Maintenance Planner

Department: Maintenance

Location: Ice Cream Plant

City: Jerome

State/Territory: Idaho

Reports To: Maintenance Manager

Employment Status: Full time

FLSA Status: Exempt

Shifts: Day Shift

# of openings: 1

Shift

• Days, Monday through Friday, 8:00AM to 5:00PM.
• Subject to change according to business needs.

BENEFITS:

• We proudly offer a comprehensive benefits package, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life Insurance, FSA, Supplemental coverage, Vacation, Holiday Pay, and Personal Time Off (PTO), designed to support your well-being.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Maintenance Planner plays a vital role in enhancing equipment reliability and labor efficiency through the thoughtful planning, scheduling, and coordination of both corrective and preventive maintenance activities. This position fosters a seamless work environment by ensuring the Maintenance team is well-equipped with the necessary tools and parts. Additionally, adept management of CMMS software enables strategic scheduling that significantly reduces equipment downtime, ultimately benefiting production and supporting our commitment to excellence.

Essential Functions, Duties And Performance Responsibilities

• Receives, manages, and processes work order requests; ensures problems are resolved quickly.
• Partners with plant personnel to create a maintenance plan that effectively and efficiently serves the plant's needs.
• Acts as liaison between employees and any outside contractors needed to resolve specialized problems and complete routine tasks.
• Drafts and implements preventive maintenance schedules for buildings and equipment.
• Organizes workflow and appointments by reading and routing verbal and written correspondence, collecting information, and managing assignments.
• Responsible for maintenance plan’s contents, which include actual work, instructions, schedule, workers, spare parts, and contractors.
• Create detailed instructions for the task needed for each asset and write comprehensive procedures for Technicians to understand.
• Use time-based and condition-based metrics to provide insight into asset condition and improve maintenance programs to maximize asset life.
• Develop and maximize predictive maintenance.
• Add workers or contractors and create an effective maintenance plan, including estimated working hours, spare parts and quantities, and any needed work permits.
• Develop schedules and assist the maintenance technicians in determining job priorities.
• Ensure the CMMS software data files are complete and current.
• Identifies, analyses, and reviews equipment maintenance problems with the maintenance and engineering team.
• Assists in educating operations or facilities personnel in maintenance management.
• Completes other duties as assigned.

POSITION SPECIFICATIONS/QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

• High School Diploma/GED or equivalent work-related experience.

Experience:

• 2- 5 years of experience in food processing/manufacturing planning preferred.
• 2-5 years of CMMS program experience.

Knowledge & Skills:

• A sound knowledge of maintenance and workflow processes, along with strong technology skills.
• Ability to plan and schedule maintenance projects to support the facility's reliability by using effective maintenance planning skills.
• An effective maintenance planner has clear communication skills.
• Must be highly motivated and able to work independently and in groups.

Physical Requirements:

• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances on a regular basis.
• Repetitive motions: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist on a regular basis.
• Reaching: Extending hands and arms in any direction.
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees occasionally.
• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Lifting: Able to lift up to 100lb occasionally and 50lb regularly
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Includes activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

Working Conditions:

• The worker is subject to both environmental conditions: Activities occur inside and outside.
• Subject to extreme cold: Temperatures below -15 F for limited periods possible.
• There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout to be heard above the ambient noise level.
• Subject up to at least 92db’s.

Machinery Used:

• Computer, phone, and various other office equipment.

To apply for this position, please visit our website at www.idahomilkproducts.com