Maintenance Planner Job Description
Maintenance planner
provides subject-matter expertise for electrical circuits, controls, machine tooling, cooling systems, dielectric systems, vacuum systems, and machines related to repair, modification, and operational proficiency.
Maintenance Planner Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Coordinating with operations, purchasing, materials management, maintenance personnel and maintenance management
Manage work orders using SAP Plant Maintenance
Update equipment and preventative maintenance plans in SAP Plant Maintenance
Identifies and obtains (requisitions, orders, kits as appropriate and in keeping with procedures) determinable materials, entering material needs on the work order
Estimates cost of each work order in terms of direct labor, materials required and total cost
Once a job is planned and estimated, prior to scheduling, verifies the availability of parts, materials and special tools required for its execution
Liaise with engineers and other stakeholders regarding upcoming scheduled maintenance, including the ordering of components, consumables, equipment and tools via SAP
Maintain master equipment files, both hard copy and electronic (SAP) and related job plans
Responsible to perform Planner work flow functions in SAP
Identify critical component needs and critical material need and establish safety stock requirements within SAP to ensure components are on site or quickly sourced to minimize downtime
Maintenance Planner Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Maintenance Planner
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CFC, HVAC, CMRP, MBA, TPM, PLC, AAS, LSSGB, AIB, HACCP
Education for Maintenance Planner
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the maintenance planner job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Technical, Engineering, General Education, Associates, Education, Business, Industrial, Manufacturing, Management, Electrical Engineering
Skills for Maintenance Planner
Desired skills for maintenance planner include:
SAP
Electrical
Excel
Diverse MHS
Word
Controls and robotics systems
Microsoft Office products
CMMS use
Industrial mechanical and electrical systems and automation
Materials
Desired experience for maintenance planner includes:
Work closely with the Reliability Engineer to develop and communicate relevant KPI's for the maintenance team PPM Compliance %, Overdue PM's, Schedule Adherence, MTBF, % PdM Executed
Support the implementation maintenance best practice methodologies/technologies including LSS processes creation of standard work for routine maintenance activities
Develop and Analyze BOM’s (parts kits
Must be knowledgeable with the use of Microsoft Office
Use best maintenance planning practices to maximize equipment uptime, reliability, safety, quality of operation
Strong working knowledge of CMMS systems
Maintenance Planner Examples
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Maintenance Planner Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of maintenance planner. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for maintenance planner
- PM and Standard Job Plan Development
- MRO Supply Chain Coordination
- Creation of purchase requisitions for planned work
- Creation of stock reservations for planned work
- Assist Storeroom function in the kitting and staging of job material requirements
- Gantt charts and critical path analysis it it’s need it
- Development of Planner reference systems including a file of Planned Job Packages for recurring jobs, plus labor and material libraries for each piece of equipment
- Identifies recommendations and or areas for improvements
- Ensure the established schedule is communicated to all plant stakeholders
- Serving as the owner of the plant work order system and scheduling process for PM, active work orders capital and improvement projects work orders
Qualifications for maintenance planner
- Must be at least a grade 8 mechanic (for internal candidates) or possess equivalent experience (for external candidates)
- Estimate time for work orders
- Monitor, update, and maintain all spare parts between the Maintenance Department and the Stock Room
- To timely, communicate with the customers on requested work and equipment availability and coordinate with the appropriate shift required work that is to be performed and period available to complete work
- Assist with maintenance departmental system documentation, updating prints, and (paper/electronic) files
- Previous experience in maintenance planning preferred
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Maintenance Planner Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a maintenance planner. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for maintenance planner
- Provides input as part of risk assessment team in his/her area concerning new work notifications
- Purchase necessary parts, equipment, and services to perform work
- Follow up to verify work was performed correctly
- Obtain bids from contractors and negotiate best price
- Assist in off shift work as needed
- Collaborate with skilled trades and other leaders to solve problems
- Assist in PM and standardized work writing as needed
- Discuss plans/scheduling with support technicians
- Plan around production to access equipment
- Fully plan work orders, including internal operations, material purchases/requisitions, service purchases, labor purchases
Qualifications for maintenance planner
- Ability to supervise maintenance department as part of a rotating supervisor duty schedule for weekends
- Willing to spend time out on the production floor to work with mechanics and see issues/requests out i the field
- Assist with the updating and planning of work from plant action items
- Individual must be able to work productively within a team environment
- Maintenance and Plant Start-up Planning experience with a minimum of 10 years of experience in Chemical/Refining industry
- Must be computer proficient, and have excellent writing and teamwork skills
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Maintenance Planner Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a maintenance planner. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for maintenance planner
- Collect parts needed to complete Work Orders and communicate when all material is available
- Backup to the Store Room Attendant
- Keep files of daily production reports
- Ensure compliance of proper safety, quality and environmental requirements in work
- Take responsibility for the CMMS Data Base and data integrity
- Lead and prepare for equipment shutdowns
- Communicates with assembly
- Reviews with engineering those work orders requiring engineering design
- Examines jobs to be done and determines best way to accomplish the work
- Obtains blueprints, drawings, instructional manuals and special procedures, as needed, from files or other sources
Qualifications for maintenance planner
- Knowledge of Maintenance processes and activities
- Fill in for maintenance shift supervisors when needed (out for vacation/training)
- 2 years’ experience in industrial maintenance or implementing and sustaining a preventative maintenance program
- Prior CMMS experience required
- Estimates jobs showing sequence of steps, the number of mechanics and required man-hours for each step
- Maintains backlog files of work orders awaiting scheduling in accordance with their priority limits with an estimated completion date
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Maintenance Planner Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a maintenance planner. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for maintenance planner
- Assist mechanics in projects when needed
- Responsibility for the effective management of the continuing airworthiness aspects of fleet defects
- Provision of added oversight for coordinated forward planning of both scheduled and unscheduled tasks
- Updating of IFS forecasted airframes hours per month
- Undertaking weekly serviceability / reliability for all of Bristow APR’s fleet
- Responsible for all aspects of Job Plan Development for both planned and scoped work
- Walk down jobs, including elevated and confined space areas of the plant, to insure all safety and work process considerations are factored into the job
- Transition capital improvement projects from project stage to operations
- Purchase MRO by select suppliers and review inventory for accuracy
- Focus on long range planning activities – removed from day to day crisis management
Qualifications for maintenance planner
- Understanding of the proper use of work orders, priorities, scheduling
- Previous experience with a CMS system is required
- Engineering degree or technical school training preferred
- Minimum one year experience developing and maintaining preventative maintenance schedules required
- Possess basic understanding of various production equipment operations/parts
- Self-starter, and able to multi-task effectively
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Maintenance Planner Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of maintenance planner. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for maintenance planner
- Knowledge of SAP CMMS system
- SAP MPA module skills
- Provide ongoing transparency of spare parts inventory levels and ensure continuous inventory accuracy
- Oversee the PDM work orders
- Assist in managing the scheduling of skilled trade labor
- Monitor equipment problems
- Logs and documents production problems
- Effective communications technique both verbally and in writing with superiors, colleagues, and vendors outside the Company
- Know, understand and comply with all SHE guidelines
- Examine jobs to be done and build detailed job plans to accomplish the work with focus on safety measures
Qualifications for maintenance planner
- Minimum 5 years experience in maintenance planning in steel or heavy manufacturing
- Can work in a self-directed environment and direct others
- Utilizes project management skills to accomplish larger tasks
- Able to perform all other functions of Maintenance Planning
- Must have knowledge of aircraft systems and ATA codes
- 3-5 years aircraft maintenance planning experience