Maintenance Planner

Maintenance Planner

Are you a detail-driven maintenance pro ready to boost reliability and reduce costs? We're looking for a Maintenance Planner & Scheduler to lead the charge in maximizing equipment uptime through smart planning, efficient resource use, and collaboration across departments. In this role, you'll manage maintenance backlogs, develop strategic schedules, coordinate labor and materials, and ensure compliance with safety and quality standards—all while keeping operations running smoothly. If you're skilled in CMMS, preventative maintenance, like being out on the production floor, and have a knack for turning plans into performance, we want you on our team. Apply today and help power the future of efficient manufacturing!

Day-to-Day Role:

• Follow and commit to meet Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for safety, quality, production, efficiency, and service requirements
• Follow practices and processes intended to provide safe products that comply with appropriate laws and regulations, meet the company quality standards
• Plan, prioritize and determine work order priority by evaluating least cost options with minimum risks to product quality, consumer and employee safety, business, and production
• Manage maintenance backlog and develop long-range and short-range maintenance schedules
• Identify resources need for maintenance work: Prepare Bill of Materials, establish acquisition plans, determine what items are in stock, initiate stock requests, prepare Purchase Orders for direct order parts/contract labor/rentals, request in-house fabrication, track specialty tools availability
• Manage work order accuracy and ensure off shift work orders are complete and communicated to off shift staff
• Maintain a good working relationship, and consult daily with production and maintenance management to prioritize maintenance work orders
• Maintain and populate asset attributes in the CMMS such as functional location, equipment makes and models, Bill of Materials (BOMs), and equipment BOMs from engineering drawings, as needed
• Monitor, report and publish maintenance KPIs
• Communicate optimal parts inventory with storeroom management
• Create effective job packages and ensure maintenance technicians have needed resources for standard operating procedures (SOPs), Job Safety Analysis (JSA), work instructions, specialty tools, and updated Preventive Maintenance (PM) kits
• Ensure job plans and packages are archived effectively for future use
• Use feedback and identified gaps to continuously improve job packages
• Track parts still under warranty and monitor repaired parts procedures
• Monitor maintenance cost and budget and work closely with production, maintenance, procurement, and operations to identify continuous improvement opportunities
• Communicate PM tasks, planning, and schedules to maintenance technicians
• Report information as needed to corporate

Reliability Engineering Core Skills and Qualifications:

The ideal candidate must possess all of the following:

• Five (5) years of experience performing preventive maintenance, diagnostics, and repair, or comparable experience with trade school or training
• Experience optimizing and implementing Preventative Maintenance (PM)
• Experience applying Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems
• Ability to successfully prioritize deadlines and tasks with little supervision in both team and independent environments
• Strong verbal and written skills necessary to communicate intricate job-related information
• Experience with Predictive Maintenance Technologies
• Experience using Computer Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), SAP
• Math skills to include simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
• Familiarity with and ability to convert decimals to fractions or vice versa
• Advanced mechanical aptitude and ability to troubleshoot complex problems including knowledge of machines and tools, their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance
• Proficient in reading and following complex blueprints, manuals, and mechanic and electrical schematics
• Working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and piping/pump systems
• Ability to effectively manage and execute multiple tasks, simple to complex projects and priorities
• Experience using Microsoft Office, including the ability to modify basic reports, documents and spreadsheets in MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and SharePoint
• Ability to observe, follow, understand, and evaluate processes demonstrated and other workplace procedures
• Demonstration of minimum proficiency with the English language in order to ensure effective new hire training and on-going communications about safety and quality issues

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

• Prior maintenance planning and scheduling experience
• Paper converting, chemical/plastics processing and/or packaging industrial experience
• Experience working with plastics extrusion, thermoforming, injection molding, paper printing and/or paper converting processes

Overview:

Dart makes everyday products that give people the freedom to enjoy the food & drinks they love, wherever they are. From to-go containers and dinnerware to tamper-evident food packaging and even the red SOLO cup, Dart products have been keeping people on the go and having fun for 65 years. We're a family-owned, family-focused company of 12,000 employees united by a shared set of values and dedicated to providing exceptional customer service. Headquartered in Mason, MI, with 30 locations in three countries, we're proud of our ability to innovate, manufacture and lead the way with each new generation of quality products.

Benefits:

Dart Container full-time employees enjoy great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) with company matching contributions, paid vacation, paid holidays, short-term disability, tuition assistance, product discounts and more.