Maintenance Planner

Darling Ingredients; Linkwood (MD); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Darling Ingredients is seeking a Maintenance Planner to streamline the flow of work and materials within the maintenance department. You will manage work orders, PM schedules, and production timelines while coordinating with supervisors to track progress and deadlines.

Responsibilities include reviewing schedules, adjusting plans for changes, and documenting maintenance data, inventories, and costs. This role requires strong organization, communication, and problem-solving skills in a

Qualifications

• Minimum 2+ years in a production or maintenance environment.
• Strong organizational and communication abilities are required.
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines.
• Proficient in English, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Expedite flow of work and materials according to work orders and schedule.
• Review and distribute work orders and PM schedules.
• Confers with supervisors to determine progress and completion dates.
• Confer with personnel to assess progress and discuss changes.
• Revise production schedules due to changes or shortages.
• Coordinate maintenance activities with vendors and customers.
• Record maintenance data and inventory usage.
• Distribute schedules and work orders to departments.
• Compile status reports on progress and materials.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Multitasking

Time management

English proficiency

Microsoft Office

Fast-paced work environment

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Summary

The Maintenance Planner expedites the flow of work and materials within the maintenance department according to work orders and the production schedule. Their duties include reviewing and distribution of work orders, and PM schedules; conferring with department supervisors to determine progress of work and completion dates; and compiling reports on progress of work, inventory levels, costs, and maintenance problems.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

• Examine documents, materials, and products, and monitor work processes, in order to assess completeness, accuracy, and conformance to standards and specifications.
• Review documents such as production schedules, work orders, and staffing tables to determine personnel and materials requirements, and material priorities.
• Confer with department supervisors and other personnel to assess progress and discuss needed changes.
• Revise production schedules when required due to design changes, labor or material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions, collaboration with management, production, maintenance and logistics.
• Confer with established personnel, vendors, and customers to coordinate maintenance activities, and resolve complaints or eliminate delays.
• Record maintenance data, including work orders, spare parts used, and missed deadlines.
• Requisitions and maintains inventories of materials and supplies necessary to meet maintenance demands.
• Calculates figures such as required amounts of labor and materials, manufacturing costs, and wages, using pricing schedules, adding machines, calculators or computers.
• Distribute maintenance schedules and work orders to departments.
• Compiles information, such as work order rates and progress, materials inventories, materials used, and customer information, so that status reports can be completed.
• All other duties as assigned by management.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum of 2 + years in a production or maintenance environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong organizational and communication skills and problem solving.
• Ability to multitask, set priorities and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrates time management skills.
• Able to speak, read, and write English.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office Programs.
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to fax, copy and scan documents.

Physical Demands

• Occasionally lift up to 25 lbs.
• Frequently required to sit for extended periods.
• Occasionally required to walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crawl, and crouch.
• Regularly required reach with hands and arms.

Work Environment

Job functions will be carried out in an office or in a production environment.

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