What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Planner position at HECLA MINING CO.?
The Maintenance Planner is responsible for developing and implementing daily, weekly, and monthly schedules for maintenance activities in support of the maintenance and production goals for the Lucky Friday.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following.
• Follow and promote the Lucky Friday Maintenance Work Management Process.
• Work with team members to build and maintain accurate Plans / Work Scopes.
• Develop and implement accurate resource levelled schedules for all maintenance activities.
• Monitor and maintain the maintenance activity and report both Leading and Lagging Maintenance KPI’s and cost KPI’s. Develop additional reports as required.
• Manage minor capital projects related to maintenance as needed.
• Develop and maintain currency of effective preventive, predictive, and breakdown maintenance procedures.
• Work with warehouse personnel on warranty issues and core recovery.
• Monitor the suitability of the parts inventory.
• Maintain component information on all equipment for warranty tracking and other purposes.
• Execute strategies for improving maintenance performance, including training, PM development, and the maintenance and development of computer-based maintenance management systems.
• Assist the Maintenance Foreman with budgeting and forecasting.
• Monitor maintenance costs and identify and explain variances to the budget.
• Work with the Reliability Engineer to identify chronic and impending equipment issues.
• Initiate formal Root Cause Analysis (RCA) on chronic or high business risk failures.
• Participate in Risk Assessment activities as required.
• Check accuracy and provision of all relevant data flows, including shift reports, requests for materials, timecards, etc.
• Manage all aspects of the IFS Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS include the following.
- Bachelor’s degree in Planning or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) certification preferred.
- Minimum 4 years experience in a maintenance planning role.
- Minimum 5 years experience in maintenance.
- Experience in an underground mining environment preferred.
- Prior experience setting up, using, and maintaining computerized maintenance management systems
- (CMMS) required. Experience with IFS preferred.
- Must be computer literate and proficient in Word, Excel, and Outlook.
