Maintenance Planner

Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.

Want to help us make a difference?
Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.
Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.

The Role:

- We are looking for our next _Maintenance Planner_ within our Maintenance team._ _The Maintenance Planner will be responsible for responsible for assessing, monitoring and making recommendations to the Area Supervisor regarding the planning, scheduling and coordinating of labor, material and system resources for maintenance and operational activities._
- This position is located _in Portage la Prairie_

What You’ll Do:

- Responsible of the weekly planning meeting with Operations/Production team
- Participate in continuous improvement programs
- Create a weekly maintenance schedule
- Compile production planned stoppages and shutdowns
- Monitor deviations and variances in schedule and assist in the developing of alternative methods for corrective action.
- Updating the schedule according to planned and unplanned events (emergency, curative maintenance,)
- Liaise with other maintenance personnel and production supervisors as is necessary to keep them informed on the progress of maintenance and repairs. Liaise with Operations, and Engineering to develop and review planning documents.
- Establish root cause and work to resolve any issues which could affect supply of parts and/or equipment performance.
- The planner will be in charge of anticipated work order preparation such as: Work order analysis Diagnosis of the problem location, Definition of required intervention (scope, operation and task list) Estimated time required for completion of jobs.
- Prepare and provide schedule progress reports, trending charts and schedule analysis on a periodic basis.

What You’ll Need:
Education:
Degree or Technical diploma in Engineering or related discipline.

Experience:

- 3-5 years of experience working as a Planner/Scheduler in a manufacturing environment, preferably food industry.
- Strong knowledge and experience of SAP and MS Project.
- Good understanding of technical reporting and formatting.

Specific requirements: This position will require spending time on the shop floor with some walking, climbing, lifting etc.

AAP/EEO Statement
- Roquette is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. “AAP, EEO, Drug-Free Workplace”_

Other Duties
- Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice._

Roquette is proud to be a global company where you can find personal and professional growth through multiple diverse experiences.

Roquette believes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion must be woven into everything we do, from the products we make, through the relationships we build with our partners, and most importantly within the teams we create and how we interact together.

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