Industrial Maintenance Planner

Gerdau North America; Petersburg (VA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Industrial Maintenance Planner to enhance equipment reliability and efficiency. This role involves coordinating maintenance activities, developing work plans, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in asset reliability management and maintenance engineering, coupled with excellent communication skills. Join a forward-thinking company that values teamwork, innovation, and continuous improvement, and contribute to a culture that prioritizes safety and sustainability. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

Benefits

Competitive compensation with annual STI Bonus

Comprehensive Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision Plans

100% Matching 401K up to 6%

Paid Parental Leave

Life/Accidental Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Tuition Reimbursement Program

Career Path System and Training

Qualifications

• Experience in asset reliability and maintenance engineering.
• Strong knowledge of CMMS and maintenance concepts.
• Ability to work independently and in teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage work order backlog for maintenance.
• Develop and schedule maintenance plans and work packages.
• Monitor KPIs and participate in incident investigations.

Skills

Asset Reliability Management

Communication Skills

Maintenance Engineering

CMMS (SAP ERP)

Preventative Maintenance

Inventory Management

Education

Two-year degree or advanced technical training

GED/High School Diploma with relevant experience

Tools

SAP ERP

Job description

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• A strong global presence with steel mills that transform millions of metric tons of raw material to produce steel beams, flat-rolled steel, merchant bar, rebar, spikes, and wire used by the automotive industry, appliance, construction, machinery, and equipment industries.
• A culture that welcomes diversity, encourages innovation and creates products that serve humanity.
• An environment that values teamwork, safety, and sustainability.
• A commitment to continuous improvement and the belief that we can create a better future for our employees and our global community by investing in people, processes, and technology.
  
  

We Have

• A strong global presence with steel mills that transform millions of metric tons of raw material to produce steel beams, flat-rolled steel, merchant bar, rebar, spikes, and wire used by the automotive industry, appliance, construction, machinery, and equipment industries.
• A culture that welcomes diversity, encourages innovation and creates products that serve humanity.
• An environment that values teamwork, safety, and sustainability.
• A commitment to continuous improvement and the belief that we can create a better future for our employees and our global community by investing in people, processes, and technology.
  
  

We Offer

• Competitive compensation with annual STI Bonus
• Comprehensive Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision Plans – Eligible upon 1st day of hire
• Health & Dependent Care (Flexible Spending Account)
• 100% Matching 401K up to 6%
• Paid Parental Leave
• Life/Accidental Life Insurance
• Health Advocate Services
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Career Path System and Training
• An empowering and open culture with the opportunity to grow and create
  
  

Your Qualifications

• Two-year degree/advanced technical training with at least 3 years’ experience at a Master level discipline OR GED/HS Diploma with 5-7 years of on-the-job heavy industrial experience.
• Must have master level knowledge of heavy manufacturing or other related maintenance engineering activities.
• Possess extensive working knowledge of maintenance concepts and techniques with a demonstrated expertise in asset reliability technology and systems as well as experience using CMMS (SAP ERP preferred).
• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills, have the ability to work independently or in a team environment, perform and prioritize a variety of tasks with minimum supervision, and have a broad knowledge of computer software applications.
  
  

Your Purpose

:

You will serve in an advisory capacity to support and coordinate the Asset Reliability Maintenance Management for scheduled and project maintenance to improve equipment reliability. This position does not have direct reports but will facilitate down-days and outages by establishing planned work with operations, maintenance, reliability, and engineering. You will work with Equipment Area Sponsors and Supervisors, coordinates the work identification and scheduling for run time, down-days and outages. You will have direct responsibility for assisting Area Sponsors with planning proactive maintenance and project work on all equipment at their assigned location(s) as well as scheduling run time and down day work. You will also be working with reliability technicians, reliability engineers, mill operations, maintenance personnel and suppliers.

Your Work

You will provide coordination, direction and support for implementing and sustaining Asset Reliability Processes (ARP) to improve safety, equipment reliability, and product quality at optimum efficiency and costs by:

• Coordinating and managing work order backlog for area of responsibility.
• Facilitating Down Day and Outage planning meetings.
• Developing maintenance plans and scheduling approved non-emergency-based work plans.
• Monitoring and reporting Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to support ARP assessment and improvements.
• Participating in all major failure incident investigations within area of responsibility.
• Maintaining optimal inventory plans and assisting with inventory management for equipment and critical spare parts using Reliability Centered Maintenance methodologies.
• Preparing, planning, and providing work packages for maintenance activities during down days and major plant outages.
• Developing and maintaining optimal inventory plans and assisting with inventory management for equipment and critical spare parts using Reliability Centered Maintenance methodologies.
• Training personnel on equipment care, modifications, renovations, installations, additions, and replacements of facilities and equipment.
• Participating in all safety programs to help reduce accidents throughout the plant.
• Ensuring timely completion of preventative maintenance and predictive work orders within specifications, and compliance with appropriate rules and regulations.
• Auditing non-emergency work orders for proper data management, as well as developing inspection procedures for major repaired equipment when returned to the plant.
• Interfacing between maintenance and engineering on all new capital expenditures and assist in the development of equipment specifications to ensure that predictive and preventative maintenance tools can be implemented effectively.
• Updating CMMS, including SAP, for new equipment and equipment changes, work plans, job plans, preventive maintenance and predictive maintenance.
• Generating CMMS, including SAP, reports that are utilized in all aspects of managing proactive maintenance.
  
  

Gerdau believes in equal employment opportunity related to all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of Gerdau that there will be no discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Manufacturing

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