Maintenance Planner

Are you looking for more than just a job? The culture at Mountaire is one of our greatest strengths and most valued assets. We maintain the same core values and family-focused work environment that we’ve operated with since day one. You will find that your peers, supervisor and team members are genuinely committed to, not only your success, but also working together to provide high-quality products to our customers. We are a service to one another and to our customers, demonstrating operational excellence and outstanding performance.

New hires that embrace our vision strategy can expect to share in the commitment to shape our success and have a path towards future growth opportunities within the company.

Primary Purpose:

Provide support to the Maintenance and Engineering Department in the form of work order creation, scheduling, and tracking PMs. Interact and communicate with vendors, contractors, upper mgmt. and maintenance/engineering team to complete assigned tasks and projects whether relayed orally, electronically or written.

Position responsibilities include:

• Assist departmental personnel in acquiring parts/components/services through external and internal resources
• Critique costing reports associated with budgeting and actual expenditures
• Capture data, compile reports and distribute for performance improvement
• Develop bill of materials for scheduled equipment rebuilds
• Order and kit parts for scheduled rebuilds
• Data entry with Oracle Purchasing and Maintenance modules
• Maintain the plant’s PM system regarding backlog, open, and closing of work orders
• Must be able to Interpret AutoCAD sketches/drawings
• Ability to perform other duties as assigned
• Availability to work weekends and or holidays when required  
• Prepare work packages for every planned maintenance activity’s inclusive of repetitive maintenance.
• Order, receive and supervise required material to assist maintenance activities.
• Plan and arrange activities related with equipment maintenance to enhance equipment and plant accessibility and competence supporting site production supplies.
• Coordinate daily as well as weekly planning meetings related with maintenance.
• Ensure to execute techniques to improve overall plant efficiency.
• Coordinate to rebuild spare equipment through external suppliers.
• Collect drawings, manuals and other documents 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 significant spares during setting reorder levels along with quantities.
• Support department’s compliance to any Lean Manufacturing goals and objectives.
• Aid engineering for spare parts preparation and PM Lists for new equipment.
• Provide technical assistance for supporting entire on-site maintenance activities.

Qualifications: 

• Confident computer skills to include Excel, Outlook, Microsoft, Oracle
• Combination of experience related to Summary Description
• College credits equal to an associate degree preferred
• Minimum of 1 year experience as an industrial planner, scheduler, estimator, etc.
• Ability to lift 25 plus pounds
• Ability to stand on concrete surfaces up to four continuous hours during a minimum of eight-hour shift
• Flexibility with repetitive hand movements
• Ability to understand and follow instructions and to learn the methods and practices used in poultry processing.
• Must comply with all Safety, Quality Assurance and USDA regulations
• Be able to maneuver throughout the production facility
• Be capable of handling multiple tasks with little supervision
• Damp environment with temperatures ranging from 40 to 100 degrees
• Exposure to loud machinery and processes

Company Benefits:

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance – Your well-being is important to us!
• 401K – You are our future and we want to help you plan for yours.
• Education assistance – The more you know, the more you can help shape the company’s future.
• Profit sharing – We believe in contributing to the success of everyone.
• Vacation and holiday pay – We know you will love your job, but a good work life balance is important.