Maintenance Planner

The Maintenance Planner is a crucial role to the success within the Maintenance department. Working closely with the Maintenance Manager and Operations team, the successful candidate will be expected to plan and schedule routine and shutdown/planned outage maintenance tasks for plant and building equipment. The candidate will also actively support plant projects, emergency equipment failures and other maintenance activities to support the Maintenance Manager.

Activity A: Scheduled Shutdown Planning and Execution 40%

• Assess equipment needs prior to scheduled shutdowns (pit stops) and develop a plan accordingly.
• GHANT Chart development for scheduled work timelines
• Schedule internal and external labor to meet the required work to be completed
• Assign, distribute, and collect completed work orders from internal and external labor for shutdowns
• Follow up with work that is completed and identify the duration the work took to be completed
• Provide support to internal and external labor during scheduled shutdowns
• Ensure H&S compliance with all organized work
  
  

Activity B: CMMS and Work Order Control 30%

• The maintenance planner is the primary owner of the CMMS.
• Subject matter expert for the implementation of the CMMS
• Generate and distribute work orders for routine maintenance activities
• Input relevant information into CMMS
• Analyze and communicate work order progress/status to stakeholders
• Generate reports for maintenance KPI’s
  
  

Activity C: Facilities Maintenance 10%

• Plan and schedule all the following PM’s for the facility:
• HVAC seasonal startup, cleaning, and shut down;
• Lighting;
• Compressors, including air dryers;
• Generators:
• Boilers.
  
  

Activity D: Maintenance Job Plans & Spare Parts Inventory 10%

• Coordinate spare parts inventory with Store Room
• Coordinate scheduled parts for routine maintenance with stores room
• Creation and maintenance of critical work instructions and associated checklists for the department
• Support H&S Program for all work coordinated.
  
  

Activity E: Purchasing Management 10%

• Initiate the purchasing process for maintenance department
• Enter requisitions into M3 for labor or parts prior to any work being completed.
• Monitor project work and ensure purchase requisitions are inputted to ensure accurate capture of maintenance spend for budgeting purposes
  
  

Core Competencies

Planning and Organizing

Concern for Safety

Time Management/Priority Setting

Decision Making

Attention to Detail/Accuracy

Ability to Communication clearly and concisely

Minimum Qualifications (Education)

• Degree/Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronic Technology, or other relevant education and/or maintenance work experience would be an asset
  
  

Skills, Abilities & Equipment Operated

• Excellent organization skills
• Resiliency and persistence to ensure organized work is completed
• Communication with stakeholders internally and externally
• 2D CAD Design preferred
• Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite of products