Maintenance Planner

The Maintenance Planner supports the maintenance group through planning, scheduling, ensuring parts availability, developing job plans, and reviewing Preventative Maintenance (PM) processes. This role ensures safe, efficient management and upkeep of critical production and mining assets. The Maintenance Planner will spend approximately 90% of their time underground, including time with underground maintenance supervisors.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe practices, including daily on-shift inspections, training and coaching, accident investigations, and inspections with State and Federal regulators.
• Coordinate scheduling of contractors needed to support work.
• Maintain PM and inspection forms current for all mobile and stationary equipment.
• Update PMs with known errors and feedback from maintenance staff.
• Audit work to ensure it is performed to accepted standards.
• Maintain record-keeping systems for equipment specifications, maintenance history, and costs.
• Organize and plan to ensure work orders are processed (parts ordered, manpower scheduled, and work completed) with priority considerations.
• Communicate with maintenance and production supervisors to coordinate work, improve planning effectiveness, and identify solutions.
• Apply knowledge of collective bargaining agreements and company policies; resolve personnel issues and handle first-step grievances.
• Analyze repeat work orders for better repair methods.
• Ensure compliance with MSHA and ODNR regulations.
• Plan special maintenance projects (capital projects, rebuilds, and contract jobs) in a timely, cost-effective manner.
• Assist storeroom personnel in determining inventory and supplies; recommend cost improvements regarding parts usage and labor.
• Supervise on surface or underground as needed to fill in for maintenance supervisors.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Requirements

Physical Requirements

Vital Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action employer. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, compensation, benefits promotions, training, termination or any other condition of employment or career development.

All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected status.

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