Maintenance Planner

Post Holdings, Inc.; Idaho; On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Business Unit Overview

For 75 years, Bob Evans Farms has delivered delicious, quick-to-table, farm-inspired food that makes mealtime a little bit easier and a lot more delicious. We’re proud to be the #1-selling refrigerated dinner sides, including many varieties of feel-good favorites such as mashed potatoes and macaroni & cheese. We’re also a leading producer and distributor of sausage and bacon products, potato products, and egg products including liquid eggs. Our brand portfolio includes Bob Evans, Simply Potatoes, Egg Beaters and Owens Sausage.Bob Evans Farms is based in Columbus, Ohio.

In September of 2017, Bob Evans Farms was acquired by Post Holdings, Inc. and is part of the Refrigerated Retail division.Other divisions of Post include Post Consumer Brands (Cereal), Weetabix (Cereal – UK), Michael Foods (Foodservice), and 8th Avenue Food & Provisions (Private Label).Post has aggressive growth plans for BEF, highlighted by the recent deployment of capital to support innovation, marketing and manufacturing.

Responsibilities

Position Summary:

This position is responsible for issuing planned standardized work orders for maintenance to understand their priorities and schedule the needed work. Additionally, the position will require frequent reviews, creation, and modification of preventive maintenance programs on each production line and production equipment. Including the addition or removal of equipment that may have been added or removed to the facility. At a minimum annual review of existing PM’s. The Maintenance schedule will reflect priorities at the site (Human Safety, Production, Food Safety, Capital, Facilities, Utilities). Plan and Schedule daily work for Maintenance personnel at Rigby, ID Follow up on a regular cadence at a minimum weekly with the maintenance manager or supervisor to review work orders generated vs completed by tech, PM’s generated vs completed on a weekly basis and validation completed by the maintenance planner of work being done and randomly verified additionally by the maintenance supervisor or manager.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Understand and facilitate Maintenance to perform Production short- and long-term work order priorities in alignment with their needs.
2. Determine priorities for individual work orders.
3. Manage the Maintenance scheduling meeting. 1x at minimum weekly with Production, Quality and maintenance members.
4. Attend the daily production meeting; report any issues.
5. Establish, maintain, and improve the Maintenance Planning and Scheduling flow process.
6. Scope the full extent of maintenance work needed to conduct the relevant repair, preventive, predictive, and capital activities on the organization’s plant and equipment.
7. Prepare purchase orders or work with procurement specialist to purchase all necessary parts and provide documentation to perform the maintenance work.
8. Responsible for up-keep and accuracy of equipment maintenance history and job records database.
9. Responsible for up-keeping and accuracy of technical information on processes, plant and equipment.
10. Convert work requests to work orders.
11. Schedule maintenance work to align with production plan.
12. Continually improve planning, scheduling, purchasing, stores, data management and job

reporting systems to increase planning effectiveness and efficiency.

1. Collaborate with maintenance supervision to schedule manpower and resources for the most effective production and maintenance outcomes.
2. Maintain PM’s and Line Checks.
3. Follow all SQF principles pertinent to your position as specified by the SQF Practitioner.
4. All food safety and human safety concerns need to be reported to appropriate personnel such as shift lead, shift supervisor, QA technician, Safety Manager, FSQ Manager, etc.
5. All other duties as assigned.

Knowledge:

• Detailed, in depth knowledge of purchasing.
• Good business judgment.
• Strong organization and planning skills.
• Above average verbal and written communication.
• Strong computer skills.

Education/Experience:

• High School diploma or G.E.D required: Post-secondary school education preferred.
• 1-year related experience.

Qualifications

Qualification Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; climb or balance; and taste or smell.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places, risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Bob Evans Foods, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the work and may not include all the duties associated with this position.