Maintenance Planner

IPEX; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in Edmonton seeks a Maintenance Planner responsible for overseeing all maintenance activities, managing parts inventory, and using SAP for operations. Ideal candidates should have strong communication and troubleshooting skills, alongside a High School Diploma. This full-time role requires physical work in a manufacturing environment, ensuring adherence to safety standards.

Qualifications

• High School level reading, writing, and mathematical skills.
• Ability to assess and solve workplace issues methodically.
• Commitment to continuous learning and development.

Responsibilities

• Own all maintenance activities and ensure accurate documentation.
• Monitor parts inventory and manage ordering processes.
• Schedule work and consult with maintenance management.

Skills

Communication skills

Troubleshooting

Mechanical Aptitude

Critical Thinking

Organization Skills

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

SAP

CMMS

eMaint

Maximo

Job description

Job Summary

The Maintenance Planner will be responsible for owning all maintenance activities. This person will be responsible for building out our CMS system conducting root cause analysis and analyzing KPIs.

Job Specific Requirements

Inventory & Parts Management ensure adequate parts for efficient operation of the plant. This includes:

Monitor the sign‑out sheet in stores daily. Maintain the minimum parts for all parts (min / max inventory levels). Consult maintenance manager if parts are over $1000 in cost to restock.

Work alongside parts clerk and manager to follow up on all parts requests in CMMS on a regular basis. Order parts in a timely manner. Consult maintenance manager if requested parts are $5000.00 or more prior to initiating PO request.

Maintain the Parts Board for critical parts (not all parts can be displayed on the board).

Monitor incoming corrective maintenance work orders generate Corrective WO backlog and sent list to maintenance manager / superintendent.

Monitor preventive maintenance (PM) work orders include on the WO backlog. Generate corrective WOs from PM work orders.

Schedule work in consultation with maintenance manager / supervisor ensure parts / equipment availability for the work. Coordinate priorities set by management team with input from Production and maintenance.

Consult reliability engineer and generate PM work orders for Shutdown maintenance order parts and kit and ensure any equipment needed for the work is available.

Once work is done ensure all work orders are accurately closed out in CMMS. Communicate with trades on ideas and procedures that would make future jobs more efficient and document in the work history.

Communicate performance expectations work details and provide technical support for all contractor assigned work and verify work performed upon completion.

Participate with reliability team on improvement projects particularly associated with proactive maintenance plans (PdM / PM).

Obtain analyze and file all PM documentation findings oil analysis thermal scans vibration analysis manuals procedures permit documents and initiating follow‑up where required.

Work alongside parts clerk to maintain all storage areas in a well‑organized manner well labelled to easily identify parts. This includes storage racking outside the maintenance shop.

Commence Maintenance Management Professional (MMP) training to enhance knowledge and background in Maintenance Planning and Management.

Use SAP as required for contracting services.

Implement and continuously improve a Computer Maintenance Management System (CMMS) for the maintenance department.

Provide manager / supervisor with KPIs from CMMS or other duties as assigned.

Education & Certificates

High School level reading, writing, and mathematical skills.

Competencies

Spoken Communication: Speak and present basic findings and initiatives in a clear concise organized and convincing manner for the intended audience.

Written Communication: Support the writing of basic procedures in a clear concise organized and convincing manner for the intended audience.

Troubleshooting / Diagnosis: Assess reported workplace issues and deviations following a structured approach. Ensure that decisions are made based on policies rules and organizational directives and solving the emerging problems.

Mechanical Aptitude: Understand basic physical principles quickly and apply them to various scenarios.

Coordination Initiatives: Bring different subject matter experts together to share ideas, create action plans and coordinate task execution. Seeking to continuously improve the way we work and look for new and unique approaches and ideas to achieve better outcomes.

Observation and Memory: Observe processes or people carefully to gain qualitative information. Recollect information from observations training and previous experiences.

Critical Thinking: Execute 5‑Why to identify underlying reasons for observations and proposed solutions. Separate facts from opinions.

Work Style / Organizational Skills: Demonstrate a commitment to continuous learning and development for self and others recognize strengths and development needs and taking ownership for ongoing learning and growth.

People Skills: Understand value and leverage differences and create an inclusive work environment.

Key Relationships

Interacts on a daily basis with Manager operators teammates parts clerk and other front‑line leaders in the plant.

Working Conditions

Mostly work indoors in manufacturing environment with long periods of standing / walking.

Employee may be exposed to a moderate level of hazards in the work environment such as moving machinery repetitive motion excessive noise powered industrial vehicle fork / reach / bucket lift / other.

Exposure to high noise level in the plant that will require to wear hearing protection.

Employee may be required to perform a moderate level of specific tasks such as lifting objects muscular action body movements working positions posture changes and visual attentiveness in reference to Aliaxis Manual Handling Global Standards.

Employee will be required to wear protective eyewear reflective safety clothing (i.e. safety vest) appropriate gloves hearing protection work boots etc.

Physical work is expected 100% of the time which includes the use of cranes forklifts and other equipment.

Work requires walking observing repairing and documenting.

Work always requires sensory attention.

The incumbent understands respects and adheres to the workplace Health & Safety rules 5‑S MES and housekeeping expectations of the Edmonton PVC facility.

Key Skills

eMaint, Industrial Maintenance, Maintenance Connection, Maximo, SAP, Packaging, Mechanical Knowledge, CMMS, OSHA, Maintenance, Microsoft Project, Manufacturing.

Employment Type: Full Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1