MAINTENANCE PLANNER (7-13)

The Role:

Operational Maintenance Process

• Ensure that safety is considered in the development of every job plan;
• Daily review of new (non-emergency) work requests including determining the appropriate level of planning for each new work order; assign proper coding;
• Identify and develop preventive maintenance plans and task lists; create purchase requisitions for planned work to include services and non-stock materials;
• Contact vendors to check to ensure availability of specific equipment;
• Assist supervisor with work scheduling function; estimate labor hours for each work order needed to perform work
• Identify and plan stock material required for work order; provide cost estimate to include labor, materials, and contract services for each work order;
• Identify required permits where appropriate;
• Determining actual sequence of work activities; review work order comments and execute follow-up actions when appropriate;
• Develop and maintain a library of task lists for recurring tasks
• Ensure all parties informed of abnormal or critical situations and to seek advice on matters outside the
  knowledge or authority of the role;
• Assist with the preparation of budgets, tracking, and data analysis
• Add and maintain asset information including bill of material information for each asset within their area of responsibility, warranty information and asset hierarchy.

EAM:

Maintain asset records, hierarchy and spare parts list. The planner will be responsible for adding and maintaining all asset records and asset record information.

• Review requests including identifying and eliminating duplicates, change priority if appropriate
• Identify and eliminate duplicates
• Change priority if appropriate: Emergency, Urgent, Expedited, Routine (see Work Initiation section of this document for priority definition)
• Identify responsible trade
• Approve request and convert to work order
• Active member of the Equipment Focus Team (note: Equipment Focus Team is described in the Technology & Data – Asset Information section of this document)
• Identify trade(s) – activities, steps to complete the job, and estimated hours required for job.
• Define parts required for the work order
• Identify stock parts and verify sufficient on hand
• Requisition non-stock parts
• Define and maintain PMs. The planner will be responsible for adding and maintaining all PM and inspection record information
• Release PM and inspection work orders
• Maintain warranty information
• Manage warranty work orders
• Authority to add and to reopen a work order
• Run and review reports
• Report other work found: create a work request in EAM

The Profile

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in relation to the use of computerized maintenance management software; preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance strategies;
• Proven ability to prioritize; work with a sense of urgency; critical problem solving and decision making coupled with the ability to influence;
• Accountable, adaptable with the ability to analyze data and communicate findings;
• Good understanding of the technical skills of technicians; demonstrated industry specific knowledge;
• Ability to communicate with cross functional teams and vendors.