Merck & Co Hiring for Maintenance Planner job in Elkhorn Full Time

Overview:

• Plan and Schedule work for Maintenance Technicians.
• Determine work requirements regarding to equipment availability, labor, skills, materials, and tools, for all PM’s.
• Maintain equipment records in SAP by adding or updating equipment installation records, maintaining equipment attributes, type, and functional location, and maintaining equipment drawings and manuals
• Setup and maintain all predictive and preventative maintenance plans in SAP to maximize equipment reliability.
• Determines the most effective method/tool to conduct preventative and predictive maintenance checks
• Setup PM plan in SAP for each piece of equipment, including frequency, mechanic tasks, parts and tools needed, and safety procedures
• Generate PM work orders in SAP from the PM plans projecting 15-30 days in advance
• Monitor and report if PM work is being completed to maintain equipment reliability, and comply with regulations and audits
• Release and schedule PM work orders to maintenance technicians or contractors
• Seek input from maintenance personnel, area managers, and engineers to continually improve and adjust PM plans based on equipment and part performance/failures
• Monitor and analyze SAP part failure data (along with Engineers, Maintenance Manager, and Director of Engineering & Maintenance) to detect trends (good or bad)
• Plan and Schedule Corrective work to maximize maintenance department utilization and effectiveness
• Review maintenance requests, collaborate with requestors, and creates the work order.
• Plans the work, including estimated labor by craft (Mech, Elect, Refrig), and special equipment or permits needed.
• Identify and reserve parts (or create purchase requisitions) for parts and services.
• Interface with operations to validate work priority and equipment availability
• Review Planned Backlog of work that is ready to execute, selecting and scheduling backlog work to maintenance technicians while minimizing scheduled overtime

Skills Experience Required:

• Strong working knowledge of industrial maintenance and electrical functions
• Ability to read and interpret technical/engineering documents, drawings, schematics
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Expertise and proficiency with office computer software, and the ability to learn how to effectively use maintenance software to input data, research parts and analyze repair history detail.
• Thorough working knowledge of Computer Maintenance Management System (CMMS), Purchasing, and Microsoft Office products.
• Prefer Knowledge of SAP systems as it pertains to maintenance and operations.
• Must be able to be exposed to extreme temperatures, outside weather in all conditions, high noise environments, work areas near moving mechanical parts and any chemicals used in production process.

Education Minimum Requirement: –

• High School diploma
• Associates degree with a minimum of 4 years experience in a manufacturing environment
• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 2 years experience in a manufacturing environment

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Employee Status:
Regular

Relocation:
No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:
No

Travel Requirements:
10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:
On-Site

Shift:
1st – Day

Valid Driving License:
Yes

Hazardous Material(s):
n/a

Requisition ID:R256005