Area Maintenance Planner

Area Maintenance Planner

Salary: DOE

Job Type: Salary, Full-time

*This role will be supporting Marathon WI, Athens WI, Hayward WI and Peshtigo WI. Travel will be required.

Lignetics, Inc. offers clean, renewable solutions. We have 30 years of experience innovating eco-friendly essentials for everyday life. Lignetics manufactures a variety of consumer brands in several different categories including wood pellets for home heating, BBQ pellets for grilling, wood pellets and shavings for animal bedding, and a wood fiber-based cat litter. Each of our products have unique features and benefits but are all linked with a wonderful recycled, renewable, sustainable, and carbon neutral story. We turn recycled sawdust into value-add, branded consumer products.

Job Description: Responsible for maintenance planning at assigned plants in partnership with the Maintenance Manager and Plant Managers. Job scope includes ownership of the Maintenance Management System, ownership of CMMS accuracy, ownership of capital spares and stores supplies, and ownership of maintenance KPI measuring system.

Core Responsibilities:

• Responsible to plan and schedule the maintenance program at area plants includes matching open work orders to available craft hours based on priority and part availability to build weekly and daily schedules.
• Responsible for developing detailed Bill of Materials for the equipment in the plants and enter these into the CMMS
• Will develop maintenance routines for all wear components, one machine at a time and enter this into the CMMS
• Will determine what spare parts should be stocked and organize the storeroom to house these
• Responsible for setting up auto-reorder in the CMMS and ordering/receiving as needed
• Will generate work orders and work packages daily and assist the team as needed in the execution of these work orders
• Will manage the KPI's for the maintenance function
• Will lead all planning for any major outages
• Will coordinate with outside contractors as needed
• Responsible for job kitting

Communication and Teamwork:

• Working closely with the maintenance manager, will ensure that all parts, special tools and equipment are ready for any planned work
• Working with the Production Leader to plan/schedule regular on overhaul maintenance periods
• Work with Craft to ensure the detail in the work packages are understood

Qualifications/Education:

• Previous use of a CMMS, or related maintenance management software, to plan and schedule work.
• Previous work experience in a maintenance craft
• Proficient with Excel
• High standards of housekeeping and organization
• Must have a "roll up your sleeves" approach, be willing to spend time on the floor collection information and troubleshooting issues.
• Must be willing to work both indoors and outdoors in all conditions

Benefits:

• Annual bonus
• Pellet purchase program
• 2 weeks paid time off
• Full benefits vision/dental
• Flexible schedules
• Lignetics SWAG gear to include an annual pair of work boots & other PPE