Description
Diageo is seeking a Maintenance Planner to join their team at the Montgomery facility, one of the largest spirits manufacturing sites in the world. The successful candidate will be responsible for reducing equipment downtime, loss prevention, and related site costs by driving the organization to a planned proactive state using validated procedures and best-in-class MRO practices.
The Maintenance Planner will be the principal contact and liaison person between Maintenance, Operations, and other supported departments, ensuring that all internal partners receive timely, efficient, and quality service. The role will involve long-range and short-range planning, analysis of no-plan vs. extensive plan jobs, and development of comprehensive work plans encompassing safety, quality, and effectiveness.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing information and reporting for weekly and periodic Maintenance Planning meetings
- Participating in developing and assisting in communicating short-range and medium-range maintenance plans
- Reviewing and screening maintenance requests for completeness, accuracy, necessity, priority, and obtaining approvals
- Determining the best way to accomplish maintenance jobs while limiting disruption to production
- Gaining proficiency in Manufacturing Management Systems (MMS) to lead improvement projects related to machine uptime and availability
- Planning individual jobs by establishing logical steps and dependencies, providing necessary technical drawings, arranging for special tools and equipment, and resource and skill requirements
- Preparing purchase requisitions for facility spare parts and Work Orders repairs, seeking approvals as needed, and monitoring and expediting parts and materials delivery
- Managing/stocking work order Kitting area, managing/tracking critical spares, and maintaining Storeroom cleanliness and organization
- Assembling the planned job package, agreeing on scope with Asset Care Manager, and scheduling jobs for execution when all resource requirements are on site
- Preparing schedules, Gantt charts, and management reports for shutdowns (major and minor)
- Developing Planner reference systems, including a file of Planned Job Packages for recurring jobs, plus labor and material libraries for each equipment center
- Maintaining essential records and files, preparing and distributing accurate and meaningful management reports and Maintenance KPIs
- Interpreting and providing historical equipment cost information
- Making recommendations for system improvement
- Establishing equipment-numbering system and numbering all equipment
- Analyzing and developing technical PM program and procedures for each piece of equipment
- Analyzing and developing technical task lists for existing and new equipment
- Creating new and ensuring accuracy of current equipment bills of materials
- Developing and maintaining equipment history in the CMMS as detailed and complete as possible
- Analyzing equipment history for trends and providing technical information for recommend improvements
- Providing cost information from equipment history
- Keeping equipment listing up to date (additions) and clean (deletions)
- Maintaining backlog up to date and clean
- Ensuring technical machine and processing drawings are revised and kept current
- Providing technical experience for the development of annual overhaul schedule
- Obtaining agreement and publishing the weekly maintenance schedules
- Assuring all jobs and work tasks are completed in accordance with Safety, Quality, and Food Safety requirements