Maintenance Planner

The Maintenance Planner will ensure that maintenance activities are planned and scheduled to optimize use of all resources – people, time, costs while assuring compliance with all food and HSE policies

 The Maintenance Planner will ensure that maintenance activities are planned and scheduled to optimize use of all resources – people, time, costs while assuring compliance with all food and HSE policies

 Principal duties and Responsibilities

•  Plan, schedule and coordinate preventive and corrective maintenance activities to maximise use of Maintenance Technicians and minimise downtime
• Ensure that all equipment maintenance activities are logged on the Computer Maintenance Management Software (CMMS)
• Develop plan in consultation with all stakeholders and schedule work for daily and weekend activities based on planned and corrective maintenance work requests using the CMMS
• Ensure maintenance records are filed as per department standards
• Review predictive checks and carry out follow up work.
• Review all service contracts to ensure that contract works are on schedule and all contracted equipment is working in accordance with required specifications.
• Liaise with contractors carrying out ongoing projects to ensure work aligns with the maintenance schedule, safety standards, and project specifications
• Review and update the maintenance management programme related to amendments of the preventive or predictive maintenance schedule (e.g. repetitive problems).
• Prepare maintenance technicians’ roster.
• Prepare and submit weekly and monthly reports as required by the Department.
• Update Behaviour Observation System (BOS) tracking system ensuring that all WOs are generated to address unsafe conditions
• Comply and promote the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE), Food Safety and other company policies established by the Company. 

Key deliverables

• Plan and schedule for maintenance activities
• Achieve Preventative Maintenance Completion KPI’s
• Meet Department Maintenance Budgets
• Achieve NPT Equipment KPI’s
• Achieve Scrap % KPI’s
• Adhere to all HSE and Food Safety KPIs.

General Requirements

• Technician Diploma, MET or EEET
• At least 3 years’ experience in an Engineering environment
• Proficient in Microsoft Office

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

•  Knowledge of Computerised Maintenance Management Software will be an asset.
• Works effectively in a Team environment.
• Flexibility to move quickly across changing priorities and manage multiple Projects/ Programs
• Ability to independently, resourcefully, and creatively research and implement new solutions.
• Continuous Improvement and Knowledge of Lean CI methodology is an added value.