Maintenance Planner - Detroit

Purpose of Position:

Plans, prepares, and provides detailed planning and schedules for maintenance activities to improve plant overall productivity, efficiency, and cost.

Key Job Functions:

• Maintains and initiates improvements in SAP PM system.
• Prepares lists of required materials, tools, and equipment when planning critical work orders.
• Obtains quotes, enters PRs and performs follow-up for material and equipment required for maintenance.
• Establishes and maintains a system for proper storage of materials, tools, and equipment of pre-work and parts for pending work.
• Creates maintenance schedules; lead morning department meeting and review new work orders, costs, rentals and next day plans; establishes work sequences and lead time to complete major inspections and repairs.
• Review, revise and develop job plan, routes and preventive/predictive maintenance frequencies for Mechanical department based on resource availability and/or cause analyses in order to realize the 13 week cycle of planning.
• Confers with department Supervisors to determine status of assigned projects and identifies operations that delay schedules and alters schedules to meet unforeseen conditions.
• Responsible for facility maintenance services, including roofs, boilers, concrete paving, etc.
• Prepares Capital Project Funding Requests including technical and financial justifications.
• Serves as an internal auditor for ISO & safety audits, as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Two year college or technical school; plus one to two years related experience or equivalent.
• Two years experience at a heavy industrial plant within the maintenance department.
• Prior experience working in a maintenance planner role preferred.