Maintenance Planner

\r\n\r\nJob Description\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe Opportunity:\r\n\r\nReporting to the Planning Manager, the Planner is the “quarterback” of the Maintenance department and plays a key role in managing Work Management, Asset Lifecycle Management, and Asset Reliability activities at the plant.\r\n\r\nThe Planner is responsible for developing comprehensive maintenance plans in alignment with the Asset Reliability Strategy, as well as managing, optimizing, coordinating, and scheduling required resources to execute the plans with minimal disruption to production.\r\n\r\nThis position is responsible for improving work force productivity and work quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through balancing the availability of internal labour, external contractors, parts & material, and equipment.\r\n\r\nThis position will drive proactive and effective maintenance planning and scheduling that is critical for a well-functioning organization and improved production.\r\n\r\nThis role has a high degree of visibility, where focus and attention are on avoiding unnecessary production delays while optimizing trades wrench-time is key for success. This role requires frequent interactions, negotiation, and direct engagement with Maintenance Managers, Plant Managers/Site Leads, Operations, Production and management in cross-functional groups, such as food and health safety, as well as external contractors and OEMs to advance the relationship and needs of all departments regarding planning and avoid unnecessary downtime.\r\n\r\nThe position requires strong communication, technical, organization, project management, and problem-solving skills for precise planning, management and analyses of the competing priorities of each department. Decision making, negotiation and stakeholder management skills will have significant impact on prioritizing work that is critical for optimizing trade’s utilization to increase productivity, maximizing asset lifecycle, and reduce equipment downtime towards the Maple Leaf Foods M/E Downtime BOLD GOAL.\r\n\r\nAny MLF team member interested in being considered for this role are encouraged to apply online by September 14. Applications received beyond that date are not guaranteed consideration.\r\n\r\nReason for vacancy:  Existing Headcount \r\n\r\nCompensation:  $71,000 - $103,000 CAD base pay annually plus annual short-term incentive\r\n\r\nThe above compensation reflects the target compensation for the position at the time of posting. The base salary offered may vary based on a variety of factors including skills, experience, education, training, job- related knowledge, and other organizational requirements. For part-time roles, salaries are adjusted according to scheduled hours.  In addition to base salary, this role is eligible to participate in Maple Leaf’s annual short-term incentive plan. \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSnapshot of a Day-in-the-Life:\r\n\r\n\r\n\tDevelop comprehensive, and thorough maintenance job plans for routine or repetitive preventive, condition based, and predictive maintenance activities that facilitate the safe and effective execution of work\r\n\tReview, optimize, and update 5% of the PM routes registered in SAP every quarter\r\n\tManage asset bill of material (BOM) supporting job plans, review and update 5% of the BOMs registered in SAP every quarter\r\n\tCreate a scheduling horizon for short, mid and long-term activities including annual overhauls and new equipment installations; Develop extended maintenance schedules that facilitate the 3-year Plan\r\n\tReview, risk assess, and rout non-emergency work orders for approval at the correct organizational level against defined acceptance criteria based on the business risk\r\n\tDetermine and recommend the scope and maintenance strategy (repair/overhaul/replace) of key maintenance work; document work plan, and manage required resources to full execution of the of preventive or corrective work \r\n\tManage assets history, technical manuals, OEM support contracts and other technical files for inclusion in job plans to anticipate and avoid delays\r\n\tDevelop condition-based monitoring routes, load levels, and seed dates\r\n\tPlan and schedule work using Visual Scheduling tool, PowerBI, and SAP using in depth analytics and advanced techniques.\r\n\tTrack and analyze Maintenance KPIs; improve the lagging KPIs using insights from SAP and PowerBI\r\n\tVisit the floor with the goal of increasing team productivity by removing all obstacles to executing the work safely, correctly and with minimum downtime and effort. Adopt the concept of eyes on the job and eyes on the parts\r\n\tOptimize maintenance labour availability vs. workload to minimize production disruptions\r\n\tPrioritize maintenance work using criticality analysis; schedule work through proactive communications with Maintenance & Production to ensure the highest value and/or most critical work is being scheduled and completed in a timely manner\r\n\tLead maintenance planning/scheduling meetings where maintenance interventions are synchronized with Production\r\n\tDevelop schedule loading with the understanding of resource availability, operational requirements and a knowledge of time, cost and quality estimating\r\n\tLead PM Optimization activities, Root Cause Failure Analysis, PM/overhaul postmortems, and work order quality reviews\r\n\tUnderstand the risks and timing variances that may occur and adjust as necessary to ensure schedule and cost compliance, this includes early start and late finish dates as well as asset criticality\r\n\tReview and regularly update all maintenance backlogs\r\n\tProvide technical assistance as required for maintenance personnel in executing the work\r\n\tStrongly collaborate with the stores and the MRO staff to ensure the availability of parts / materials to execute work\r\n\tMonitor parts/materials from point of order until staging\r\n\tSeek approval to expedite parts for late jobs\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nWhat You’ll Bring:\r\n\r\n\r\n\tMinimum 5 year of experience\r\n\tMinimum college diploma; university degree in is preferred; Journeyperson’s ticket is a significant asset\r\n\tProject Management Professional and/or related technical diploma preferred\r\n\tMust be highly competent and thrive on using and championing advanced technology such as Asset Reliability Mobility, Visual Scheduler, PowerBI, and Intelligent Enterprise Asset Management systems.\r\n\tExtensive experience in applying proven Maintenance best practices in industrial environment (5 years)\r\n\tExperience with implementing and in-depth knowledge of maintenance and reliability concepts\r\n\tExperience in client facing or site support roles including technical consulting\r\n\tHigh degree of competency in performing in-depth analytics, drawing insights, and continuous improvement\r\n\tExperience in manufacturing or industrial environment\r\n\tHighly skilled with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems is a must-have skill (CMMS); SAP is preferred\r\n\tExperience with technology, reporting, analytical platforms\r\n\tAdvanced software skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio\r\n\tSelf-starter, high energy, customer oriented, with superb communication/interpersonal skills\r\n\tContinuous improvement mindset, critical thinker, challenging the status quo\r\n\tHighly results oriented, extremely organized, and capable of working independently while managing multiple priorities\r\n\tMust be highly adaptable to constant change and comfortable in a very fast-paced environment\r\n\tKnowledge of GMPs, food safety development and health & safety requirements.\r\n\tKnowledge of contract development and execution\r\n\tProven capability to provide technical leadership to business and operations.\r\n\tExcellent interpersonal and communications skills at all levels\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nWhat We Offer at Maple Leaf Foods:\r\n\r\n\r\n\tBeing part of a high-performance, people-focused company that has an inspiring and unique vision to become the most sustainable protein company on earth, and a deep commitment to sustainable protein across North America.\r\n\tAn inclusive company culture and a work environment that keeps our people safe, rewards excellence, and empowers everyone to learn and contribute their best. \r\n\tCompetitive Health and Wellness benefits that offer flexibility to meet your individual or family needs, including programs focused on improving mental health and wellbeing. These benefits start on your first day of employment.\r\n\tDefined Contribution Pension Plan with company matching that starts on your first day of employment.\r\n\tLearning and development opportunities, including workshops, ‘speaker series’ events, and resources that allow you to develop your skills and progress your career.\r\n\tComprehensive tuition reimbursement program that supports continuous learning and development of our team members through investment in eligible degrees, diplomas, professional certification, or trades programs.\r\n\tSupporting our deep commitment to community impact, we offer up to two paid days annually to volunteer at a cause of your choice.\r\n\r\n