Maintenance Planner

The Maintenance Planner is expected to manage and administer the Preventive Maintenance program, Work Order program and manage all facets of the Feed Mill maintenance parts including purchases and inventory. Responsible for assisting with the development of reliability-based maintenance strategy based on preventive and predictive maintenance. Work directly with the Management to build a reliable maintenance program. The Planner will work independently and with other plant personnel to perform preventative, predictive and routine maintenance tasks. In addition, the position will manage, organize and collaborate with contracted maintenance personnel for planned plant maintenance. The Planner position requires hands on maintenance experience and knowledge. All tasks will be performed while supporting the policies, goals and objectives of the company.Responsibilities:Plan and schedule preventive and predictive maintenance work orders.Enter and Maintain equipment records in SAP data software system.Maintain equipment attributes, such as ABC, type, functional location to support repair analysis.Setup and maintain all predictive and preventative maintenance plans in SAP to maximize equipment reliability.Determine the most effective method/tool to conduct preventative and predictive maintenance checks based on equipment critically.Setup PM plan in SAP for each piece of equipment, including frequency, mechanic tasks, parts needs, tools needed, safety procedures.Generate PM work orders in SAP, from the PM plans for the next 14-28 days.Monitor and report if PM work is being completed to maintain equipment reliability and comply with regulations and audits.Release and Schedule PM work orders to maintenance crews.Seek input from management to continually improve and adjust PM plans based on equipment and part performance/failure.Monitor and analyze SAP part failure data (along with supervisors and manager) to detect trends (good or bad).Plan and Schedule Corrective work to maximize crew utilization and effectiveness.Reviews work request (SAP Notifications), collaborates with requestor, and create the Work Order.Plans the work, including estimated labor by craft (Mech, Elect), and special equipment or permits needed.Identifies and reserves parts (or creates purchase requisitions) for parts and services.Prepares job plans and work order packets for mechanics.SchedulingInterfaces with operations to validate work priority and equipment availability.Collaborates with Management to schedule downtime.Leads weekly maintenance scheduling meeting.Prepares weekly metrics.