MAINTENANCE PLANNER AK SHOREPLANTS

Trident Seafoods Corporation; Alaska; On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Trident Seafoods Corporation in Alaska seeks a Maintenance Planner to estimate, plan, and schedule plant maintenance activities, coordinating preventive maintenance and work orders. You will manage inventories, initiate requisitions, and liaise between production, engineering and maintenance to optimize KPIs.

The role emphasizes data analysis, standardization of the EAM system, and cost-effective planning to increase wrench time and reduce downtime across the facility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or 4 years of related work history/experience.
• 4 years maintenance experience, planning/scheduling experience and/or technical degree preferred.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Estimates, plans, and schedules maintenance activities including preventive maintenance.
• Coordinates work orders, checks parts availability and maintains records for analysis.
• Acts as liaison between production, engineering and maintenance groups to optimize KPIs.
• Manages maintenance inventory and initiates requisitions for maintenance and indirect purchases.
• Performs data analysis to identify improvement opportunities and standardizes EAM usage.

Skills

Planning & scheduling

Mechanical aptitude

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Summary

The Maintenance Planner estimates, plans, and schedules all plant maintenance activities including the coordination of preventative maintenance. Processes and prioritizes work orders, examines, and determines best approach for work order completion, including obtaining necessary schematics and checking parts availability. This position is responsible for maintenance inventory and preventive maintenance systems. In addition, this position will initiate requisitions for maintenance and indirect purchases. Acts as a liaison between the production, engineering and maintenance groups and maintains records for analysis.

Essential Functions

• Supports the Maintenance Excellence strategy and Total Productive Maintenance roadmap by improving Maintenance Mechanic efficiency.
• Creates and manages preventative maintenance checklists.
• Ensures equipment lists and functional locations are accurate.
• Manages and reports against standardized Maintenance Excellence KPI’s such as cost and performance across functional location.
• Conducts data analysis to identify improvement opportunities.
• Ensures standardization and proper utilization of Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system.
• Utilizes EAM system to reduce inventory and maintenance costs.
• Develops processes to maintain optimal inventory of critical spare parts.
• Develops and executes strategies to eliminate equipment failures and prevent reoccurrence.
• Optimizes time and costs required for preventative maintenance.
• Prioritize workflow of equipment through the repair process
• Actively participates in execution of the daily plan by ensuring the right equipment is identified for preventative/setup work prior to the days run.
• Site leader for the equipment and repair strategic plan
• Provides training, guidance and coaching to maintenance employees in a consistent and constructive manner.
• Conducts root cause analysis on production equipment and recommends or implements corrective actions.
• Should be able to communicate with Original Equipment Manufacturer as needed.
• Assist in overall stock reduction through while assuring critical spares are in place.
• Increase mechanic wrench time with effective maintenance planning.
• Performs other responsibilities and tasks as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Technical field or 4 years of related work history/experience.
• 4 years maintenance experience, planning/scheduling experience and/or technical degree preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Must have a strong mechanical aptitude and must be able to disassemble and reassemble equipment.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Experience with SAP preferred
• Lean, Six Sigma or TPM preferred.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, proven strong work ethic, and follow through; able to work collaboratively at all levels in the organization.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.

The employee is frequently required to climb or balance.

The employee is occasionally required to sit; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.

The employee moves objects:

• regularly up to 10 pounds
• frequently up to 25 pounds
• occasionally up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Employees working in Alaska are advised to have medical insurance coverage which is valid in the State of Alaska.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Trident Seafoods provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Trident Seafoods and its subsidiaries have adopted a drug‑free workplace policy. Working under the influence of Drugs or Alcohol is not permitted.

Employment with Trident Seafoods is contingent upon the candidate maintaining valid immigration status and work authorization throughout employment, with or without immigration sponsorship by the company.

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