Maintenance Planner

Wonderbrands, is a leading North American bakery (formerly Weston Foods, fresh and frozen businesses) with 140 years of experience in baking packaged breads, artisan breads, and donuts. We are one of the largest bakeries in North America and makers of Wonder Bread, Country Harvest, D'Italiano, Gadoua, and Casa Mendosa.

Wonderbrands, a division of FGF Brands, is unlocking an incredible opportunity for growth through a focus on production innovation capabilities, through a leading-edge supply chain practice and investing deeply in communities where we bake.

Summary:
The Maintenance Planner will be part of the team responsible for planning, scheduling and parts acquisition for the Maintenance Department. This role is a key team member in developing, managing and controlling all aspects of planning and scheduling.

Primary Responsibilities:
Planning:

• Determining the required parts on each work order in the backlog; verifying parts are available and ordering parts as necessary
• Coordinating with procurement to generate material purchase orders and agreed delivery dates
• Determining the need for special support equipment and orders/schedules as necessary
• Determining and controlling the work order planned start date and "Approved" status.
• Forecasting and maintaining fleet and component hours by implementing Best Planning Practices
• Planning and coordinating equipment commissions/decommissions
• Review completed PMs and update agreed changes to parts list and tasks
• Review Condition Based Monitoring task lists and update agreed changes
• Promoting and maintaining a safe working environment through compliance with Wonderbrands. Health & Safety Program
• Backlog management, including weekly and monthly backlog reviews, purging aged work orders as required
• Conversion of the output of maintenance program development to structured work templates
• Scoping jobs as necessary to include: all necessary job steps, required tooling, drawings and diagrams, parts, manpower, and safety elements to be addressed
• Maintaining and updating work order / event templates
• Tracking and reporting of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):

Scheduling:

• Verifying resource requirements and availability before scheduling planned work and determine work orders with appropriate status.
• Generating and reviewing the 14-day schedule with Maintenance leaders to refine details surrounding current conditions and Operation to incorporate operational concerns and limitations. Modify schedules if required.
• Releasing all work orders daily for dissemination to the maintenance leads and trades, ensuring all identified resources are assigned to open work orders
• Maintaining, coordinating and expediting the flow of materials and components for all scheduled work
• Interacting daily with Maintenance Leader to ensure schedules are adhered to and modified as necessary
• Review of completed work orders for recording of required data, planned vs. actual; hours, tools, materials, and safety requirements to identify any required changes or improvements
• Tracking and reporting of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Required Skills and Experience:

• Post-secondary education in a technical diploma would be an asset.
• Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office functions particularly Excel, Outlook and Word
• Demonstrated strengths in organizational, planning and resourcing skills.
• Excellent communication with follow-up skills are required. The ability to meet deadlines is essential.
• Familiarity with the maintenance processes and system software is an asset.
• Must be a proven team player and work well in a multi-tasking, fast paced environment.
• Previous experience as a planner/scheduler is a significant asset
• Previous planning software experience would be an asset.

Core Competencies:

• Customer and Product Centricity - Responds to the needs of both internal and external customers in a timely and courteous manner, showing a sense of urgency; always keeping our products front and centre.
• Flexibility, Agility, Adaptability - Adapts to changes; changes strategy in response to new information; responds appropriately and quickly without having all parameters defined; demonstrate tolerance for speed and uncertainty.
• Teamwork and Collaboration - Uses appropriate interpersonal styles and methods of communication to gain agreement or acceptance of a plan or activity. Is effective in building constructive relationships; uses tact; interacts with others in an open, friendly manner, encourages collaboration.
• Relentless obsession with continuous improvement – Always looks for ways to improve effectiveness or efficiency, making recommendation to increase productivity in quality of work; develops innovative solutions, challenges the status quo. To be the best, never compromising.
• Drives Execution - Takes risks, learn from their mistakes, builds trust and is a role model to others. Has a "hands-on" style; is aggressive in achieving desired results.

Disclaimer:
The above describes the general responsibilities, required knowledge and skills. Please keep in mind that other duties may be added, or this description may be amended at any time.