Maintenance Planner

Hydro  Extrusions is a world-leading aluminium extrusion business counting around 100 production sites in 40 countries and employing 20,000 people. Through our unique combination of local expertise, global network, and unmatched R&D capabilities, we can offer everything from standards profiles, to advanced development and manufacturing for most industries.  Since 1905, Hydro has turned natural resources into valuable products for people and businesses with focus on a safe and good workplace for our 30,000 employees in more than 140 locations.

Hydro is committed to leading the way in shaping a sustainable future and in doing so, creating more viable societies by developing natural resources into products and solutions in innovative and efficient ways to industries that matter.

Job Location: Gainesville, GA

Hydro employees can enjoy several benefits including:

• Medical, Rx, Dental, Disability, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts
• Retirement Savings Plans with Company Match/Contributions
• Education Assistance
• Bonus Plan Eligibility
• Parental Leave

Job Summary: A Maintenance Planner is responsible for effectively planning and scheduling maintenance functions for crews in selected areas of the plant.  For maintaining records of all plant equipment, providing cost-effective reliability maintenance, monitoring and forecasting the maintenance budget, maintaining working relationships between Production and Maintenance departments and assisting warehouse coordinator in maintaining critical spare parts inventories.

Required Education/Experience:

• High school diploma or GED                                                   

• Minimum of one years related experience and/or training or a combination of education and maintenance experience.

Preferred Skills/Qualifications:

• Associate degree (AA) preferred.
• Competent with CMMS (Maintenance software, and Microsoft applications, i.e. Access and Project)
• Ability to read technical documentation/drawings.
• Work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.
• Apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Write routine reports and correspondence.
• Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Job Responsibilities:

• Applies predictive, proactive, and preventative measures to evaluate and monitor equipment.
• Provides continuous improvement of plant equipment through verification of proper operation, maintenance practices, and workmanship.
• Effectively schedules available manning (workhours) on a daily and weekly basis.
• Analyzes and estimates cost, manning, logistics of overhauls, major projects and any of the planned work.
• Participates with inputs in designs and equipment modifications.
• Maximizes process capacity by interfacing with Drafting, Engineering, Maintenance, Quality Control, Purchasing, Warehousing and Operations.
• Supports warehouse coordinator maintaining a cost-effective warehouse inventory through continuous production evaluations, analysis and cost control.
• Works jointly with plant reliability leader in reliability-based maintenance techniques for continuously improved equipment performance, PM, PDM and maximized cost savings.
• Handles work order processing (defines work scope, estimates job, workhours, purchases parts, schedules, initiates, follows up and closes).
• Maintains equipment history.
• Produces an annual overhaul schedule.
• Assists supervisor in preparing yearly crew budgets.
• Forecasts Maintenance budget on a period, quarterly and yearly basis.
• Analyzes crew period and yearly expenditures and performance.
• Calculates and develops control charting for various Maintenance costs and processes.

Care, Courage, & Collaboration

At Hydro We care about our People!

We care about Safety!

 Hydro is heading in a new and exciting direction, and we depend on different perspectives to solve our tasks and meet customer needs. Building on our three core values – Care, Courage and Collaboration – we target a high performing and sustainable work environment based on inclusion of our differences.  Hydro in North America is an Equal Opportunity Employer where all phases of employment are based strictly upon the qualifications of the individual as related to the work requirements of the position. This policy is applied without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, marital status or any other category protected by law.   

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