Maintenance Planner

The Maintenance Planner at Shearer's plays a crucial role in managing the work management process. Key responsibilities include scoping, planning, and scheduling maintenance jobs, ensuring corrective, preventive, and predictive maintenance tasks are executed efficiently. You'll also update job plans based on inputs from our maintenance team, maintain the CMMS, and provide training to fellow maintenance personnel, all while working closely with the production teams to prioritize work order needs.

To become a Maintenance Planner at Shearer's, candidates should have a high school diploma or equivalent, along with either a two-year technical degree or a minimum of three years of planning experience. Additionally, at least two years of high-level maintenance technician experience is required, as well as proficiency in using a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and strong Microsoft Office skills.

As a Maintenance Planner at Shearer's, you will participate fully in safety, health, and environmental programs within the plant. By managing and planning maintenance tasks effectively, you help ensure all equipment is safe and compliant with safety standards, which directly contributes to creating a safer working environment for everyone at Shearer's.

In the role of Maintenance Planner at Shearer's, you will extensively use a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) such as Maintenance Connection. This platform allows you to track work orders, manage maintenance schedules, and maintain equipment data effectively. Proficiency in Microsoft Office will also be important as you generate reports and analyze maintenance metrics.

The Maintenance Planner position at Shearer's offers a Monday to Friday schedule, starting at 6 AM and ending at 3 PM. However, flexibility is essential, as you may need to adjust your availability based on business needs or project timelines, ensuring maintenance operations continue smoothly.

In answering this question, emphasize your familiarity with CMMS tools you’ve used, including any specific systems like Maintenance Connection. Discuss how you've utilized CMMS for scheduling, tracking maintenance tasks, and reporting metrics, highlighting your proficiency and any improvements in maintenance efficiency that you contributed to.

When responding, outline your approach to evaluating the urgency and importance of each task. Mention factors like equipment safety, production impact, and required resources, emphasizing your communication with production teams to align on priorities effectively.

In your answer, discuss the importance of data analysis and trends you observe through maintenance records. Detail how you create schedules based on equipment usage and past failures to optimize proactive measures, ensuring minimal downtime and increased efficiency.

Focus on your methods for ensuring that training sessions are interactive and informative. Highlight storytelling or mentorship examples you've used to enhance learning and commitment to safety and standards among maintenance staff.

Use this opportunity to detail the project's scope, objectives, and your role in planning and execution. Discuss challenges faced, the strategies used to overcome them, and the outcomes, particularly how the project improved operational efficiency or safety.

In your response, emphasize your knowledge of safety regulations and your proactive stance in integrating safety measures into maintenance processes, as well as training the team on these protocols and regularly reviewing compliance status.

Discuss specific metrics such as mean time to repair (MTTR), mean time between failures (MTBF), and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), and explain how these help you measure success and identify areas for improvement.

Talk about your commitment to identifying inefficiencies and fostering a culture of continuous improvement, perhaps by utilizing Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) tools and soliciting feedback from the maintenance team to refine processes.

Choose a specific challenge that highlights your problem-solving skills and adaptability. Discuss how you analyzed the situation, your approach to developing a solution, and the positive changes that resulted from your actions.

In your answer, connect your passion for maintenance planning and its significance to the snack industry. Highlight Shearer’s reputation for quality and innovation and your enthusiasm for being part of a team dedicated to continuous improvement and excellence.