Our client based in Rosslyn is looking for a Maintenance Planner to provide maintenance support in the day to day operations of maintenance department in order to achieve targets, goals or objectives set out by the company by facilitating continuous improvement in the in the plant through TPM development.
Duties & Responsibilities
Qualification
N3 or equivalent qualification (Engineering Qualification)
Trade Tested certificate will be an added advantage (Millwright or Electrician preferably)
Computer literate – proven experience working with maintenance systems
Expert in preventative maintenance
4 - 5 years in operations or engineering maintenance
Experience on a CMMS preferably SAP PM would be an added advantage
Competencies
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Accuracy of work with attention to detail and neatness
Team player
Utter integrity, discretion and confidentiality
Good organizational and co-ordination skills
High regard for customer service
Good command of English language
Requirements
Principle contact and liaison between the maintenance department and operation planning. They
ensure the area, department or facility in which they are assigned receive professional maintenance service in a timely manner to ensure high equipment availability and performance
Review all planned work request from assigned area and determine validity and accuracy of
information and engage the appropriate resources to set a preliminary priority
Identifies work requiring engineering design and reviews them with Maintenance Manager
Escalates issues to the Maintenance Manager for work which does not appear to be valid or costly
Review the work to be performed and determine the best way to accomplish the work. They will consult with Supervisors, Originator, Production Supervisors, Planner and Stores as necessary
Obtain and organize all information required for the crafts to perform the work: drawings, vendor
manual, supplemental instructional materials, special procedures, and other file material which is
appropriate. Supplement this information by preparing any additional sketches, drawings,
diagrams, notes, or any instructional material which will clarify the work to be performed.
Identifies and secures all parts and material required to complete the work by providing stores a Bill
of Material for the work order and any special kitting instructions
Work with Stores to manage spare part usage to maximize turns but minimize risk of using critical spares
Approach all aspect of the work being performed with safety as the highest priority
Provide job estimates based on craft or skills required, sequence required and number required
Determine and identify any vendor delivered service for the work order. (i.e., contract vibration
monitoring or alignment service)
Provide a total cost estimate for the work to be performed: labour, material, and outside services.
Manage the status of work control and backlog for work order submission to work order
completion. Status may include: waiting for planning, waiting parts, ready to schedule, scheduled, etc
Verifies all material, information, tools and Labour are available prior to scheduling
Works with Maintenance Manager, Shift Managers, Supervisors to determine resource availability
and work to level the work force
Develops a preliminary workforce schedule by crew ensuring all skills requirement and resource availability is met.
Actively participate in scheduling meeting with operation partners to finalize priority of work
orders, optimum downtime windows, and necessary lead times
Finalize the Maintenance resource schedule based on agreed plan with production
Issue scheduled work orders with job plan packets to Shift Managers
Follow up with Shift Managers to ensure that completed work turned in with improvement comments in a timely fashion.
Updates all schedules as required for the files
Manage a backlog of work orders which require major or significant portion of the facility to be shutdown
Continuously improves the job estimate, planning and scheduling by receiving feedback from
maintenance supervisors, maintenance leads, production supervisors, engineers and production planners
Keep accurate metrics on the performance of planning and scheduling functions and provide timely
reports to the Maintenance
