Divisional Heavy Equipment Maintenance Planner/Scheduler - Gypsum

Georgia Pacific; Blue Rapids (KS); On-site; USD 65,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Divisional Heavy Equipment Maintenance Planner/Scheduler to coordinate maintenance for our Gypsum Building Products Division. The role requires planning tasks, coordinating with mine mechanics, and ensuring reliability of heavy equipment across sites. Travel will be 50-75% depending on home location.

A background with MP2 and CMMS, plus strong MS Office skills, is essential. Join a team focused on safety, efficiency, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Two years of experience as a scheduler and planner.
• Two years of experience with a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Experience using Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed work orders in MP2 for planned maintenance activities.
• Sequence tasks to minimize downtime and optimize resources.
• Define scope of each maintenance job with tools, spare parts, specs and safety steps.
• Modify or develop Preventative and Predictive Maintenance tasks.
• Review weekly backlog data and participate in meetings.
• Meet with mine mechanics, mine managers and production owners for planning.
• Determine parts, rentals, and contractor needs for jobs.
• Develop/update BOM and SMPs for equipment and field validation.
• Ensure safety training for contractors and issue Purchase Orders before arrival.
• Lead or participate in continuous improvement and root-cause analysis.

Skills

Scheduler/Planner experience

CMMS experience

MS Office (Word/Excel/Outlook)

Tools

MP2 Knowledge

Job description

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is searching for a Divisional Heavy Equipment Maintenance Planner/Scheduler to join our Gypsum Building Products Division. This role is responsible for planning and coordinating maintenance activities to ensure the efficient operation of mechanical systems and equipment. This role requires a deep understanding of Caterpillar, Komatsu, Deere, Wirtgen, Vermeer, heavy equipment, strong organizational skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with various teams.

Travel required: 50 - 75%, dependent on home location.

Our Team

Georgia Pacific building products operates several gypsum facilities where we utilize heavy equipment in a mining environment to extract the materials needed for our plants. We create a work environment that attracts, engages, and retains the best people. Our technology is state of the art, and we will bring the best team together to deliver for our customers, Georgia-Pacific, and the community.

What You Will Do

• Develop detailed work orders in MP2 for all planned maintenance activities, including preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance.
• Sequence tasks logically to minimize equipment downtime and ensure efficient use of maintenance resources.
• Define the scope of each maintenance job, including detailed descriptions of tasks, required tools, spare parts, specifications and safety precautions.
• Modify existing or develop new Preventative and Predictive Maintenance tasks.
• Review weekly backlog data for assigned area(s) of responsibility and conduct meetings to discuss.
• Meet with mine mechanics, mine managers and production owners for jobs that must be planned.
• Utilize planning tools to determine parts, materials, rental equipment, and/or contractor support necessary for jobs to be performed.
• Coordinate parts/rentals/contractor needs and submit requisitions.
• Develop/update Bill of Materials (BOM) for equipment and develop Standard Maintenance Procedures (SMPs) containing details to perform job and field validate procedure.
• Ensure contractors are notified of safety training requirements prior to arrival on site and follow up with contractors to ensure they receive a Purchase Order before their expected arrival.
• Lead and/or participate in continuous improvement opportunities and root cause failure analysis.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Two years of experience as a scheduler and planner.
• Two years of experience with a Computerized Maintenance Management System. (CMMS)
• Experience using Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel, and Outlook.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Five (5) years' experience as a Heavy Equipment Mechanic in construction, forestry, or mining environments.
• Three years of experience as Heavy Equipment Mechanic in an industrial, mining, military, or manufacturing environment.
• Deep understanding of Caterpillar, Deere, Komatsu, Wirtgen, Vermeer Equipment.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel to format cells, use formulas, and work with pivot tables.
• Experience using Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Experience with precision maintenance techniques, lubrication sampling, and interpreting lubrication analysis results.
• MP2 Knowledge.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day -to make everyday products even better.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.

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