Maintenance Planner (Maintenance Technician, Plant Facility, Utility Equipment Maintenance) in Sumter, SC
3 to 5+ years of experience
POSITION: Maintenance Planner (Maintenance Technician, Plant Facility, Utility Equipment Maintenance)
LOCATION: Sumter, SC (onsite position)
DURATION: Full-Time Position - onsite in Sumter, SC
SALARY: Excellent Compensation with benefits + 401K + Interview Travel, relocation
SKILLS: High School Diploma, Maintenance Technician, Plant Facility, Utility Equipment Maintenance
DESCRIPTION:
Maintenance Planner:
The purpose of this role is to determine the labor and material resources needed, and time required for each planned maintenance jobs (PM/CM/Outage/other planned activities) to ensure smooth operation of all Maintenance functions of the Engineering Team. The role is responsible to develop and support an effective integrated planning and scheduling system with Production, which allows an overview of all maintenance plans that may interact with the different assets and will oversee the optimum utilization of the resources and spare parts with minimum impact in asset availability. Ensures compliance with corporate quality systems, policies, procedures, best practices, and all local, state, federal & corporate safety regulations, policies, and procedures; Regular, punctual attendance is an essential job function.
Responsibilities:
Main activities and accountabilities include:
- Develop and implement a comprehensive maintenance program that promotes efficiency and productivity while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, budget constraints, and safety standards.
- Schedule and complete preventive maintenance (PM) tasks on time to protect production areas from unplanned work and minimize disruptions to equipment operation.
- Manage all planned and scheduled maintenance activities, including work orders generation, resources allocation, and backlog reduction, to ensure on-time work completion and eliminate delays.
- Validate the time, materials, resources, and tools required to complete each job and ensure compliance with technical and HS&E specifications.
- Monitor and control maintenance costs, recorded hours, planning index, and backlog trends to identify priorities, trigger revisions of maintenance plans, and propose improvement projects.
- Coordinate with production planning to increase planned work and ensure optimum utilization of technicians and spare parts.
- Provide resources to the line support team in case of absences and rotate to ensure business continuity.
- Outsource planned workload that is not a core work for the plant when and where it is possible to do so.
- Perform other duties as required to support the needs of the business.
Qualifications:
- High School Diploma required; higher level degree education preferred.
- 3-5 years of experience in maintenance as a technician or first-line supervisor required, with a focus on processing and packaging equipment installation, maintenance, and machine start-up.
- 3-5 years experience with plant facility and utility equipment maintenance, preferred
- Demonstrated capability in Servant Leadership attributes for interpersonal relations and team development skills, required
- Formally trained in maintenance excellence requirements and processes including planning and work control, priorities management, scheduling, assignment and managing KPI s
- Working experience with a CMMS tool required, (SAP Preferred)
- Capable of listening, coaching, and supporting communication skills related to training
- Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
- Computer literate, with a solid understanding of Microsoft Office.
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