Maintenance Planner

Omya; Lucerne Valley (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Omya – a global manufacturer – seeks a Maintenance Planner to manage mechanical and electrical activities, develop BOMs, and coordinate installation scopes. You will generate and track work orders in SAP, verify parts and materials, and ensure timely completion within plant budgets and schedules.

Requirements include a high school diploma, 3 years in manufacturing, strong organizational and communication skills, and familiarity with SAP.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 3 years of experience in manufacturing environment preferred.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Computer literacy and familiarity with SAP preferred.
• Strong communication skills including reading, comprehension, and listening, written and oral communications.
• Fundamental knowledge of industrial mechanical, process and electrical equipment.

Responsibilities

• Develop maintenance plans and schedules, cost reports by plant area, and preventive vs. corrective maintenance analyses.
• Generate SAP work orders and planned orders; reconcile parts and materials with inventory lists.
• Attend scheduling meetings and create project schedules for medium to large maintenance outages.
• Coordinate with vendors, suppliers and internal departments to ensure timely execution.

Skills

Strong organizational skills

Computer literacy

Excellent communication

Reading comprehension

Listening skills

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Job description

Key Accountabilities

Mechanical and Electrical Maintenance Activities Basic field investigation. Develop bill of materials, scope of work, special installation instructions and time schedule (with manpower requirements). Solicit information from vendors and contractors for parts, equipment and prefabrications. Allocate and requisition parts, tools, materials and equipment and verify delivery relative to scheduled installation. Assemble “job boxes” that include all necessary parts, materials and special tools necessary to execute planned mechanical or electrical work orders. Job box assemblies will range from small scale work orders to projects.

Quality, Safety, Health and Environment

Maintain safe working conditions and practices to achieve a zero (0) lost time injury record. Perform work duties in accordance with QSHE and JTA (job task analysis) procedures; ensure consultants and contractors also comply. Utilize external resources including vendors, engineering consultants and contractors for information and means of execution for various aspects of the preparation process.

Logistics Management

Generate maintenance planning schedules, reports detailing cost by plant area, reports detailing preventive versus corrective work, and other schedules, reports, as requested. Attend scheduling meetings and generate project schedules for medium to large scale maintenance outages incorporating multiple craft types.

SAP data and order entry

SAP data entry including: inputting of documents, including timelines, inputting maintenance time and closing work orders. Generate SAP work orders and planned orders from information supplied via paper “work order initiation forms”, Cimplicity work order information, etc. Retrieve completed work orders and input the information into SAP; reconcile parts and materials used on work orders with warehouse inventory lists, and craftsmen. Close work orders in the SAP system after verification that all parts, labor and materials have been charged to the job.

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Performance Measures

KPIs agreed in yearly MbO.

Other requirements

Good command of both oral and written local language and English are required.Good command of both oral and written additional language is beneficial.

Internal contacts

Production, purchasing, supply chain & logistics departments

External contacts

Service providers and suppliersThird party manufacturing

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Experience

3 years of experience in manufacturing environment preferred

Knowledge and skills

Strong organizational skills.Computer literacy and familiarity with SAP preferred.Strong communication skills including reading, comprehension, and listening, written and oral communications.Maintain a positive work environment and actively seek collaboration in the execution of continuous improvement activities.Fundamental knowledge of industrial mechanical, process and electrical equipment including, but not limited to, the following: piping, materials selection, hydraulic and pneumatic systems and power distribution.Fundamental understanding of operation/maintenance of mineral processing equipment.

Salary Range: $75k - $95k Annually