Maintenance Planner

What are we looking for?

The Maintenance Planner is a member of the Welland Maintenance team working closely to support our Maintenance Operating System and digital manufacturing initiatives.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Maintain the process and building equipment in operation to ensure maximum availability to maximize production efficiency.
• Develop and implement a preventative and predictive maintenance program in Fiix.
• Review and update all aspects of the Fiix CMMS.
• Assist with troubleshooting and solving problems related to equipment downtime.
• Assisting in investigations through data compilation and statistical analysis to determine the root cause for both special and common cause events.
• Contributing to process improvement projects, such as Lean and Six Sigma initiatives.
• Involvement in change management activities.
• Use of CMMS software (Fiix) to align complex maintenance tasks with operation requirements
• Acquiring and using technical knowledge to support growth in the overall SQDCM manufacturing processes.
• Ensure compliance with all health & safety regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Perform daily workplace inspections to keep the maintenance department “audit ready” at all times.
• Coordinate the purchase of spare parts, tools, and maintenance supplies to ensure production needs are met.
• Monitor maintenance costs and operate within the established maintenance budget.
• Assisting with the development of our MRO spare parts strategy and continuous update of our BOM.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• College Diploma in a Mechanical or Electrical Technologist Program would be an asset.
• Trade ticket with technical background (asset).
• Strong relationship builder who can effectively work cross-functionally.
• Ability to influence without direct authority
• Good skills in CMMS and Microsoft Office.
• 5 years in a similar industry or Manufacturing setting with supervisory experience.
• Digital Control System experience.

Desired Characteristics

• Possesses strong analytical and organizational skills
• Desire to learn about the technical process of Maintenance for Manufacturing (MFM)