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Maintenance Planner

Dart Container
8 days ago
Full-time
On-site
Waxahachie, TX, United States
$62,661 - $95,245 USD yearly
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Are you a detail-driven maintenance pro ready to boost reliability and reduce costs? We're looking for a Maintenance Planner & Scheduler to lead the charge in maximizing equipment uptime through smart planning, efficient resource use, and collaboration across departments. In this role, you’ll manage maintenance backlogs, develop strategic schedules, coordinate labor and materials, and ensure compliance with safety and quality standards—all while keeping operations running smoothly. If you’re skilled in CMMS, preventative maintenance, like being out on the production floor, and have a knack for turning plans into performance, we want you on our team. Apply today and help power the future of efficient manufacturing! Day-to-Day Role: Follow and commit to meet Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for safety, quality, production, efficiency, and service requirements Follow practices and processes intended to provide safe products that comply with appropriate laws and regulations, meet the company quality standards Follow and commit to safety and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) Plan, prioritize and determine work order priority by evaluating least cost options with minimum risks to product quality, consumer and employee safety, business, and production Manage maintenance backlog and develop long-range and short-range maintenance schedules Identify resources need for maintenance work: Prepare Bill of Materials, establish acquisition plans, determine what items are in stock, initiate stock requests, prepare Purchase Orders for direct order parts/contract labor/rentals, request in-house fabrication, track specialty tools availability Manage work order accuracy and ensure off shift work orders are complete and communicated to off shift staff Maintain a good working relationship, and consult daily with production and maintenance management to prioritize maintenance work orders Maintain and populate asset attributes in the CMMS such as functional location, equipment makes and models, Bill of Materials (BOMs), and equipment BOMs from engineering drawings, as needed Monitor, report and publish maintenance KPIs Communicate optimal parts inventory with storeroom management Create effective job packages and ensure maintenance technicians have needed resources for standard operating procedures (SOPs), Job Safety Analysis (JSA), work instructions, specialty tools, and updated Preventive Maintenance (PM) kits Ensure job plans and packages are archived effectively for future use Use feedback and identified gaps to continuously improve job packages Track parts still under warranty and monitor repaired parts procedures Monitor maintenance cost and budget and work closely with production, maintenance, procurement, and operations to identify continuous improvement opportunities Communicate PM tasks, planning, and schedules to maintenance technicians Report information as needed to corporate Reliability Engineering Core Skills and Qualifications: The ideal candidate must possess all of the following: Five (5) years of experience performing preventive maintenance, diagnostics, and repair, or comparable experience with trade school or training Experience optimizing and implementing Preventative Maintenance (PM) Experience applying Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems Ability to successfully prioritize deadlines and tasks with little supervision in both team and independent environments Strong verbal and written skills necessary to communicate intricate job-related information Experience with Predictive Maintenance Technologies Experience using Computer Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), SAP Math skills to include simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division Familiarity with and ability to convert decimals to fractions or vice versa Advanced mechanical aptitude and ability to troubleshoot co…

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