Maintenance Administrative/Purchasing Coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary:

Responsible for managing, updating, and optimizing maintenance software and asset tracking data to support plant, facility, or fleet operations. Maintains part inventory and purchasing/ordering. Helps plan the safe maintenance, repair or replacement of plant equipment and systems, to ensure maximum production quantity and quality, while supporting the policies, goals, and objectives of the company. Provides leadership and guidance on effective operation of the CMMS system.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Works cohesively with operations and maintenance department to coordinate project needs and schedules within the facility. 
• Maintain and enter planned information into Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). Provide or review planning and scheduling metrics and understand impact on processes. Help implement and make sure all equipment repairs are tracked properly and done in a timely manner. 
• Communicates regularly with all necessary personnel to ensure efficient maintenance and repair work. 
• Coordinate parts availability and maintain parts inventory. 
• Assist with development of annual overhaul/shutdown schedules. 
• Assist all other employees and departments as required for efficient plant operation.
• Provides a “Customer Service” attitude when interacting with internal and external customers while accomplishing work, production, and achieving quality standards.
• Abides by all safety, health, environmental and food/feed safety policies, and procedures. 
• Maintains a clean, orderly, and safe workstation/environment at all times. 
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Education and Experience:

• Education: High School or Equivalent
• Experience : 3-5 years experience in the maintenance and /or operation of a process manufacturing facility or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.
• In-depth knowledge of plant maintenance is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Working knowledge of plant equipment and safety.
• Knowledge of manufacturing practices and procedures.
• Knowledge and ability to use CMMS.
• Ability to adapt to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to analyze data and make data-driven decisions.
• Ability to build relationships with internal and external customers.
• Ability to communicate effectively with co-workers and senior level management. 
• Ability to maintain good attendance habits. 
• Abide by all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description.
• Abide by company’s safety, quality, environmental and HR policies at all times.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Frequently required to walk, stand, sit. 
• Frequently required to climb to levels of 125 feet or more, confined, and harnessed. Use of stairs and ladders are required. 
• Occasionally lift and/or move 50 pounds or more. 
• Operate in an office and production environment. Production environment could include frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; extreme heat or cold; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the production environment is usually very loud.
• This position requires use of a respirator.