P&W Maintenance Planner/Scheduler - Military Veterans

Safety First. Excellence. Pride. Integrity. Compassion. Trust. Are you ready to plant your career in a place where words like these serve as the foundation for doing business every day? At Michigan Sugar, our purpose is Making Life Sweeter, and our mission is Creating Growth and Opportunity.

Michigan Sugar Company has an immediate, full-time opportunity for a P&W Maintenance Planner/Scheduler, located at the Bay City Factory, 2600 S. Euclid Ave., Bay City, MI 48706.

JOB SUMMARY

The role of the P&W Maintenance Planner Scheduler is to improve workforce productivity and work quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through the planning and coordination of labor, parts and material, tools, and equipment. The P&W Maintenance Planner Scheduler is responsible for the effective planning, scheduling, and coordination of all maintenance activities through collaboration with maintenance teams, warehouse staff, and other departments to prioritize and execute maintenance tasks while minimizing downtime and maximizing equipment reliability. This role ensures that maintenance work is performed efficiently, safely, and in a cost-effective manner.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure that a safe working environment is maintained for all employees and ensure all maintenance activities comply with safety regulations and company policies.
• Promote a culture of safety and continuous improvement within the maintenance team and maintain accurate records of safety inspections and compliance checks.
• Utilize Michigan Sugar's CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) to perform all planning activities.
• Develop detailed and complete work packages consisting of detailed work instructions, labor estimates, procedures, bill of material, specifications, drawings, tool and equipment requirements, applicable permits, service histories and any other information required by craft or contractor resources to complete work in an efficient manner with emphasis on quality.
• Review and screen all incoming work requests, complete pre-job planning activities, and review/incorporate all pertinent safety procedures. Evaluate resource requirements (including labor, materials, equipment, tools, and services) in order to plan more efficiently and be cost effective.
• Prioritize and plan maintenance tasks based on urgency, impact on safety and production, and resource availability.
• Coordinate with procurement to ensure timely availability of spare parts and materials in order to complete work as planned. Set and maintain stockroom inventories.
• Coordinate with the warehouse team to schedule maintenance activities during optimal times and be responsible for planning and scheduling all major and minor plant shutdowns and related activities.
• Develop and implement preventive and predictive maintenance programs based upon Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) data and recommendations to increase plant availability and production output.
• Develop maintenance and construction work packages based upon engineering design specifications.
• Monitor equipment performance and condition to anticipate and prevent breakdowns. Adjust PM schedules based on historical data to ensure the right frequencies to reduce waste and improve performance.
• Liaison with maintenance technicians, engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure effective communication and coordination.
• Facilitate regular meetings to review maintenance schedules, priorities, and progress.

• Participate with the warehouse management team at Key Performance Indicator (KPI) meetings and contribute to the development of site maintenance and reliability KPI's.
• Utilize the PDCA cycle to systematically plan, execute, monitor, and refine planned maintenance activities.
• Actively participate and play an integral role in root cause analysis (RCA's) teams to eliminate repetitive downtime and avoid unplanned and costly outages.
• Administer and report on key metrics associated with the AMMS system including budget and schedule compliance.
• Maintain the master data set including updating as configuration of plant and equipment changes, additions due to capital installations, and refreshed maintenance plans and strategies.
• All other duties, as assigned.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in a technical curriculum with 3 years maintenance experience, or
• 2-year technical degree plus 5 years industrial operations including 3 years maintenance experience, or
• High School Diploma with 10 years industrial operations including 5 years maintenance and multi-craft certifications acquired through extensive on-the-job training or apprenticeship programs.
• Detailed knowledge of maintenance and repair practices of large industrial equipment and their associated components such as bearings, pumps, gearboxes, valves, drives, actuators, switchgear, motors, instrumentation, and controls. Must possess adequate craft knowledge to estimate man hours and materials and to visualize the job to be performed.
• Knowledge of Mechanical and Electrical systems associated with an industrial 24/7 processing. operation and ability to apply technical knowledge to determine equipment problems and appropriate solutions.
• Ability to communicate proficiently both orally and written.

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Detailed knowledge of safe work practices and hazard control methods, including LOTO.
• Ability to collaborate with a cross functional team.

• Ability to deliver results working within collective bargaining agreement.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Determining maintenance team effectiveness on jobs given constants and metrics previously determined.
• Flexible and able to work in fast paced and varying environments.
• Provides model behavior to demonstrate corporate value.
• Ability to solve problems quickly and make decisions.
• Lead by demonstrating ethics and integrity, displaying drive and purpose, demonstrated capability to learn, and managing self and increasing self-awareness.

NOTE: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by staff assigned to this position. The above statements are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills that may be required. All staff may be required to perform duties outside their normal responsibilities as needed.

Michigan Sugar Company offers competitive market wages for both hourly and salaried employees, opportunity for professional growth and development, and comprehensive benefit packages that may include medical, dental, 401(k) and paid time off. To learn more visit www.michigansugar.com .

Michigan Sugar Company was founded in 1906 when six smaller sugar companies merged their operations. In 2002, Michigan Sugar Company became a grower-owned cooperative and in 2004, it merged with Monitor Sugar Company to form the company that exists today.

Michigan Sugar Company is headquartered in Bay City and has sugar beet processing facilities in Bay City, Caro, Croswell and Sebewaing. Its nearly 900 grower-owners plant and harvest up to 140,000 acres of sugar beets each year in 17 Michigan counties, as well as Ontario, Canada. Those beets are sliced at the factories and turned into about 1.3 billion pounds of sugar annually.

That sugar is sold to industrial, commercial, and retail customers under the Pioneer and Big Chief brands.

Michigan Sugar Company has approximately 1,000 year-round employees and an additional 1,100 seasonal workers. It is the No. 1 employer in Huron County, the No. 2 employer in Bay and Sanilac counties and the No. 3 employer in Tuscola County. The company's annual payroll is more than $90 million and its annual local economic impact is about $700 million.

Michigan Sugar Company is the third largest of eight sugar beet processing companies in the United States and Michigan is one of 11 states where sugar beets are grown in the country.

Michigan Sugar Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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