Maintenance Planner

Join Riverside Natural Foods Ltd., a $300 million+ Canadian-based, family-owned, and globally operating business, committed to leaving the world better than we found it. As a B-Corp certified, Triple-Bottom Line company, we proudly manufacture nutritious, 'better-for-you' snacks such as MadeGood and GOOD TO GO. We value teamwork, humility, respect, ownership, adaptability, grit, and fun.

We're on an ambitious mission to double our business by 2027, and we need talented individuals like you to help us reach new heights. At Riverside, you'll have the opportunity to chart your own path to success while contributing to ours. We believe anything worth doing is worth doing right, and our values will guide us through the rugged terrain - and yes, it will get rough. But that's what makes the journey worthwhile.

So, lace up your boots and let's tackle the climb together.

**Position Summary/Objective**:
As a Maintenance Planner your key responsibility will be to improve the efficiency of the Maintenance Team through effective Planning, Scheduling and Coordination with internal and external stakeholders. Additionally, the Maintenance Planner supports and informs the implementation of Riverside's Asset Reliability and Maintenance Programs, the goal of the program is to ensure production equipment at Riverside operates at optimum efficiency and effectiveness by the implementation of Best-in-Class Asset Reliability Methods.

**Primary Responsibilities**:
**_ Overall_**
- Demonstrate and uphold Riverside Natural Food's Core Values.
- Be the embodiment and example of **ADAPTABILITY** and composure in times of volatility, uncertainty, and ambiguity.
- Ability to take **OWNERSHIP** and work independently without supervision, meet tight deadlines.
- Exemplify **GRIT** in the pursuit of resolving issues on a timely basis while maintaining a harmonious team.
- Exemplify **RESPECT** in your working relationships with all Key Internal Stakeholders
- A **TEAM PLAYER**with a positive attitude.
- Proven desire to learn, takes **OWNERSHIP**, of new initiatives and improvement of the Work management system
- Demonstrates **HUMILITY** throughout the company on a day-to-day basis.
- Aptitude to exhibit, **RESPECT** and protect Riverside's Core Values in a changing environment.
- Keeps the work atmosphere **FUN** by keeping it light and welcoming.
- Be the first adopter of new Maintenance strategies and initiatives encouraging participation and adoption amongst the Team.

**Core Responsibilities**
- Plan and schedule the efficient execution of all Preventative, Corrective maintenance work through modern Work Management systems and our CMMS - Fiix.
- Collaborate with maintenance teams to identify and prioritize work orders based on operational needs.
- Support the collection and analysis of maintenance data to identify trends and areas for improvement
- Progressively elaborate the documentation, historical data, procedures and BOMs etc. with the CMMS and equipment information archives.
- Collaborate with the Maintenance team, Production Planner and production team to effectively schedule all planned maintenance work.
- Lead the Planning and Scheduling meeting, providing updates as necessary to the Plant team on works of strategic importance.
- Be responsible for recommending/updating optimal inventory levels in collaboration with the Parts Clerk, lead technician and the supervisor Maintain equipment
- Build BOMs for equipment, WOs and PMs ensuring wrench time is optimised through Kitting parts for work execution.
- Prepare notes on learnings, build detail procedures, notes of observations and training to share with the broader maintenance team for overall growth and development.
- Progressively monitor repairable components at the Maintenance shop and follow through with the planning, scheduling and execution of remedial work.
- Schedule and coagulate feedback on Quality of repairs, overhauls, and rebuilding to ensure that it is fully operational and safe to operate and within schedule requirements.
- Provide timely and accurate feedback to the Maintenance team on WO, Parts, Feedback, Notes, duration etc. related to WO completion and optimization.
- Plan, Implement, schedule and record all training for technicians via Training WOs.
- Review all Work Requests daily according to best practice Work Management standards.
- Manage PM contracts and scheduling with contractors and all internal stakeholders.
- Ensure a mínimal 8hr Corrective Work Backlog is maintained for all technicians.
- Monitor, follow up and update all stakeholders on the status of WOs in the Planning process.
- Provide weekly reports on PM completion, corrective Work, maintenance KPI's.
- Provide onsite contractor support as needed for PMs and Corrective Work.
- Provide necessary support to continuous improvement initiatives such as RCAs, Six Sigma, etc.
- Understand and enforce Health and Safety and GMP policies through good Work and procedure documentation.
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