Merchants Metals

Maintenance Planner & Scheduler

Merchants Metals  •  Houston, TX (Onsite)  •  2 months ago
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Job Description

The Maintenance Planner-Scheduler is responsible for planning and scheduling all emergent and recurring maintenance work for the manufacturing production equipment and facility support equipment. They will also work to ensure high levels of equipment availability and coordination of maintenance activities with operations.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Proactively support all Employee Health and Safety (EH&S) procedures and policies to ensure the maintenance team can work safely.
  • Prepare work packages in the CMMS for every planned maintenance activity inclusive of Preventive Maintenance.
  • Maintains training and knowledge in the CMMS to ensure the work order system is used properly and that all planning and scheduling activities are conducted within the system.
  • Ensures all maintenance work order processes are kept up to date and clearly communicated to the maintenance team.
  • Maintain and Update daily Metrics (KPIs) on L1 and L2 boards.
  • Order, receive and supervise required material to assist maintenance activities.
  • Coordinate weekly maintenance planning and scheduling meetings.
  • Coordinate to rebuild spare equipment through external suppliers.
  • Coordinate the service of facilities support equipment through outside service providers (Overhead cranes, air compressors, switch gear, forklifts, Acs, General Maintenance, Plumbing, etc.)
  • Collect drawings, manuals and other documents and upload to CMMS to connect directly to the assets in order to assist contractor and maintenance repairs or modifications.
  • Submit engineering drawings for any further required revisions or upgrades.
  • Coordinate plant shutdowns to attain all essential schedules.
  • Execute modification in maintenance records and key equipment with critical spares to assist in setting appropriate reorder levels and min/max quantities.
  • Minimize production downtime by coordinating maintenance plan and schedule with Operations
  • Support department’s compliance to any Lean Manufacturing goals and objectives.
  • Provide assistance to engineering for spare parts preparation and PM Lists for new equipment (Upgrades on PMs based on KPIs and Data Analysis from CMMS)
  • Provide technical assistance for supporting entire on-site maintenance activities.
  • Support proactively all EH&S procedures and policies.

Requirements

  • Three (3) years of maintenance planning and scheduling related experience in a production, manufacturing, or industrial environment
  • Demonstrated understanding of the Maintenance Work Order process relative to Work Identification, Work Planning and Scheduling, Work Execution, and Work Closeout.
  • Solid understanding of technical concepts including electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical systems
  • CMMS experience is a plus, specifically with the eMaint platform

REQUIRED EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION

  • High School Diploma or GED
  • Documented training in planning and/or scheduling in a manufacturing environment
Merchants Metals

About Merchants Metals

For nearly 70 years, Merchants Metals has been the provider of choice for thousands of professional fence contractors, architects, and quality building material retailers. In fact, we offer the industry’s largest selection of premium-quality fence product solutions for industrial, commercial, high-security, and residential applications.

Our comprehensive product offerings afford our customers a dependable “one stop shop” for all their fence and perimeter security needs. And our skilled and knowledgeable customer support professionals provide outstanding, seamless assistance with everything from the initial product selection all the way through delivery.

Simply stated, Merchants Metals is committed to offering fence, design and retail professionals the widest possible array of high quality, competitively priced products, and exceptional customer support before, during and after the sale.

Merchants Metals is American Owned & Operated.

Industry
Wholesale & Distribution
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Atlanta, GA
Year Founded
1953
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