Sr Maintenance Planner/Scheduler

Summary:

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager - Houston Terminal, the Sr Maintenance Planner/Scheduler position is responsible for the effective execution of all maintenance work control processes at the Houston Terminal. This position will work directly with Houston Maintenance Management to ensure efficient and effective planning and scheduling of all resources to conduct maintenance activities which result in minimum downtime and maximum productivity. The Planner/Scheduler will assist with work priority, develop job plans, define parts and material, define crafts and skills and engage the proper resources to develop a safe, effective and efficient work control plan.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Principle contact and liaison between the maintenance department and operation planning.
• Ensure that the Terminal receives professional maintenance service in a timely manner to ensure high equipment availability and performance.
• Review all planned work request from assigned area and determine validity and accuracy of information and engage the appropriate resources to set a preliminary priority.
• Review work request for accuracy and clarity: clear scope of work, realistic completion date, proper lead times, correct equipment identification, proper charge number (if applicable), proper authorization, and discuss details with originator of the work order.
• Identifies work requiring engineering design and reviews them with engineering.
• Escalates issues to Maintenance leadership for work which is high priority and or compliance related.
• Obtain and organize all information required for the crafts to perform the work: drawings, vendor manual, supplemental instructional materials, special procedures, and other file material which is appropriate. Supplement this information by preparing any additional sketches, drawings, diagrams, notes, or any instructional material which will clarify the work to be performed.
• Approach all aspects of the work being performed with safety as the highest priority.
• Manage the status of work control and backlog for work order submission to work order completion. Status may include waiting for planning, waiting parts, ready to schedule, scheduled, etc.
• Verifies all material, information, tools and labor are available prior to scheduling.
• Works with Maintenance employees, and supervisors to determine resource availability and work to level the work force.
• Assists with planning and scheduling meeting with operation partners to finalize priority of work orders, optimum downtime windows, and necessary lead times.
• Follow up and communicates schedule to all resources: maintenance, outside services, stores and engineering.
• Issue scheduled work orders to supervisors and address any questions that may arise.
• Manage a backlog of work orders which require major or significant portion of the facility to be shutdown.
• Keep accurate metrics on the performance of planning and scheduling functions and provide timely reports to the Maintenance Manager.
• The above job functions are illustrative of the duties and responsibilities associated with the position and are not intended to be all inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.