Description

As employees of a farmer-owned cooperative, we come to work every day trying to honor the tireless effort and care these farming families put in every day, all day, 365 days a year. Our farmer-owners tend to think in generations, with some of our farms being run by the same families for over a century. We carry this approach into our business, knowing that each and every one of us makes a difference in allowing these generational traditions to continue, taking pride in knowing that we nourish our friends, neighbors, nation, and even the world with healthy and delicious dairy products. Our products include milk, flavored milk, yogurt, dip, sour cream, cottage cheese, Italian cheese, and ice cream mix marketed under the Upstate Farms®, Bison®, Milk for Life®, and Intense Milk® brands.

Overview

The Maintenance Scheduler/Planner is responsible to plan work on equipment and schedule maintenance to best support operations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Analyze work orders by size, urgency, skill set, location, complexity, and available resources; and assist maintenance supervisors by issuing work orders in a sequential flow to individual mechanics or work teams.

• Prepare daily and weekly maintenance schedules for work to be completed. Facilitates scheduling meetings with all departments to prioritize work

• Manage work through a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS – Tabware), this includes but is not limited to scheduling PM frequencies, assigning work in the system, reviewing open work, uploading/finding information in the system

• Works with the management team to prioritize incoming and backlog work.

• Develops job plans for repair, process improvements and PM work as needed. Planning may include obtaining drawings, documentation, manuals, contacting vendors, etc.

• Requisition parts, tools, and other materials as required.

• Coordinate work with contractors and outside services as required.

• Develop, maintain, and distribute workflow processes to the entire maintenance team documenting how work is planned, scheduled, and executed.

• Provides regular statistical reporting to the management team and customers showing quantities evidence of the productive use of the work force.

• Uses guidelines set by management, develop, implement, and manage preventative maintenance and life cycle optimization strategies.

• Performs annual review of preventative and predictive maintenance programs to ensure current work order system library contains correct frequencies and balanced 12-month schedules for all mechanics and store personnel.

• Analyzes predictive maintenance data for trends. Initiates corrective actions as appropriate.

• Be part of our on call coverage for the Maintenance team

• All other duties as may be assigned by the leader.

Experience & Education Required:

• Associates degree and/or a minimum of four (4) years’ related experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Experience working with high volume, automated processing equipment.

Preferred:

• Planning and/or scheduling in a manufacturing environment

• CMMS knowledge

• Dairy and/or food processing knowledge

Knowledge & Skills - Required:

• Maintenance and/or Manufacturing background.

• Must be a proven problem solver, with strong troubleshooting skills and ability to validate work order requirements.

• Detail oriented and highly organized with excellent follow-up practices.

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook.

• Excellent communication skills including the ability to comprehend and interpret instructions, short correspondence, generate reports and effectively present information to an internal department and/or large groups of employees.

• Must have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, co-workers, and/or supervisors.

Confidentiality

The Maintenance Scheduler/Planner is exposed to Company operations information and production plans that may result in competitive advantage.

Management Responsibility

The Maintenance Scheduler/Planner is an individual contributor role that operates autonomously within established processes under the general direction of the Senior Maintenance Supervisor.

Work Environment

This job operates in an office environment and in the manufacturing plant. This role routinely uses standard office equipment. Ability to operate a computer, phone, and copier required. Incumbent must be able to sit, stand, walk, bend, climb ladders, stretch and lift up to 50 pounds. Must be able to see and speak. The employee will be exposed to noise, wet floors, moving machinery, strong smells, etc. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may work near moving mechanical parts, high speed and processing equipment; is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and hazardous chemicals; may be exposed to moderate to high noise levels in the work environment.

*Starting Pay Range: $ 64,819.00 to 87,505.00

Hours: Days

*The salary range indicated in this posting represents the minimum and maximum of the salary range for this position. Actual salary will vary depending on factors including, but not limited to, budget available, prior experience, knowledge, skill and education as they relate to the position’s qualifications, in addition to internal equity. The posted salary range reflects just one component of our total rewards package. Other components of the total rewards package may include participation in group health and/or dental insurance, retirement plan, wellness program, paid time away from work, and paid holidays.

Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc. is committed to equal employment opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.

Qualifications

Skills

Preferred

• Maintenance: Novice

Education

Preferred

• High School or better in Other

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)