Maintenance Specialist 3 (Planner)
Location: Atlanta GA 30339
Contract 1 Year
Job Summary
The Maintenance Specialist 3 (Planner) is responsible for driving maintenance strategies optimizing equipment performance and minimizing downtime. This role involves detailed planning scheduling and coordination of maintenance activities with a focus on routine and outage planning. The ideal candidate has 610 years of experience in plant maintenance and operations along with strong leadership organizational and technical expertise.
Key Responsibilities
Maintenance Strategy & Leadership
- Develop and implement strategic maintenance plans to enhance equipment longevity and minimize downtime.
- Lead maintenance projects and initiatives ensuring alignment with plant operational goals.
- Provide mentorship and guidance to junior maintenance staff.
- Engage with senior management on maintenance needs strategies and budget planning.
- Assess and implement new technologies and methods for improved maintenance efficiency.
- Foster strong relationships with equipment vendors and service providers.
Planning & Scheduling
- Administer the work order management system including processing prioritized work orders updating equipment records and maintaining the equipment historical database.
- Develop and maintain the Plants FourWeek Plan scheduling all maintenance activities across departments and reporting trends and metrics.
- Provide detailed work plans and work packages coordinate material ordering and staging and facilitate communication between maintenance groups and Planning & Scheduling.
- Develop outage work packages and plans for Planned Forced and Maintenance outages utilizing Critical Path Method (CPM) schedules when appropriate.
- Provide coordination during outages and manage onsite and offsite contract labor needs (e.g. equipment rebuilds parts refurbishment).
Reliability Optimization & Continuous Improvement
- Actively support Plant Reliability Optimization (PRO) as a System Owner or in direct support of system reliability efforts.
- Improve equipment maintenance strategies through enhanced repetitive task revisions.
- Optimize spare parts materials and equipment stocking levels.
- Conduct weekly planning meetings to review and refine maintenance schedules and activities.
- Review closed work orders to identify followup work requirements.
Qualifications & Skills
Education & Experience
- 610 years of experience in plant maintenance and operations.
- Advanced degree or certifications in a relevant field preferred.
Technical Expertise
- Strong knowledge of equipment maintenance planning and scheduling.
- Experience with work order management systems and planning software.
- Ability to develop and manage maintenance budgets.
- Understanding of contract administration and vendor/contractor management.
Soft Skills & Competencies
- Strong organizational administrative and facilitation skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively across all levels (craft personnel supervisory staff and management).
- Selfmotivated and proactive with the ability to work independently.
- Ability to multitask and manage multiple priorities in a highpressure environment.
Additional Requirements
- Must be able to work extended hours nights weekends and holidays as needed.
- Occasional oncall rotation may be required.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority