Sr. Maintenance Planner

Work Mode: Onsite

Location:Onsite - Kohler, WI

Opportunity

The primary function of the Sr Maintenance Planner is to improve work output through the scheduling and planning of nonreactive work. The successful candidate must be detail-oriented, possess excellent organization skills, hands on experience, communicate effectively and be self-directed.

As part of the position, time in the field and the ability to provide and seek feedback will be essential in furthering maintenance best practices. Having a positive and genuine spirt will maintain a collaborative environment for daily communications with frontline leadership and skilled trades' associates. Applying a drive and passion for continuous improvement are essential to the position. With the ability to lead without authority and produce results.

Specific Responsibilities

• Evaluate incoming work requests for required information and segregate the work as prescribed
• Evaluate existing and incoming work volumes and communicate with stake holders to establish priority and use contractors as necessary to meet established priority.
• Identify work requiring the need for engineering and submit engineering requests as required
• Maintain a current backlog by identifying aging work and create an action plan for completion.
• Develop scope of work and limiting conditions through worksite evaluation and consultation with the requester, engineering, management and equipment suppliers.
• Identify special tools, equipment and required trades.
• Identify and provide required safety procedures and documents and coordinate as needed.
• Determine required materials, drawings, and engineered information, initiate procurement using or creating a bill of materials and verify lead time for scheduling function.
• Provide specifications and special procedures for job plans
• Complete pre and post job plan review with management team and update accordingly.
• Estimate labor requirements using simplified maintenance standards, historical standards and experience-based approximations for schedule creation.
• Organize and facilitate meetings with Engineering, Project Managers and Management as required to ensure project success through meeting documentation and the creation of required tasks to drive success.
• Prepare detailed estimates using simplified maintenance standards, historical standards and experience-based approximations for budgeting purposes.
• Identify repeatable tasks and archive as a job plan/ task lists for future use.
• Update work order descriptions and job plans for clear and concise information.
• Determine job commencement date based on priority, equipment availability, alignment with criticality matrix, maintenance supervision and material lead-time requirements.
• Arrange availability in accordance with the project timeline through coordination with other planner groups.
• Prepare a detailed weekly schedule that identifies daily activities, including allowance for emergency work and preapproved vacations.
• Revise the weekly schedule for major changes in project scope affecting resources and communicate these changes to all effected parties.
• Coordinate and lead weekly schedule meeting with contractors, operations and maintenance, including negotiation of additional downtime for critical work.
• Prepare shutdown schedules and at regular intervals review with operations and maintenance supervision.
• Load level preventive maintenance program
• Establish sequence and duration of all craft skills, including sub-order requirements, and prepare tentative timeline that coordinates an entire project.
• Make recommendations for reoccurring equipment issues and capital purchases.
• Identify and communicate continuous improvement opportunities.
• Self-development through ongoing education and / or work place training.
• Review metrics and departmental reports to identify and execute improvements in planning.
• Participate in PM optimization
• Lead and participate in 5s / BPR events
• Improve wrench time through routine evaluations of estimated versus actual times and job plans to improve work execution by associates.
• Participate in the management of the preventive maintenance program including required documentation (i.e. OSHA, EPA, etc.).
• Active participation in daily tiered meetings and staff meetings.
• Identify obsolescence and communicate risk to stake holders and complete an engineering request.
• Update bill of materials and submit requests for removal from MRO.
• Manage equipment documentation program including archiving, updates and removal of documentation for eliminated equipment.
• Review and update all notifications for data integrity, communicate issues at tiered meetings
• Maintain a clean organized kitting and staging area for materials by placing materials in bins, completing regular audits and communicating kitted material location on job plans.
• Provide requested information or submit special reports as required by supervision.
• Complete other assignments that are consistent with the basic function or as required by supervision.
• Mentor Junior Planners, Technicians and Team Leaders.

Skills/Requirements

• Minimum of an associate degree in related field
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret technical drawings and create simple sketches.
• Bachelor's degree in related field or engineering preferred
• Maintenance management certificate / Certified Maintenance Reliability Professional preferred
• Minimum of five years in technical field with hands-on experience
• Minimum of seven years' experience in a maintenance planning and scheduling function
• Lean experience / Six Sigma Green Belt
• Previous experience with CMMS software (SAP experience preferred)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office products.

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Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

We believe in supporting you from the moment you join us, which is why Kohler offers day 1 benefits. This means you'll have access to your applicable benefit programs from your first day on the job, with no waiting period. The salary range for this position is $77,200 - $117,300. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate's experience, their education, and the work location. In addition, this position is eligible for a performance bonus/variable incentive compensation.