors, subordinates, peers, and superiors.
- Ability to utilize common office equipment such as copier, fax machine, telephone, and personal computer.
- Ability to read, interpret, and apply information from files, drawings, catalogs, reports, and manuals.
- Ability to maneuver continuously throughout plant to observe equipment.
- Ability to walk, sit, stoop, squat, climb ladders and stairs, and lift and carry objects up to 50 pounds in weight. Ability to perform simple grasping and fine finger manipulation of small objects. Ability to crawl on hands and knees to access and observe equipment.
- Ability to work comfortably in confined spaces or exposed heights up to 250 feet with adequate protection.
- Ability to use Microsoft Office software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint…)
