Maintenance Planner

LANXESS Deutschland GmbH; Woodbridge Township (NJ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

LANXESS Deutschland GmbH in Fords, NJ, is seeking a maintenance planner to identify requirements for maintenance work orders, coordinate materials, and schedule work with internal teams and 3rd party contractors. The role uses SAP to assemble job plans, BOMs, and track PM program progress.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years in industrial maintenance planning, strong Excel and SAP skills, and proven meeting facilitation abilities. This is a regular, full-time position based in New Jersey.

Qualifications

• Education minimum of a High School Diploma or GED is required.
• 3 to 5 years of experience with the execution of maintenance activities in an industrial setting is required; demonstrated experience in maintenance planning and scheduling in an industrial environment is strongly preferred.
• Background as a maintenance technician in an industrial environment is preferred.
• Strong computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft software including Excel.
• Experience with SAP Asset Management Module Preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to build consensus and foster a positive working environment.
• Ability to effectively facilitate meetings.

Responsibilities

• Identify labor, materials, tools, safety, and QA/QC requirements for maintenance work orders and assemble into a job plan in SAP.
• Ensure needed materials are ordered and onsite prior to scheduling work.
• Create requisitions for parts and services for planned work.
• Construct weekly maintenance work schedule by reviewing ready-to-schedule work orders against production schedule and manpower.
• Schedule 3rd party contractors and define their scope of work.
• Manage SAP work order backlog by coordinating with operations to prioritize work.
• Lead weekly planning and scheduling meetings.
• Create and update Bills of Materials (BOMs) for plant equipment.
• Create and update standard job plans for consistent planning of work.
• Work with Reliability Engineer to monitor PM program execution.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Scheduling

Communication

Facilitation

Consensus building

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Excel

SAP Asset Management

Job description

Job Highlights

• Identifying labor, materials, tools, safety, and QA/QC requirements for maintenance work orders, and assembly of this information into a job plan package utilizing SAP.
• Ensures needed materials are ordered and onsite prior to the scheduling of work.
• Creates requisitions for parts and services for planned work.
• Construction of the weekly maintenance work schedule by reviewing selected ready to schedule work orders and comparing them to the production schedule and available manpower to determine the optimum time to schedule the work.
• Responsible for scheduling 3rd party contractors and providing them the scope of work.
• Facilitates active management of the SAP work order backlog by coordinating with operations counterparts to continuously prioritize work within the plant operating context.
• Leads weekly planning & scheduling meetings.
• Creates and updates Bills of Materials (BOMs) for plant equipment.
• Create and update standard job plans to allow for consistent and efficient planning of work.
• Works with the Reliability Engineer to monitor execution performance of the PM program.

Experience / Skills

• Education Minimum of a High School Diploma or GED is required.
• 3 to 5 years of experience with the execution of maintenance activities in an industrial setting is required; demonstrated experience in maintenance planning and scheduling in an industrial environment is strongly preferred.
• Background as a maintenance technician in an industrial environment is preferred.
• Strong computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft software including Excel.
• Experience with SAP Asset Management Module Preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to build consensus and foster a positive working environment.
• Ability to effectively facilitate meetings.

Location: Fords
Employee Type: Regular

LANXESS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, age, social class, physical ability or attributes, religion, national origin, veteran status and political beliefs.