What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Planner position at Ahlstrom?
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The candidate is responsible for planning, scheduling, and directing the routine and shutdown maintenance work. The candidate will be pulling and examining data from multiple programs, such as JD Edwards and analyzing the data to minimize downtime and maximize efficiencies. In addition, the person will be assigned various projects in the mill, and other tasks as assigned.
Maintenance Planner responsibilities include the following:
Ahlstrom is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Equal opportunity is a sound and just concept to which we are firmly bound. Ahlstrom will not engage in discrimination against, or harassment of, any person employed or seeking employment with our company based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, non-disqualifying disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law.
About Us.
Ahlstrom is a global leader in combining fibers into sustainable specialty materials. Our purpose is to Purify and Protect, with Every Fiber, for a Sustainable World. Our vision is to be the Preferred Sustainable Specialty Materials Company for all our stakeholders. Our three divisions, Filtration and Life Sciences, Food and Consumer Packaging, and Protective Materials, address global trends with safe and sustainable solutions. Our net sales in 2024 amounted to EUR 3.0 billion and we employ some 6,800 people.
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Do your values align with ours? Accountability, Growth mindset, One team, Care and a fair and inclusive work environment for everyone, everywhere!
We strive to meet the highest standards of corporate citizenship by protecting the health and safety of our team, safeguarding the environment, and creating a long-lasting, positive impact on the communities where we do business. Are you with us?!?
The candidate is responsible for planning, scheduling, and directing the routine and shutdown maintenance work. The candidate will be pulling and examining data from multiple programs, such as JD Edwards and analyzing the data to minimize downtime and maximize efficiencies. In addition, the person will be assigned various projects in the mill, and other tasks as assigned.
Maintenance Planner responsibilities include the following:
- Must follow Ahlstrom manufacturing and hygiene processes, procedures and policies, as applicable, to the position’s areas of responsibility, in order to meet and maintain the safety, quality, and regulatory compliance requirements for each grade of paper.
- Manage daily work backlogs and coordinate/schedule daily and shutdown work to maximize team efficiencies.
- Work closely with other maintenance and also production team members to minimize asset downtime and support the annual operating plan (AOP)
- Update procedures as well as identify missing ones and develop for common and larger related maintenance tasks to minimize downtime.
- Identify and help maintain and schedule predictive/preventative maintenance for area
- Be the resident expert on JDE and Excel.
- Purchase parts, materials and services in a cost effective manner
- Coordinate with corporate procurement to manage new stores requests, safety stock amounts and obsolescence.
- Capture parts, man hours and material usage to create accurate Bill of Materials (BOM)
- Be in the rotation for weekend, holiday and outage/start-up coverage.
- Collect and examine data to drive fact-based decisions.
- Coordinate and execute various projects throughout the mill
- Ensure safety planning is built into planning process.
- Lead scheduled planning and outage meetings in the most effective manner possible and provide required schedules and work order backlogs to assist in facilitating the planning process.
- Ensure work orders and other planning notes are entered accurately in the appropriate computer systems.
- Maintain equipment history, parts/materials inventory, drawing and prints, vendor files and other planning systems.
- Work to build partnerships between maintenance and operations with a focus on improving reliability and machine availability.
- Assist in training others on work order entry and planning methods.
Ahlstrom is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Equal opportunity is a sound and just concept to which we are firmly bound. Ahlstrom will not engage in discrimination against, or harassment of, any person employed or seeking employment with our company based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, non-disqualifying disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law.
About Us.
Ahlstrom is a global leader in combining fibers into sustainable specialty materials. Our purpose is to Purify and Protect, with Every Fiber, for a Sustainable World. Our vision is to be the Preferred Sustainable Specialty Materials Company for all our stakeholders. Our three divisions, Filtration and Life Sciences, Food and Consumer Packaging, and Protective Materials, address global trends with safe and sustainable solutions. Our net sales in 2024 amounted to EUR 3.0 billion and we employ some 6,800 people.
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