Maintenance Planner - Food Manufacturing - 1st Shift

Maintenance Planner

Here at Summer Garden Food Manufacturing, we are family-owned and operated. As an employer, we offer a safe, clean, and friendly work environment for our staff to grow. We frequently offer fun events, lunches, rewards, and other incentives to show appreciation to our employees for their dedication to our ever growing company.

The Maintenance Planner reports to the Maintenance Supervisor and is based out of our Boardman, Ohio location. This individual will need extensive knowledge and the ability to plan and schedule maintenance activities. An in-depth understanding of CMMS Systems (Manager's plus) is necessary. Labor, material planning, and excellent communication skills are required. Assists the plant in providing the necessary maintenance resources and record keeping that is required to increase plant productivity, assist in maintenance work preparations to improve work efficiency, and increase plant performance. Responsible for maintaining production equipment availability and performance at satisfactory levels through the planning, scheduling, coordinating, and reporting of repair activities. Assure resources are available and adequate to complete these tasks. Must be able to identify and prioritize multiple projects and perform work with a constant awareness of improving processes. Preparation of reports, metrics, and other tracking tools will allow this employee to succeed. The Maintenance Planner will support all policies, goals, and objectives of the company, and will represent the company in a knowledgeable and professional manner.

Primary Responsibilities include:

• Plan work schedules to complete PM's, corrective and emergency work orders.
• Manage backlog to keep backlogged work orders to less than 14 days.
• Maintain a List of temporary repairs in Manager's Plus/Ensure permanent repairs are made the following Maintenance Day.
• Audit repairs to ensure quality work.
• Audit PMs to ensure quality work.
• Audit assignments and send weekly reports to supervisors on the performance of the Maintenance Team to ensure work orders are completed in a timely manner.
• Responsible for maintaining all plant equipment records in Manager's Plus including planned and unplanned.
• Communicates regarding parts required and inventory levels needed to complete all scheduled PM and corrective work orders.
• Kit parts for all work orders.
• Manage and schedule vendors as needed for inspections, instrument calibrations, and preventative maintenance going through the Maintenance Supervisor for Approval.
• Plan all activities for planned production line downtimes and plant outages under the direction of Maintenance Supervisors to provide maximum use of resources.
• Prepare and maintain a weekly operator PM schedule and communicate to Operations.
• Ensure safe work and quality practices are implemented at all times. Report any safety or quality issues to the Maintenance Supervisor immediately.
• Schedules and coordinates contractor's installation support and service operations as needed going through the Maintenance Supervisor for approval.
• Maintains equipment manuals, completes work order completion reports, documents work hours and other administrative tasks as required in CMMS.
• Accountable for food safety, food quality, and regulatory requirements for their position
• Encouraged to notify management about actual or potential food safety issues.
• Adopt and maintain all SQF requirements for their position.
• Empowerment to work with supervision to resolve food safety and food quality issues within their scope of work.
• Performs other related duties as required and assigned.

Education and Experience

Minimum Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma or commensurate experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Detail-oriented, can multi-task and manage projects.
• Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint proficient

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the food/beverage industry a plus
• 2 years of CMMS experience
• 5 years of maintenance experience
• Previous experience in Manufacturing or production environment a plus
• Ability to direct, coach, and train others.
• Project management with contractors as needed and critical thinking skills.

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

This position requires sufficient physical ability to work in a maintenance setting.

Frequent: Ability to talk and hear; ability to stand, walk, climb stairs, stoop, bend, and/or crouch; push/pull; lift up to 50 pounds; use of hands and fingers to operate machinery/equipment, hand and power tools as well as testing and inspection equipment in the area of responsibility. Exposure to wet and humid conditions and fluctuations in ambient temperature (seasonal).

Occasional: Squatting, kneeling, crawling, ability to reach above and at shoulder height. Ability to wear a dust mask and proper LOTO procedures. Exposure to toxic and corrosive chemicals.

Vision: Ability to use close and distance vision, as well as color and peripheral vision with or without correction. Must be able to visually detect obstacles and potential dangers in a fast-paced production environment involving high-speed equipment and powered industrial lift equipment.

Hearing: Ability to hear in the normal audio range with or without correction. Exposure to noise levels from pumps, machinery, forklift traffic, bottle lines, and exhaust fans.

This job description is not intended to contain a comprehensive list of the responsibilities that are required to successfully perform in this position. Other duties as assigned are part of every job description. The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Lassonde Pappas & Co., Inc 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.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.