Maintenance Planner – Medical Device Manufacturing Plant
Sumter, SC · $90,000 to $100,000
OPEN JOB: Maintenance Planner – Medical Device Manufacturing Plant LOCATION: Sumter, South Carolina
**Relocation Assistance Available - SALARY: $90,000 to $100,000 INDUSTRY: Medical Equipment / Devices JOB CATEGORY: Manufacturing
IDEAL CANDIDATE
Looking for a candidate that has technical skills, Maintenance Planning, Scheduling and Execution of PM's. A focus on processing and packaging equipment installation, maintenance, and machine start-up.
FIRM: one of the largest global medical technology companies
SUMMARY
The purpose of this role is to determine the labor and material resources needed, and time required for each planned maintenance jobs (PM/CM/Outage/other planned activities) to ensure smooth operation of all Maintenance functions of the Engineering Team.
The role is responsible to develop and support an effective integrated planning and scheduling system with Production, which allows an overview of all maintenance plans that may interact with the different assets and will oversee the optimum utilization of the resources and spare parts with minimum impact in asset availability.
Ensures compliance with quality systems, policies, procedures, and best practices, and all local, state, federal and safety regulations, policies, and procedures.
Regular, punctual attendance is an essential job function.
Responsibilities
Develop and implement a comprehensive maintenance program that promotes efficiency and productivity while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, budget constraints, and safety standards.
Schedule and complete preventive maintenance (PM) tasks on time to protect production areas from unplanned work and minimize disruptions to equipment operation.
Manage all planned and scheduled maintenance activities, including work orders generation, resources allocation, and backlog reduction, to ensure on-time work completion and eliminate delays.
Validate the time, materials, resources, and tools required to complete each job and ensure compliance with technical and HS&E specifications.
Monitor and control maintenance costs, recorded hours, planning index, and backlog trends to identify priorities, trigger revisions of maintenance plans, and propose improvement projects.
Coordinate with production planning to increase planned work and ensure optimum utilization of technicians and spare parts.
Provide resources to the line support team in case of absences and rotate to ensure business continuity.
Outsource planned workload that is not a core work for the plant when and where it is possible to do so.
Perform other duties as required to support the needs of the business.
Qualifications
High School Diploma required; higher level degree education preferred.
3-5 years of experience in maintenance as a technician or first-line supervisor required, with a focus on processing and packaging equipment installation, maintenance, and machine start-up.
3-5 years’ experience with plant facility and utility equipment maintenance, preferred
Demonstrated capability in Servant Leadership attributes for interpersonal relations and team development skills, required
Formally trained in maintenance excellence requirements and processes including planning and work control, priorities management, scheduling, assignment and managing KPI´s
Working experience with a CMMS tool required, (SAP Preferred)
Capable of listening, coaching, and supporting communication skills related to training
Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
Computer literate, with a solid understanding of Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) preferred.
If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, please respond back and include the following:
MS WORD Resume
required compensation.
Contact information.
Availability
Upon receipt, one of our managers will contact you to discuss the position in full detail.