Maintenance Planner

The basic function of this role within the Maintenance Workflow is to develop planned job packages for maintenance repair work and improvement projects based on priorities established by the Production Maintenance Coordinator (PMC).  This may include performing shutdown planning, planning PM work orders, and/or occasional supervising of Maintenance Department personnel as assigned. All job plans must fully satisfy the notification scope and include all material, services, resources and appropriate individual operations or tasks.  This position ensures that sufficient amount of work is planned to maintain plant reliability.  This is non-exempt salaried position classified as a Safety Critical role.

Key job responsibilities include:

• Ensures INEOS Pigments Process Safety Principles, Behavioral Safety Principles, and Life Saving Rules are followed and promoted.
• Checks compliance with INEOS Pigments Safety, Health and Environmental policies and procedures.

• Accountable for planning maintenance work to ensure safe, permit compliant, efficient and effective operations at a twenty-four hour/day continuously operated facility.
• Plans, schedules and coordinates all work for the weekly schedule and outages/shutdowns
• Field checks jobs and plans the work prioritizing job safety, environmental, and cost efficiency.
• Estimates labor resources, material and service requirements and associated costs.
• Develops detailed job plans and follows Maintenance Guideline 1.19.
• Participates in pre-job review meetings with outside service contractors to review job and safety requirements.

• Completes purchase requisitions for contract work.
• Prepares standard jobs in the work order system and maintains work request system backlog per priority system – as outlined in Workflow Maintenance Guideline 1.01.

• Prepares and issues work order packages consisting of specific job steps and requirements, engineered drawings (if required), and material lists.  Obtain excavation permits if required for the job.

• Procurement of maintenance goods and materials including initiating requisitions, tracking purchase orders, and goods receipts using computerized system.
• Analyze the execution of the job versus the job plan and compares labor and material actual versus estimates.  Updates standard jobs if applicable.
• Administers a Preventative Maintenance Program and monitors the timely completion of equipment PM work.

• Assist maintenance personnel in obtaining additional tools, material, and services required for planned jobs during execution. 
• New equipment and spare parts inventory analysis, set up, change descriptions and deletion.
• Support the sites in the commitment to ensuring effective procurement processes and internal controls are in place with legally compliant standards.
• Participate in team projects.  Identify and share continuous improvement ideas.
• Provide assistance on maintenance shutdowns and outages.
• Support Maintenance duty requirements as outlined in Maintenance Guideline 1.18.
• Complete reports and documentation accurately as required.
• Review, comprehend and follow all Departmental rules, policies, and guidelines.
• Perform other duties as required or assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.

About You

You should possess:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.  Post-secondary education in a related discipline a plus.
• Five (5) years relevant experience in maintenance planning, preventative maintenance and execution, TAR execution in a chemical manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing plant equipment (pumps, piping, heat exchangers, vessels, valves etc...)
• Must possess and maintain an In-depth knowledge of methods, materials, tools, and equipment used in the maintenance of manufacturing facilities.
• Excellent knowledge of SAP with specific knowledge in the maintenance, storeroom, and purchasing modules.
• Demonstrate ability to read standard blueprints, machine, and process drawings. Can sketch or redline existing drawings.
• Knowledge and understands the maintenance processes and proper use of the work order system, planning and scheduling and storeroom processes.
• Attention to detail and project/planning focus.
• Ability to work unsupervised.
• Proven ability to create, maintain data and use reporting features of office software programs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities or projects simultaneously and keep them progressing to completion.
• Self-motivation and independent thinking.

EOE M/F/Vet/Disabled