Maintenance Planner l

Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate.

SUMMARY

Assist the plant in providing the necessary maintenance resources and record keeping that is required to increase plant productivity, assist in maintenance work preparations to improve work efficiencies, and increase plant performance. Responsible for maintaining production equipment availability and performance at satisfactory levels through the planning, scheduling, coordinating, and reporting of repair activities. Assure resources are available and adequate to complete these tasks. Preparation of reports, metrics, and other tracking tools will allow this employee to succeed. The Maintenance Planner Scheduler will support all policies, goals, and objectives of the company, and will represent the company in a knowledgeable and professional manner.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

May include, but are not limited to, the following :

• Process and manage purchase requisitions for parts and services needed to support maintenance activities
• Manage maintenance Spare Parts Inventory
• Maintain files for maintenance related purchase requisitions
• Maintain specification records for production equipment
• Track shipments of repair parts or locate in stock; deliver to appropriate location or individual as needed
• Enter all applicable supplier information into CMMS system
• Monitor data in CMMS system to ensure work orders are created for any work requiring labor time of 30 minutes or more
• Ensure all labor hours, materials, and necessary notes associated with the work are accurately recorded in CMMS system
• Help to ensure appropriate root cause is captured within Work Orders prior to being closed
• Coordinate upcoming project needs and plans with Maintenance Manager
• Order parts necessary to complete the job planned and expedite parts if necessary to meet the priority placed on the work request
• Manage and schedule equipment Preventative Maintenance (PM) activities such as inspections, oil changes, lubrications, etc
• Plan all maintenance activities to be completed during scheduled production downtime under the direction of the Maintenance Manager
• Communicate maintenance work schedule to operations and maintenance supervision. Gain alignment of schedule and ensure compliance
• Arrange and coordinate outside resources / services as needed
• Schedule, coordinate, and procure all sub-contractor assistance, rental equipment, and / or specialty tools necessary to execute the job planned
• Provide input to management and suggest improvements for efficiency
• Evaluate and analyze equipment history and predictive maintenance data and trends to assist in the anticipation of plant maintenance needs
• Responsible for notifying Maintenance Superintendent of any problems or issues with inventory, planning and scheduling
• Maintain Hot Work permit files
• Perform other related duties as designated by supervision

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS / WORK ENVIRONMENT

Westlake is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable legislation.

If you are an active Westlake employee (or an employee of any Westlake affiliates), please do not apply here.You will apply via the Jobs Hub application in Workday.

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