Maintenance Planner

Description:

At PURIS, we're dedicated to cultivating a better food system and making a positive impact. How do we do it? By transforming high-quality, USA-made ingredients into essential components for a wide range of everyday products. From cereals and snacks to protein beverages and beyond, our ingredients are powering a healthier future. This is more than just a job; it's an opportunity to be part of a growing food industry. You'll work with state-of-the-art engineering and work together with your peers to build a better food future.

Overview: Dawson, MN - Manufacturing

At our Dawson, MN facility, you're at the heart of it all. As the largest pea protein plant in North America, this facility is the backbone of our operations. Here, we take raw materials and transform them into the vital ingredients that end up in countless food products, from those in our kitchens to shelves across the country. If you're someone who loves to solve problems on the fly and has a keen eye for detail, you'll thrive here. Most importantly, your commitment to safety ensures that every team member goes home healthy and safe at the end of each day. We're proud to share that PURIS was awarded Manufacturer of the Year in 2024 by Twin Cities Business Journal, a testament to the hard work and dedication of our teams!

The Maintenance Planner uses proven maintenance planning methods and techniques to optimize resource use while maximizing system availability, throughput, quality, safety, and environmental performance, and reducing equipment time to repair, in compliance with all applicable standards, procedures, and policies. The Planner creates accurate, effective job plans and ensures resources are ready for execution of scheduled maintenance work. The Planner follows all company environmental, safety and health guidelines in planning day-to-day, downturn, and outage activities for facility maintenance teams. They order required parts, ensure required tools and equipment are available, and request and coordinate subcontracted service. The Planner works with the Scheduling Team to schedule maintenance work activities. The Planner ensures work orders are properly closed, with required information, manages the CMMS, and maintains equipment records.

Pay Rate/Range: $28.00

Pay Frequency: Biweekly

Bonus Eligible: Yes

Work Location: Dawson Pea Manufacturing

Travel: None

Planning:

- Follow all Safety, GMP, PURIS. and other established policies, processes, procedures, standards, and practices while achieving defined key performance indicators (KPIs) and meeting PURIS and plant goals and objectives

- Develop and update preventive and corrective maintenance job plans; support development of predictive/condition monitoring routes

- Act as liaison between Work Requester and Reliability Maintenance Team to ensure quality and success of work.

- Perform field walkdowns; identify EHS and Food Safety hazards and considerations; complete bid activities; generate job plans and procedures with appropriate level of detail, to include material, people, and time required to execute work; identify and, as needed, reserve/ requisition/ procure parts, specialized equipment and tools, consumables, drawings, manuals, permits, and documents; develop cost estimates; and identify time and coordination issues.

- Create and maintain standard work library for repetitive work

- Obtain, review, and discuss feedback from field; adjust job plans for future use

Scheduling:

- Collaborate with others to scope and plan daily, CIP, and outage work/projects and resolve job priority, due date, and other issues

- Collaborate with others to create schedules for executing planned work during CIP and Runtime

- Document, print, and communicate maintenance work schedules

- Communicate with contractor resources on specific work orders assigned to the contractors. Ensure work order details and performance expectations are clearly communicated and understood.

- Confirm availability of required resources prior to schedule confirmation meeting; arrange for appropriate alternatives as required

CMMS Management:

- Close work orders when work is completed

- Manage CMMS use and data, to include 52-week (PM and PdM) plan, job plans, subcontracted work, work order life and history, job status, closing codes, repair costs, and other CMMS information

- Ensure equipment and repair parts and usage information is accurate and up-to-date

- Update CMMS and job plan BOMs to reflect changes in materials

- Compile and deliver work execution management process reports from CMMS; provide Maintenance KPI reports

- Partner with Procurement/Stores and Maintenance/Operations teams in determining inventory and managing changes for spare parts and repairable spares (i.e., OEM, material of construction, stock levels, etc.)

- Ensure drawing updates are completed for all equipment modifications and PMs updates as needed with help of Reliability Engineer

Overall

- Initiate and support improvement activities

- Comply with all PURIS policies, procedures, and guidelines

- Build partnerships and work collaboratively within the plant to meet shared objectives

- Network with others to share knowledge, information, and best practices

Requirements:

Required:

- 2-year technical Associate Degree with technical courses in maintenance practices and principles

- Strong understanding of and ability to apply maintenance planning and scheduling principles

- Ability to read, draw, and interpret drawings and schematics.

- Ability to think ahead and flexibly make adjustments in a rapidly changing environment

- Strong interpersonal, influencing, facilitation and presentation skills; able to communicate and influence effectively with all levels of management and plant personnel

- Math, data analysis, and metrics management skills

- Familiarity with problem-solving and continuous improvement processes, methods, and techniques

- Office management skills (invoice coding, procurement requests, filing, phone, financial daily operations)

- Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) and eMaint CMMS

Preferred:

- BS in technical area

- Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP)

- 3+ years relevant experience

- Experience as maintenance craft in a manufacturing environment

- Excel and eMaint power user

Benefits:

At PURIS, we’re proud to support our team with a comprehensive benefits package designed to help you thrive both personally and professionally. Starting the first of the month after your hire date, you’ll enjoy access to Medical insurance plans starting as low as $31 per paycheck. We also offer dental and vision coverage, as well as free digital health care for all employees. You will also have access to Life and Short-Term Disability insurance covered for you at 100%, along with flexible health and dependent care spending accounts. Planning for your future? PURIS contributes 50% of every dollar you save, up to 6%, toward your retirement plan. Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with 80 hours of PTO accrued annually, 8 paid holidays, and access to a variety of other free resources at your disposal. Join us, and experience the benefits designed with you in mind!

Join the Plant-Based Revolution:

At PURIS, we're dedicated to cultivating a better food system and making a positive impact. How do we do it? By transforming high-quality, USA-made pea ingredients and non-GMO soybeans into essential components for a wide range of everyday products. From cereals and snacks to protein beverages, soy milk, tofu, and beyond, our ingredients are powering a healthier future and strengthening our domestic food supply chain. This is more than just a job; it's an opportunity to be part of an exciting period of expansion and growth. You'll drive strategic initiatives, leverage cutting-edge solutions, and implement new processes that directly support a better food future for people and the planet.

Why Work with Us?

Career Growth: PURIS offers a dynamic work environment where you can develop your skills and advance your career. We are committed to nurturing talent and providing ample opportunities for professional development and growth within the company.

Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy a range of benefits designed to support your well-being and work-life balance, including on-demand pay, and telehealth services.

Innovative Environment: You'll have the opportunity to work with state-of-the-art engineering and cutting-edge technology. Our dedication to innovation means you'll be part of a forward-thinking team constantly pushing the boundaries of the plant-based food industry.

Strong Values: We uphold integrity and a global vision for the future. Our company culture is built on collaboration, excellence, and a shared commitment to our mission of creating a better food system. This commitment extends to fostering a workplace where safety is paramount in every operation.

Commitment to Sustainability: At PURIS, we are deeply dedicated to creating a sustainable future. Our manufacturing processes are designed to minimize environmental impact and promote regenerative agriculture. By joining our team, you'll contribute to a company that values sustainability and is committed to making a positive impact on the planet.

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