Business Unit Overview:

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit (url removed) and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news.

Brand:

Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We’re always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we’re growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. That’s where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets.

Location Description:

The Meadville, Pennsylvania facility is 135,000 square feet and home to about 290 hard working team members who are proud to produce iconic pet food brands like Rachael Ray® Nutrish®. Located along the banks of French Creek in Northwestern Pennsylvania and 45 minutes from Pittsburgh, Meadville is home to more than 13,000 full time residents and 2,000 Allegheny College students. Meadville is an active center for business, industry, education, the arts, recreation, service and tourism. Conneaut Lake, Pymatuning State Park and the Erie National Wildlife Refuge are wonderful places to appreciate the area's natural beauty. 

Responsibilities:

JOB FUNCTION 

The role of Maintenance Planner I is to improve workforce productivity and work quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through planning and coordination of manpower, parts and materials, and equipment access.  Planned maintenance activities include preventive and predictive maintenance routines, scheduled repairs and rebuilds, installations, and facilities maintenance.  The position is also responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the data in the EAM system, including equipment master records, work orders, equipment repair histories, recurring Preventive Maintenance plans, and equipment Bills of Materials.  

JOB ACTIVITIES/DUTIES

Overall success of the planning function

In partner with the OMC and Maintenance Supervisor facilitates, executes daily and weekly scheduling process.

Maintain an accurate, up-to-date backlog status

Ensure the accuracy of the information on the new maintenance work orders

Computer data entry of the transaction to convert the request to a work order

Visit the job site of all new maintenance work orders to confirm the scope of work and develop a preliminary estimate of labor and material requirements and record these decisions on the Planning Checklist

Decide the level of planning applied to the work order

Collect the information needed for the written job plan

Determine the actual sequence of work (i.e., job steps)

Identify lockouts, tag-outs, and permits needed

Verify that the job plan information is complete and accurate

Estimate the labor hours needed to perform the work, both rough and detailed as required

Determine parts, materials, and special tool requirements

Initiate pick lists for Storeroom parts and materials

Write purchase requisitions for direct purchase of outside parts and materials

Assemble the complete and final “Job Package”

Communicate the information in the Job Package to the Maintenance Supervisor

Ensure that all information needed to support the planning process is complete, accurate, and readily available to everyone

Reconcile the demands for work (man-hours needed) with available resources on the Weekly Schedule and Shutdown Schedule

Identify the need for “borrowed” manpower from other areas. Identify work that can be performed by “helpers” or Contractors as an alternative

Update the EAM files and backlog to reflect the work completed

Update equipment history files with information that will improve the planning for future events

Coordinate and exchange common planning information with other Planners

Prepare the preliminary schedule for the Shutdown events. Facilitate the discussion during the various preliminary Shutdown meetings

Publish and distribute the final Shutdown Schedule prior to the event

Coordinate definition of manpower requirements for Shutdown events

Prepare the information and statistics for the post-Shutdown Lessons Learned Meeting

Work on projects of limited complexity in a support role

Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

EDUCATION

Associate's Degree (or equivalent work experience) in Technical or Manufacturing discipline preferred. BS / BA preferred.

EXPERIENCE

In depth understanding of plant production and packaging processes from a technical and procedural standpoint.

Experience with MS Excel, MS PowerPoint

Five or more years of engineering or maintenance experience in a plant environment preferred.

4 years using EAM/CMMS systems.

Knowledge of maintenance management principles including but not limited to precision maintenance, preventive maintenance, shutdown, and contingency planning; desire to work with maintenance disciplines as a team.

0-2 years’ experience as a maintenance planner or similar work.

COMPETENCIES:

Mechanical aptitude, strong analytical skills, and ability to apply learned concepts a must

Demonstrated follow-up skills

Demonstrated skills to address process opportunities and make sustainable improvements

Demonstrated commitment to meet deadlines

Demonstrated self-starter

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Ability to manage multiple priorities concurrently without losing efficiency

Strong organizational skills

SKILLS

Must be self-driven, organized and be able to work in a fast-paced team environment.

Ability to influence broadly across location to drive results

Ability to manage moderate scope change initiatives

Proven written and verbal communication skills.

Ability to work with multiple priorities and prioritize work.

Ability to teach and train new employees.

Responsible for accurate and timely completion of assigned work

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