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Maintenance Planner Jesup, GA
Description Healthy Pet helps pets live their best lives! For more than 35 years, Healthy Pet has been upcycling pulp and paper remnants to create healthy, natural cat litter and bedding for small animals. Our parent company, J. Rettenmaier & Söhne has been a family owned and operated global leader in natural fiber processing for more than 100 years. If you’re ready to bring your energy and enthusiasm to a sustainable organization with a holistic approach to the health of planet, pets and people, then we would love to meet you!
1.0 PURPOSE 1.1 Improve equipment reliability and reduce unplanned downtime through data analysis and proactive maintenance strategies. Lead root cause analysis and collaborate with maintenance, engineering, and operations to eliminate recurring failures. Drive continuous improvement to enhance safety, efficiency, and asset performance.
- ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Analyze equipment performance data and failure records to identify trends and common issues. Track DT/MTTR/MTBF/PM completion rate
- Conduct root cause analyses (RCAs) to understand failure mechanisms and develop corrective actions.
- Develop and optimize preventive and predictive maintenance strategies.
- Maintenance Planning & Coordination:
- Plan and schedule maintenance work, prioritizing tasks based on equipment criticality and potential impact.
- Allocate resources efficiently to ensure timely execution of maintenance tasks.
- Update and refine preventive maintenance (PM) plans based on equipment history and best practices. Annually audit the PM process to ensure PM frequency is correct.
- Collaborate with maintenance, engineering, and operations teams to implement reliability improvements.
- Communicate findings and recommendations to management and technical teams.
- Coordinate with craftspeople to ensure proper execution and capture feedback for continuous improvement.
- Lead efforts to improve equipment reliability, maintainability, and overall plant efficiency.
- Participate in projects to upgrade or replace aging equipment to enhance reliability.
- Conduct audits of maintenance activities to ensure safety, quality, and effectiveness.
- Strong ability to analyze data, identify root causes, and develop effective solutions.
- Understanding of reliability engineering principles, maintenance strategies, and relevant software tools.
- Ability to clearly communicate technical information and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
- Skill in scheduling, resource allocation, and managing complex maintenance projects.
- QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
- High School Diploma or GED and at least an AA in an engineering discipline.
- Four years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment, including at least 2 years of supervisory experience.
- Must possess a valid driver’s license upon hire and maintain throughout employment.
- Knowledgeable in procedures and practices of electrical and mechanical troubleshooting, maintenance and repair including hydraulic and pneumatic.
- Familiar with computerized machinery operations.
- Experienced with Microsoft Office and SAP (preferred).
- Able to promote staff and team development and high performance by assuring regular, effective and consistent feedback.
- Able to read and interpret equipment manuals, blueprints, electrical schematics and work orders.
HEALTHY PET OFFERS AN EXCEPTIONAL BENEFITS PACKAGE:
- Best-in-class medical, dental, vision, short & long term disability, and life insurance
- Voluntary Insurance: FSA, VTL, Accident
- Generous 401k matching
- 11 paid holidays
- Paid sick days and vacation time
- Plus, QUARTERLY bonuses!
Check us out and submit your application at: https://www.healthy-pet.com/ We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Healthy Pet is a drug-free workplace. All employment is contingent upon successfully passing a pre-employment drug screen (including marijuana) and a background check.