Maintenance Planner - OW - Day Shift

King's Hawaiian; Oakwood (GA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Reliability Tech, where you'll play a crucial role in enhancing maintenance practices and ensuring operational excellence. This position offers the chance to work in a collaborative environment focused on innovation and inclusivity, while you utilize your expertise in reliability-centered maintenance and problem-solving skills. You'll engage with various teams to implement best practices and optimize processes, all while contributing to the well-being of your colleagues and the community. If you're passionate about making a difference in a dynamic setting, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of maintenance reliability experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge in reliability-centered maintenance and root cause analysis.

Responsibilities

• Prepare preventative maintenance plans and schedules.
• Conduct regular inspections of equipment for effective maintenance.

Skills

Problem-solving skills

Troubleshooting skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

CMMS

MS Office Applications

Job description

Joining King’s Hawaiian makes you part of our `ohana (family). We are a family-owned business for over seventy years, respecting our roots while thinking about our future as we continue to grow and care for our customers and the communities we serve. Our `ohana members build an environment of inclusivity as they freely collaborate, pursue learning through curiosity, and explore innovation as critical thinkers. Beyond that, we are also passionate about supporting the long-term health and well-being of our employees and their families. If you’re excited to rise with our team, come and join our `ohana!

The Reliability Tech will provide advanced maintenance support and scheduling services to meet safety, maintenance, and operations objectives of the Oakwood and Alpha facility. This position will identify and manage asset reliability risks that could adversely affect plant or business operations. The Reliability Tech will provide technical expertise for predictive, preventative, and general maintenance best practices while emphasizing safe working practices. The Reliability Tech will report to the maintenance manager.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Understand the scope of work to put together a job plan, estimate labor hours, tools, and resources needed to complete work orders/PM’s.
• Prepare preventative maintenance plans and schedules that are in sync with the organization’s maintenance goals.
• Act as the primary liaison between maintenance, operations, and continuous improvement.
• Conduct regular inspections of equipment to ensure an effective preventative maintenance system.
• Identify opportunities to improve maintenance and line efficiency and implement best practices in line with lean manufacturing principles.
• Facilitate and coordinate root-cause analysis of equipment failures and ensure corrective actions are implemented.
• Engage with internal and external expertise to improve reliability processes, including criticality analysis, Predictive Maintenance (PdM) technologies, condition-based monitoring, preventive maintenance optimization, and critical spares.
• Coordinate planned downtimes to reduce mean time between failures and minimize interference with production schedules.
• Use the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) for tracking and planning maintenance.
• Establish and track key performance indicators (KPI).
• Provide immediate insights into potential labor shortages (or excesses).
• Maintain an optimal stock of spare parts and materials.
• Responsible for maintaining and reducing work order backlog on lines.
• Build and maintain professional working relationships with all vendors and contractors, including coordinating onsite visits.
• Perform other duties as required which are reasonably within scope of this role.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE)

• Required – High school diploma, or GED equivalent.
• Preferred – Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Required – Knowledge in reliability-centered maintenance, failure modes and effects analysis, PM optimization, and root cause analysis.
• Required – 5+ years of Maintenance Reliability experience in a manufacturing/industrial environment.
• Required – Experience with CMMS program in an inventory control environment.
• Required – Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with a sense of urgency to restore services for our customers.
• Required – Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals written in English.
• Required – Ability to write routine quality assurance reports and correspondence in English.
• Required – Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide all units of measurement using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Required – Proficiency with all MS Office Applications (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Preferred – Experience in a food manufacturing environment.
• Preferred – English/Spanish bilingual.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (JOB SKILLS, ABILITIES, KNOWLEDGE)

• Working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and compressed air systems.
• Working knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s) and Safe Quality Foods (SQF).
• Working knowledge of Autonomous Maintenance and Total Productive Maintenance.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills – ability to communicate effectively at all levels of an organization.
• Certification in maintenance management or planning such as CMRP or CPIM is a plus.

Physical Demands

The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb, balance, taste, or smell. Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 - 25 pounds, and occasionally more than 50 pounds with assistance from co-workers and/or mechanical devices. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. May require use of equipment in the machine shop, small portable equipment, and manual tools. Duties may require occasional operation of a motor vehicle or travel to another state on behalf of the company.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. Occasional exposure to wet and/or humid conditions. The employee will be handling items that may be very hot. Noise level is usually moderate. Must be available to work overtime, nights, weekends, and holidays.

King's Hawaiian is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for our ohana.