Maintenance Planner - Gypsum - Georgia-Pacific

Georgia-Pacific is now hiring a Maintenance Planner/Scheduler at their Tacoma, Washington site. The Maintenance Scheduler is responsible for developing and helping execute maintenance plans to enable the efficient and reliable operation of the site. The Maintenance Scheduler works closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Reliability, Supervisors, Operating Technicians, and Maintenance resources in troubleshooting and planning upgrades/repairs to equipment.

Our Team

The Tacoma Plant is part of the Gypsum Wallboard products manufacturing operation. We are proud to safely manufacture quality products that have a competitive advantage and solid growth within the marketplace.

We create a work environment that attracts, engages, and retains the best people. Our employees help others and the business reaches their full potential, promoting our Principle-Based Management culture to the work they do every day. Our technology is state of the art, and we will bring the best team together to deliver for our customers, Georgia-Pacific, and the Tacoma community.

What You Will Do

• Ensure maintenance work is planned in a proactive method by ensuring all activities are appropriately scoped, estimated, resourced, and ready prior to start of work.
• Support the execution of maintenance work by receiving, planning, estimating, and coordinating maintenance work orders.
• Ensure daily and weekly maintenance schedules are available and communicated.
• Maintain an active running list of opportunity maintenance items for break-in work and down days.
• Effectively use the CMMS to develop and maintain the maintenance schedule, manage equipment data, update Bill of Materials (BOM) for assets, and develop standard maintenance procedures (SMP)
• Drive development of preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Identify/recommend opportunities for improvements.
• Maintains essential maintenance records and files.
• Scope work and assess the requirements for routine and planned down day activities.
• Work with Material Coordinator and Storeroom to maintain equipment bill of materials, remove obsolete/inaccurate parts and populate incomplete bills of material.
• Utilizes company's purchasing system to process purchase orders from requisitions.
• Issues requests for quotations, analyzes and evaluates quotes, negotiates price and terms, and exercises independent judgment to select suppliers based on lowest total cost of ownership.
• Ensures the contractual document accurately reflects the terms and conditions of purchase, including payment terms, freight terms, incoterms, and other key commercial terms.
• Ensures adherence to all safety, environmental and purchasing policies, guidelines, and procedures.
• The Maintenance Planner position will be responsible for participating in the on-call rotation for the Maintenance Department.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience working as a planner/scheduler/material coordinator within a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment.
• Experience using a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) (such as MP2, SAP or JDE).
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, MS Project)
• Ability to work on-call hours as required.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience in coordinating contractors.
• Prior Gypsum experience.
• Experience managing an MOC process.
• MP2 experience.
• Degree in engineering, or maintenance-related field.
• Experience using Microsoft Project.

For this role, we anticipate paying $80,000- $110,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of building products, bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet the evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day - to make everyday products even better.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information.

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