Maintenance Planning Manager

Title: Maintenance Planning Manager Pay Rate : $93,400- $124,500 Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range. Variable pay may provide additional opportunities for financial awards. This job is eligible to participate in IP’s short –term incentive plan. Category/Shift : Salaried Full-Time Physical Location : 3737 Hwy 3 Redwood, MS 39156 The Planning Manager to be direct supervisor to the electrical and mechanical planners for the mill. This role will also be the Annual Outage Coordinator for the Mill as well as the MWS champion for the mill . This position services as verification of the work order process and acts as check before the issue of a work order is complete, confirms practices of sourcing work are upheld throughout the mill and works with the purchasing department to comply with policies, help develop how work is planned and create consistency. This position along with the team will ensure that when we go to execute work it is planned correctly and in line with the GMS manual, challenged with reducing storeroom inventory. The Job You Will Perform: Plans maintenance work to be scheduled for a requested future date as well as tracks performance and maintain accurate records. Screens each Work Orders to see that it has been properly filled out and makes necessary corrections. Conducts site reviews in the field with the originating area and other appropriate Maintenance personnel to confirm the job scope and the details of the Work Order. Estimate the costs of Work Orders in terms of labor, materials and outside services when necessary. Ensures that all work orders are analyzed to the basic job steps, determining the sequence relative to each job step, and identifying the parts, materials, special tools, and skills required for each step. Verify all purchase requisition are complete with necessary specifications for all materials, equipment, special tools, and/or outside services and arranged for their timely delivery. Utilizing Purchasing, solicits proposals in accordance with policies and procedures as necessary to secure goods and services. Audits the availability of parts, materials, and special tools required for Work Order execution prior to scheduling the job. Develops staging practices throughout the mill Solicits’ Process or Maintenance Engineering support when technical expertise is required to plan a Work Order. Obtains necessary documentation (drawings, sketches, pictures, manuals, and specifications) to perform work associated with each Work Order. Makes sketches as required documenting the work to be performed. Prepares check sheets for Preventive Maintenance work that is part of the Maintenance Master Schedule and issues them for execution in accordance with their establish frequency. Establishes repetitive Work Order for selected preventive maintenance work that is part of the Maintenance Master Schedule. Maintains Check Sheets comments and measurements in the appropriate equipment history files. Provides input into the development of the Mill's 12-Month Event Schedule as requested. Participates in the preparation of the monthly outage schedules from the 12-Month Event Schedule, Maintenance Master Schedule, and the ready backlog. Maintains Work Order Backlogs for jobs in the scoping, estimating, planning, ready, and follow-up stages and communicates the status to the appropriate Operations and maintenance personnel. Maintains a Ready Backlog of Work Orders to be scheduled in the event of an unscheduled shut down. These unscheduled shutdown lists are to be reviewed/updated weekly in each area. Carefully reviews completed work schedules and corresponding Work Order feedback form submitted by the Maintenance Foremen, ascertaining the degree to which schedules are met, the details of the non-compliance, and the actual conformance to Work Order estimates. Develops a file of standard plans for