Maintenance Planner Details

Maintenance Planner

Knowlton Technologies - Watertown, NY

Employment Type : Full-Time

JOB SUMMARY:

The Maintenance Planner is the on-site coach, trainer, motivator, and expeditor of materials and personnel. The planner is encouraged to do this in a team spirit to promote employee motivation. The planner provides a safe operating environment by Planning installation, maintenance, and repair of machines, tools, equipment, and utility systems.

The Maintenance Planner works with the Maintenance Management in developing the scheduled maintenance programs and processes for the production facility to minimize impact on production. The planner pre-evaluates the need for replacement parts and places orders. The incumbent plans for interruptions in work and develops backup plans to minimize the interruptions for the production facility. The planner ensures that all Accounting and Supply Chain procedures and policies are followed in relation to performing his duties.

Maintenance Planner must be able to work weekends and is on call 24/7.

LEADERSHIP AND SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Maintenance Planner is responsible for planning maintenance work orders, the repairs, servicing and efficient functioning of all machinery and equipment in a plant. The Maintenance Planner and Maintenance Management will work together with Operations (their customer) to meet present and future goals. The Maintenance Planner will determine the technical documentation that will support the craftsman. Technical Documentation will include Drawings (PID, flow charts, etc.).

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

SAFETY:

Safety is the first priority

Individual must comply with all safety standards or rules set forth by the Company.

The Maintenance Planner supports the written Safety Program that facilitates continuous improvement in the severity and frequency of accidents, resulting in no Lost Time Accidents and ensuring the safety of all employees. The Maintenance Planner will obligate subordinates to direct and enforce the Safety Program.

The Maintenance Planner works with the Compliance Facilitator, Human Resource Department and the Mill Superintendent/Safety or his designee to enforce:

1. Lockout Policy

2. Confined Space

3. Hearing Conservation

4. Sight Preservation

5. Emergency Response and Fire Prevention

6. Hazard Communication

7. Personal Protective Equipment

8. All other site safety policies

Complies with Federal, State, and Local regulations. Promotes a safe work environment by coordinating and cooperating with local and state safety groups and agencies.

Enforces safety policies by conducting inspections and counseling subordinates.

Promotes a safe environment by coordinating and cooperating with local and state safety groups and agencies.

MAINTENANCE:

Planner’s duties would include managing maintenance data collection and information gathering to more effectively provide the planned maintenance service in future utilization of SyteLine APM or similar software.

To keep operating equipment in the condition to deliver full design duty (reliability), to ensure plant and equipment run properly when it is required for operation, to correct equipment and machines when the design duty cannot be achieved and then return them to design specification and maintain assets most profitably for the life of the organization. (Life cycle profit)

Organizes training and provides appropriate documentation of training as required.

Prepares Technical Documentation to include:

• Drawings (PID, flow charts, etc.)
• Experience in Cad or smart draw or equivalent computer aided drafting software.
• Specifications
• Spare parts list
• Critical operations OEM manuals.
• Updates the work-order status in CMMS.

Perform audits/ cycle counts on spare parts as required and assist with bar coding of parts.

Weekly labor scheduling for maintenance positions and maintenance of ADP time and attendance for the department.

Miscellaneous administrative duties such as filing, scanning, organizing maintenance records.

Upholds IATF requirements while reaching future goals of Predictive and Preventive maintenance.

Responsible for procedures and documents used to describe appropriate job functions within the Quality Management System and others deemed necessary by the employee’s Supervisor.

QUALITY:

Supports, maintains and continually improves Knowlton Technologies, LLC Quality Management System in accordance with requirements of the IATF 16949 International Standard. Employee has the role and responsibility to follow the work instructions and Current Best Practices that support the KT Value Stream Maps.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:

Minimum of 5 years of experience in industrial manufacturing and or a Bachelors’ degree in electrical, instrumentation, or mechanical engineering.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Excellent leadership and organizational skills.

Must be proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Computerized Maintenance System. (CMMS).

Knowledge with computerized drafting skills preferred.

Individual must be able to work productively within a team environment.

Individual must be accurate and trustworthy with a positive attitude and embracing of change in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read, analyze and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies or members of the business community. Ability to effectively present information to the workforce, top management, and public groups.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to define problems collects data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; work, climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to airborne particles. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock and risk of radiation. The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.

EEO Statement
Knowlton Technologies, LLC, a Division of Eastman Chemical Company is an equal opportunity employer and E-Verify employer. M/F/Disability/Vet
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